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| jeff42nd |
Posted - September 09 2004 : 5:09:14 PM
Hello All
Let me first suck up to everybody on this list and express my admiration for the wealth of knowledge on this list, so that bring me to ask a few questions.
I recently got my family into F&I Reenacting; I have taken the Kings Shilling, and joined the 42nd Highlander.
I have much of my equipment; however, I still need to purchase a tent. I have been thinking about this for some time. I have 2 small children, and 1 very mean wife(just kidding, she is very supportive of this whole reenactment thing for the family)
Many events that I will go to, will be just my children and I (due to my wife’s work schedule). For the bigger events like Fort Ticonderoga, Fort Niagara, and Quebec, and other large scale events my wife will join us. We talked about buying 2 wedge tents, each of us having one of our children with us. However, when it’s just me, I cannot let my children sleep alone, call me over protective, by I am not willing to change my thinking.
So that puts me in a dilemma. I know that a Marquee tent would fit my needs, but I am just a lowly private, and I would not have a Marquee. I need the room because I am not a petite highlander. I am 6’3 ½’’ and 275 lbs. I have a very large cot, because if I sleep on the ground, my back will be out of place and you will need a crane to get me off the ground. Due to the age of my children, I do not think it wise nor prudent to let them sleep alone in another tent.
SO that leads me to my question, “What is the "Biggest size" wedge tent that would be acceptable to this community?
Would it be alright if I went with 10x10, or a 12x12 wedge tent?
Looking for help
Jeff42nd
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| alikws |
Posted - September 10 2004 : 2:59:57 PM
a standard military belled wedge of the time 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 7 length was expected to handle 4 infantrymen... by todays standards, 3 is cozy, 2 is not bad... and if you must use a cot, every 2 feet you go up, you halve your space, and get much harder to hide... the ones that backpackers use that sit 4 inches off the ground, coupled with a closed cell pad to compensate for the cooling you get being off the ground are about the best you will get for hiding and comfort... 2 wedges + whole family, or 1 wedge + 2 kids is probaly best comprimise, also you can dry a wedge in even a small house easy and don't need the mother of all s.u.v's to transport it...
us sauvages on private trips make do with an 8X8 canvas or oilskin and a good wool blanket, carried as a blanket roll, a 12x12 with each canoe and dry & non perishible food.... for drive&drop events like ti or crown point, more extravagant camps are done... |
| Sjt. Malcolm MacWilliam |
Posted - September 09 2004 : 6:31:24 PM
Well, Jeff, what unit are you with? All privates, corporals and Sjts. in our unit do sleep in wedges....I would say two wedges, regulation size British wedge with bell would suit you and if you are in a street, the two children are right beside you...Course, you don't say how old they are, maybe they are very wee bairns, which then I understand your dilemma. My two daughters were 5 and 7 when I started and they stayed in a tent next to mine. If your unit allows it, then get a wall which you would put in back of the street. We do allow our drummer, when he has wife and three daughters with him, to all sleep in a wedge behind the street. I believe it depends on your unit. A large wedge would never fit in the line of tents and that would cause a problem. I'm probably not much help....but if it was me, and I had the money, I would get a reg. wedge for myself when the children aren't with me, and a wall for when they are with me. But, once again, it may depend on your unit's wishes. In our unit, questions like yours come to me and the Captain to give counsel. Good luck.....1st Sjt. MacWm., 77th GrenCoy |
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