Wall Tent Rentals

[DaveZ]

Looking into renting a wall tent for this fall and maybe in the future purchasing one.

Has anyone rented from here before - http://www.outdoorsgeek.com/

For $284 you can get a 12'x14' Davis tent including frame (no floor) and stove. On the surface, looks like a good idea to try it out first before buying.

Let me know your thoughts

 

[Cobbhunts]

I've often considered going this route as well. Interested to hear what others say.

 

[hoshour]

I am strongly considering it as well.

One good thing I can say is that Yelp gives them a perfect 5 stars on 11 reviews. When's the last time you looked at Yelp and saw every reviewer give something 5 stars? Usually, it's where people go to complain and you have to take the rating as probably being too low.

 

[hoshour]

I'm probably going to be hunting roadless areas when I hunt deer in Colorado 3rd season and taking rough roads to get to the jumping off spot. Most likely hunting by myself, my options are:

1. Stay in town and drive back and forth - not happening - too much travel time & about $600/wk
2. Pack my 3-season tent in and hope it doesn't snow in November in the mountains - $0, less walking in the dark, tight spaces & dangerous
3. Buy a Jammatj 4-season tent and pack in - $700-$900, pack in nearly 7 lbs of tent, plus all my other stuff
4. Camp on the edge of the area and sleep in my truck bed & shell - $0 and totally miserable
5. Camp on the edge, buy a Davis tent and stove - $1,200-$1,300 but plenty of space
6. Camp on the edge and rent a smaller wall tent and stove - $300 and plenty of space

I'm considering #3 but leaning toward #6

 

[ivorytip]

this is awesome. great business idea!

 

[hoshour]

this is awesome. great business idea!

Now, for those that live 25-30 hours drive each way from the Rockies and usually have to fly out in the interest of time, how about renting out old 4WD trucks that you didn't have to worry about putting a scratch on? I've brought this up before.

 

[ivorytip]

hmmm your putting my brain to work. id take advantage of that. that's why I buy old trucks, tough as nails and I don't give a rats arse when a tree brushes up against it, gives it character! and those older late 80 and 90 trucks, (chevy) are unstoppable and easy to work on without hooking up a damn computer to it!

 

[DaveZ]

I'm probably going to be hunting roadless areas when I hunt deer in Colorado 3rd season and taking rough roads to get to the jumping off spot. Most likely hunting by myself, my options are:

1. Stay in town and drive back and forth - not happening - too much travel time & about $600/wk
2. Pack my 3-season tent in and hope it doesn't snow in November in the mountains - $0, less walking in the dark, tight spaces & dangerous
3. Buy a Jammatj 4-season tent and pack in - $700-$900, pack in nearly 7 lbs of tent, plus all my other stuff
4. Camp on the edge of the area and sleep in my truck bed & shell - $0 and totally miserable
5. Camp on the edge, buy a Davis tent and stove - $1,200-$1,300 but plenty of space
6. Camp on the edge and rent a smaller wall tent and stove - $300 and plenty of space

I'm considering #3 but leaning toward #6

I've been debating on #1, #5, and #6. This year is only a WY antelope hunt being we were shut out of mule deer draw, but next year my brother and I are going to push for either mule deer or elk and then we would probably need the tent.

For this fall, we are looking at some vacation rentals and hotels/motels near Buffalo, WY, but I am leaning toward the wall tent rental. We are only about 20 minutes from our hunting area so staying in town is a possibility.

Has anyone here rented from outdoors geek?

 

[droptine]

I bought a 10x12 from walltents.com $660 with the angle kit got the upgrade with the extra angle for the extra rafter for more rigidity. Got it on layaway right now. Gonna pay it off next week. Might have them through in a fly for an extra $150.
Two years ago it cost me $800 for a place to stay for a week and $600 last year for week. Plus, it was an hour drive to hunt. Kind of a no brainer to by a tent. Plus, I can camp right at the trailhead.

 

[minn elk chaser]

Why don't you post a wanted to buy wall tent on this forum? I sold mine last year that was a 10x14 for little or nothing. I would guess there are others that have gotten older and not using their tents anymore.

 

[droptine]

Why don't you post a wanted to buy wall tent on this forum? I sold mine last year that was a 10x14 for little or nothing. I would guess there are others that have gotten older and not using their tents anymore.

That's also a good idea. Never thought of that!

 

[Apparition]

I'm probably going to be hunting roadless areas when I hunt deer in Colorado 3rd season and taking rough roads to get to the jumping off spot. Most likely hunting by myself, my options are:

1. Stay in town and drive back and forth - not happening - too much travel time & about $600/wk
2. Pack my 3-season tent in and hope it doesn't snow in November in the mountains - $0, less walking in the dark, tight spaces & dangerous
3. Buy a Jammatj 4-season tent and pack in - $700-$900, pack in nearly 7 lbs of tent, plus all my other stuff
4. Camp on the edge of the area and sleep in my truck bed & shell - $0 and totally miserable
5. Camp on the edge, buy a Davis tent and stove - $1,200-$1,300 but plenty of space
6. Camp on the edge and rent a smaller wall tent and stove - $300 and plenty of space

I'm considering #3 but leaning toward #6

Do number 2, take a tarp with you and a good bit of paracord, string it over your tent, the tarp takes the snow load, not your tent.

 

[DaveZ]

Soooo, has anyone rented wall tents? With the lack of answers to the question, I assume the answer is no.

I would like to buy one eventually, but not sure if I have the room at home to store it properly.

 

[gypsumreaper]

I've never rented one, my dad bought his wall tent from Montana canvas in like 1989, we've used the tent nearly year he has the full frame for it so we never pack it in, but it is possible to set his up old fashioned with the logs. Renting one is fairly cheap imo, we had a buddy come up last year with a Davis tent. They are awesome he had the awning off the front, and everything. Davis makes good tents, I love sleeping in a wall tent over truck or smaller tents although I've done them all. If ur camping off the road they are great especially for the price. Talking about space to store if folded up correctly you can literally fit the tent in a Walmart plastic tub, and store the poles in an attic or something I believe the longest pole is 6-8 feet if I remember correctly. We pack the same pole frames on horses to our drop camps, so that shows how easy they are to pack. Like I said we have had my dads tent for 27 years it has shrunk and we can't zip the door anymore cause we need to cut down the poles a little and always forget til right before the season. Take care of them they will last a long long time. If you are thinking of packing backcountry you may look into drop camps, you get in deeper than most and most everything is provided I know that's why a lot of guys pay for drop camps hunt how they want, and don't have the burden of buying gear or leasing horses.


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[ivorytip]

haha sorry dave. I would try it, id like to try it. I have one and I use the crap out of it. don't take up a lot of space when folded up. when all aired out it gets rolled up and rests in a big Rubbermaid box with lid on. poles go in corner of garage. I have the old school big metal screw in poles still. need an upgrade.

 

[Tim McCoy]

Soooo, has anyone rented wall tents? With the lack of answers to the question, I assume the answer is no.

I would like to buy one eventually, but not sure if I have the room at home to store it properly.

Soooo, has anyone rented wall tents? With the lack of answers to the question, I assume the answer is no.

I would like to buy one eventually, but not sure if I have the room at home to store it properly.

Never rented one. Own several canvas tents. A 35 ish year old Coleman, a Montana Canvas 12x14 we bought used and a recently aquired used Kodiak Canvas Flex Bow. As has been mentioned, finding room for storage is a non-issue. Making sure you have room to spread one out to dry before storing, is where you need the room. I got two of the three I own off of Craig's list for very reasonable prices.

 

[Don K]

Have not seen many people that offered Wall tent rentals so that's probably why you wont find many that have done it.

I bought a Davis 14x16 10 years ago and its a awesome tent. Look at the traditional pole setup they have as they talked me into that vrs the internal poles and its real nice to set up with one person and works great. As stated storage is a non-issue I have two tent pole bags, 1 bag with the wall tent in it (they fold small) and my wood burning stove is in a Rubbermaid tub. I had another door put in mine at the back of the tent, and had screens installed so I could use it in the summer here and keep the bugs out.

Renting one looks very affordable from the company you listed and would be a great way to try it out. Might want to see how many they have and if you can reserve it as I bet they get rented out during hunting season.

 

[SunnyInCO]

Looking into renting a wall tent for this fall and maybe in the future purchasing one.

Has anyone rented from here before - http://www.outdoorsgeek.com/

For $284 you can get a 12'x14' Davis tent including frame (no floor) and stove. On the surface, looks like a good idea to try it out first before buying.

Let me know your thoughts

I rented from them 2 seasons ago. Perfect experience, not much I can add from what the website describes. The Davis tent was unbelievably easy to put up. My hunting party had a last minute change of plans so he did not have much inventory but worked with me as much as he could. I was in and out of his location in probably 20 minutes. That included describing how to put up, take down and paperwork. I would highly recommend.

If I was continuing to roadside camp I probably would have purchased from them but luckily for me my in-laws moved up to the mountains and are 20 min from the N.F. A nice bed and shower for me every night.

 

[LaHunter]

I've got a Cabela's Alaknak Wall tent for sale in the classifieds. Advantages this tent has over cotton canvas wall tents is much less prone to mildew rot during storage, especially in more humid climates. Also, this tent is lighter than same sized cotton canvas wall tents. I have read that in prolonged downpours, cotton canvas tents will eventually soak through and leak (no first hand experience with this). The synthetic material of the Alaknak has never leaked in prolonged downpours. Just something to think about.

 

[SunnyInCO]

Soooo, has anyone rented wall tents? With the lack of answers to the question, I assume the answer is no.

I would like to buy one eventually, but not sure if I have the room at home to store it properly.

The tent I rented was about the 12x12 or close to that. The canvas folded was about 4x3x2 ish. If you call them they will be able to tell you I am sure.