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Originally Posted by RHINO
my buddy has the alaknak,,, its a really nice tent for what it is. its a light version of a heavy canvas wall tent but for the climate and seasons of AZ it really works pretty well even up in the Mtns.
i have been thinking about buying one of those carports for the bigger trips, my trailer houses the kitchen and other things and it would be nice to have the trailer,, or at least the kitchen side completely in the tent and separated from the elements. i need to work out a floor, but maybe just a big rug would work, i could make it all up like one of those tents in those old egypt movies with the belly dancers and stuff  |
When we RV'd I tried a bunch of different rug's tarps etc. spread under the awning.
The indoor/out door carpet that looks like grass works well but traps a ton of sand and dirt. As do most other things we tried. Eventually we came up with a combination of the mat type Indoor outdoor carpet with a poly tarp underneth. It still trapped dirt but we just rolled it up inside the poly tarp to contain the mess. It's also cheap enough to replace once a year.
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Originally Posted by splitshot
Please call me when you do this, ok? 
As far as the Alaknak, how well does it hold up in the wind? I bought a cheep 3 room tent at cosco a few years back, had to replace the poles twice. No fun to have a broken tent pole smack you awake in the middle of the night. |
Save the old poles and buy 15 or 20 feet of bungee. It's an easy job to replace a broken section in the field.