You’re welcome and thank you for watching. Unfortunately, my version had to be very basic so I could backpack with it. I had to cut out some features to lower the weight and bulk. But I love the feeling of being in a large shelter I can stand up in with strong support poles. When wind gusts hit and snow falls I don’t have to worry. And it can be heated with a fire, wood stove or propane heater very easily. It’s the perfect winter shelter.
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I love it when someone has a go at doing something they've never done before whether it's the perfect design or not because it stimulates interest in others especially if they make it look easy and viewers think " I can do that !". Shared ideas and enthusiasm is great 👍 happy camping 😁
I really like the camo tarp you used but the 12x24 tarps available to me were very expensive for some reason while smaller tarps 12x16 were very cheap. My solution was to add some extra grommets and join two tarps with wingnut bolts and washers on either side. I found overlaying the tarps a foot really reduced the draft. I was able to overlay the door by about a foot as well. I'm too cheap to destroy the tarps by cutting them. Instead I cut chunks of wood and rolled up the long edges on either side. I plan on adding an inner liner made of canvas painter cloth when it gets a bit colder. Really love what you did here.
Hey Ken! Easiest teepee ever. Now if only I can get my stove to work and manage the smoke. I'm planning on testing out the wood stove this weekend. Thanks for watching.
+KdawgCrazy Hi thx for posting this video. I made one similar to yours but bigger because I want a fire inside. Hey ... I had a BIG smoke problem. I mean ... that was a ... PROBLEM. If you watched my channel you see I focus on fire so I deal very well with smoke, but that was unbearable. I realized that the teepee has to be super crazy isolated, no hole for wind to come in and make a tornado in your teepee. Lot more complex than expected, it was -25 and windy today and the teepee would not keep us warm me and my dog. We were smoked like you can't imagine, freezing and yeah ... a big failure. Not because of your concept but because of my lack of experience with teepee. For those planning to work one out, make sure there is no wind entry at the bottom and door because the wind rush inside and bump on the walls, making a tornado of smoke and from there it is just impossible to keep your eye open or breath.
Wonderful. And skillful too. One concern I have though is that plastic tarps don't actually last that long when they are being used day to day. I've used them on sheds and they'll dissolve within about a 8 to 12 months from the sun hitting them all the time. We've had them look fine and then they just dissolve mysteriously around the 8 to 12 month mark sometimes within a day. Your accomplishments are still great. I am merely saying this as a technical detail to boost your creativity's results. I also really like this idea.
I'm not a scout. Hopefully, I didn't say that I was in the video. I'm sorry if I gave that impression. I did try to get my son into scouts though. Seems like kids today just want to hang out at home on their cell phones.
You need to add a four foot tall liner. This allows the draft from under the bottom and out the top to remove the smoke, but keeps the cold draft off the sitting occupants. Keeping a gap between the two canvases is what makes the chimney effect.
That's awesome brother. I have been looking for a plan to make one myself but didn't know where to start and hated to be the one who has to spend all the money etting it right ! Lol the tarp I want to use is actually much bigger but I think I can fudge it now. I was reading a Backwoods man magazine last year and it has a plan for making metal ammo can into mini wood stove. Planning on finishing it for the tipi. Thanks for the video!
Thanks Harry. Oh, my wife thinks I'm crazy too. And she usually complains the whole time when I "make" her help me with a new DIY project. But when we're done she's happy to see how it turned out and happy to see me using it out in the woods.
Thanks for watching Gary. My wife is against winter camping too. I had a close call once so she's always paranoid when I go out in the snow now. But I've acquired a lot of winter gear and I'm getting better at winter backpacking. Always test your gear near home before you go on outings and you'll have a great winter. Good luck brother.
Hey, great Tarp Tipi and greetings from Austria in Europe! I plan also a Tarp Tipi overnight. Like your setup and the idea to leave the poles in the wood. This is a very lightweight and cheap method for a hottent with an open fire. Hope you will upload Part 2 soon.
Thanks for watching Paul. Sorry I haven't gotten out in the woods since I uploaded this video. I'm thinking of using a propane heater for my first over nighter in the teepee and then I'll try my TMS wood stove to heat it for the following trip. I don't think I'm brave enough to try using an open fire in this teepee. It might be too small for a traditional fire on the ground.
you might want to investigate how the smoke flaps are made on a real teepee as they allow rhetoric smoke hole to be adjusted. also look at making a dew cloth for the inside, so that you can have the teepee set off the ground yet still not allow cold air to blow inside. it also is important so the air is drawn into the teepee and out the smoke hole. as always like your videos.
Cool. Thanks Tim. I'll check it out. I'm trying to keep it as simple and easy as possible but when I try to use that stove I know things will get complicated real fast. I'll check into adding the smoke flaps and dew cloth.
Thanks bro. I'm gonna camp once or twice with the 6 pole set up and then convert it to a 1 pole to make it easier to set up in another spot. It's been a fun project and it's amazingly cheap and easy to make.
+Joe Saltzman thanks Joe. Hopefully, in January I'll have another video out for a single pole version with internal guylines. I love the 6 pole option but it's a lot less work to find 1 sturdy dead standing tree for a center pole. Plus, the rest of the tree and limbs can be used for firewood.
Try using a longer 550 cord to lash the first 3 poles together. After laying the rest of the poles in place you can walk the cord round a few times. Secure it with a clove hitch to one of the poles at a convenient height.
A longer rope to lash the three poles, then lash the rest and the oute tarp, should have enough rope/cord to being down to ground within the tipi and anchor with stake, keeps it grounded in the wind.
Hey! Thanks for watching bro. Depending on the weather in 2 weeks I'll either use the wood stove or a propane tent heater. I think I'll need really dry wood to keep smoke to a minimum. But I've been really impressed with the Firebox stove. It worked great for grilling up a burger and I got a fast boil time using the boil plate. And the fire sticks are genius. Once I got the Swedish fire torch going I was able to cook every thing without adding more wood. That was on the previous weekends trip before it snowed. I love the stove.
I like the idea of using the off cut re enforced edge for the tie down points. Also, I've never seen a tepee in Australia before, so I intend to give it a go. Cheers mate.
Thanks Ben. I get to try a little bushcrafting. This seems to be an awesome shelter. I just hope I can figure out a safe way to use the firebox inside.
by far top 2-3 of tipi videos Ive found on youtube. I want to try one of these and your video has certainly made the learning curve "up"! Doing a winter trip in New Brunswick Canada in a few weeks...cant wait to try this!!
+Peter Mcpherson you're welcome. My version is specifically made for backpacking and makes the shelter 3 lbs. and a small package to strap onto a pack. A dew cloth and smoke flaps would be great improvements but in my case I wouldn't be able to backpack with it. The grommets have held up great and the door has performed better than expected. I was very surprised at how easy a project this was. Good luck and have fun out there this winter.
Now this is just plain ol' wicked cool brother! Love a good DIY project.. and this one's definitely going on the list man. Hope all's been well over your my friend! -John
Thanks John. It's awesome to hear from you. Thanks for watching brother. This was a fun project to build. I can't wait to get back out to do an over nighter in it. Coolest DIY project ever for just $25 and a couple hours to cut and sew and you have a huge winter shelter. It's gonna be a fun winter. Thanks again for watching and take care brother.
When you were cutting the tarp, you were just sorta hopping around and cutting and it looked hilarious! But this video was a big help because im going camping in two days and have chosen to make a teepee so thanks for the video, very simple directions :)
Your welcome. Glad I could brighten your day. I've been experimenting with different ways to speed up a scene and this one skips frames which looks pretty funny. This teepee should hold up really well in windy weather and should be easy to heat. You could also close off the top with a large leaf bag and use a hot tent wood stove inside to stay nice and warm. Good luck and have a great winter.
My question is if you had to go to the trouble to sew those grommets for the door... why didn't you just have her sew some Velcro along with them. That way you could use your velcro to shut your door but also have the grommets as a backup. Also you would have a better safer fire if you were to dig the tunnel to the outside underneath the fire. You could always bring one of those aluminum foil telescopic vent hoses. That stretch for a long. It would make your fire almost smokeless. And you could have your TP touching the ground. Which would make it warmer for you since the fire is going to be drawing cool air crossed you to feed the fire. Other than that that's an excellent idea. The hole and tunnel is a perfect alternative to having a inside wall going up a few feet all around the teepee which is what I believe the natives did. The inner wall actually went all the way to the ground so the cold air would be drawn up. But a tunnel would be much better for your fire
Thanks brother. I've always wanted to try a teepee and I finally thought of an easy way to make a simple, light and cheap version. It's not bad. We will see if it holds up to some winter use with a wood stove inside.
Man, I so wanna try to make a teepee now. Looked fairly easy to set up and all that. But making it, and cutting it, looked a bit harder. But I'll sure give it a go :)
+Moffenson The Norwegian you can also just wrap a tarp around the poles without altering the tarp...no cutting needed. I just wanted to cut some weight and bulk off mine since I backpack mine out to each location. It takes a little practice but it's a great winter shelter.
+Jamie Jones that's a good idea but most the time when I set it up I really have to pull on those flaps to secure it closed and it's pretty taught. Just gotta move the poles a little to loosen that up and the the Velcro would work really well.
American Indians placed a flat stone at the centre of their fire to reflect heat to the centre of a single flame. The single flame was caused by multiple pieces of wood with wedge shaped ends pointed into the centre. The concentrated heat would turn the flame blue and there would be no smoke. The fire sticks would be pushed in to the centre as they burned. I learned this from a guy who had lived for years in a canvas tipi. I was gobsmacked when I saw this process as I believed I knew a few things about camp fires.
When ever I set 1 up , I start buy setting a fire on a sunk stone pit an build it right around . Last 1 I had a bunch of kids w/ me who had a blast , stayed warm n dry 4 a week end . Nothing like givin young boys a hatchet an tell em to go get some long poles .
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great video a little advice on teepees watch how a real one is set up the rope that ties the 3 original poles is much longer and actually dose not get tied but staked to the ground and you leave one pole out to tie the teepee cover its self to it might help with ease of set up
I definitely liked the idea of tying the tarp to one pole to hoist the tarp up into place but I wanted to keep the poles lashes together to see if it made for a faster set up the next time I came out. It really didn't so I'm gonna try the pole hoisting way next time with just the tripod lashed together. Always looking for ways to streamline and simply to process. I've been luck so far that I've had somewhat calm and clear days when I've set up the teepee.
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Thanks Marc. It was a lot of fun to build and I think it's gonna be awesome to camp in this winter. It's an inexpensive heated shelter for $25 and I got to do a little bushcrafting. LOL. Take care brother.
You will need to put a 5 ft tall tarp on the inside along the bottom so it will draft better. It will keep the cold air from blowing straight in on you. It will keep you warmer. I might have to make one of the for boy scouts. Thanks for the great video
Thanks Craig. Your absolutely right. I think it's called a dew cloth. I'm not sure that my little stove will actually be able to heat the teepee very well though. I might end up just closing off the top and using a propane tent heater after I'm done cooking on the wood stove. I think with the dew cloth you attach it to the inside and it also blocks the cold breeze but the project is meant to be an easy and simplified version of a teepee. I'm also working on a single pole with the same exact design only the top of the cone is sewn shut for 24 inches to create a pocket for the single pole. Can't use the wood stove in the shelter but the tent heater should work and I can set up anywhere with just 1 tree and it can be one with rough bark. Main purpose was to experiment to see what I can get to work with a simple design. But someday I'd love to make a real teepee with canvas and use a real fire pit. The actual teepee is a perfect portable home and a genius design.
+Craig Stocker I have a 12 ft Panther 1 pole. Ive used a wood stove and also a propane heater. Propane is much easier. You dont have to wake up cold to feed the propane heater.
LOL. My thoughts too. I think my tent heater should run for 5.5 hrs. on one small tank. But I will have to take it out in a few weeks and test it all. Thankfully, it will be very cold and snowy. Perfect timing.
That would work great for that Alone show. They give the contestants a 20 × 20 foot canvas tarp. I bet with it being canvas that no re-enforcement would be needed.
Patrick Germond yeah. I think it would have worked really well. They are in a different region in the next season. If it's not a tropical area I bet someone will finally set up a large teepee. I was surprised that no one has yet.
KdawgCrazy lol I bet because they can't bring themselves to cut that big tarp. I'm going to buy a 20 by 20 canvas and plastic tarp. I'll do a test run on the cheaper plastic tarp first and make my mistakes there. The canvas tarp cost $190. I'm seriously thinking of applying for the show. But I want to play around with a few things first. So I'll pass along a huge break through I've come across. It's the Victorinox Ranger Grip 58. It's got a Rockwell of 56 and it's a big knife. It would work great for carving 20 to 40 traps and anything else needed for survival. It's size on the blade and the saw beats the Leatherman hands down. The Wenger rangergrip 90 is better yet but they don't make it any more since Victorinox baught the company. But I talked to a factory rep and they may start making that model in the spring. But I love mine and I used Victorinox for 3 years as a survival instructor and they are great knives. Thanks for the ideas!
KdawgCrazy Also a great and different bushcraft channel is Felix Immel, and his great Escape videos. He carves a fishing pole out of wood using a Victorinox. He carves the eyelets and all.
Patrick Germond I made a 10x10x9 range tent with military heavy duty zippers with stove jack, out of 18oz duck cloth I purchased from hobby lobby. they offer a 50% off coupon on fabric up to 6 yards .
You're always surprising me with these videos Kdawg. Awesome stuff! That's a cool project. Can't say I'll be trying this one, but it was fun watching the process. I bet it was nice being able to stand up inside. Lots of livable space. Thanks again for sharing this project. :) - Chris
It looks great. But you've got to clear the floor of all the brush and snow. Once you heat the inside, all that snow will melt and make your floor muddy.
+Brian Mullins I never actually camped on that spot. I went a couple yards back and up the hillside where someone had made a terrace. To get muddy and melt the snow you gotta have it pretty hot in there. My little stove only ever got up to 40's Fahrenheit. At one point it was 5F outside and 35F inside. The snow helped to insulate and hold in my heat. Now when I use my pulk sled to bring out the TMS wood stove, meant to heat a cabin, then I'm gonna have to clear all that snow because I'm gonna be sweating in there.
@David Walker This guy, on the other hand, fully intended to be offensive. It's okay to express your opinion, but simply saying "This Teepee sucks" isn't going to help anyone. It simply shows everyone how much of a jerk you can be. If you're going to post a critical comment, do everyone a favor and at least give some advice on how to improve. It's called "constructive criticism," and it's actually really helpful.
great video. only thing i dont like is heat, with flammable materials. im going to try this with canvas.to keep it warmer inside and to better remove smoke/exhaust from heat a liner does wonders
+River rat I would also love to use canvas and add a dew cloth but this is for backpacking. That much canvas would just be too heavy and bulky. You would need to be car camping or use a pulk sled. I also think the ten foot diameter isn't really big enough for a fire. It may be better in a hole with a perimeter of rocks but open fires aren't permitted out here and I really didn't want to dig a hole in my favorite camping spot. This video was really just a proof of concept for me. I got the idea in my head and had to go try and see if I could pull it off. It was definitely a whole lot of fun! Good luck and stay safe brother.
I had leftover house wrap from a framing job and made a tee pee. I had a small fire in a charcoal lighter. I wound up melting a hole. But the charcoal chimney shot the flames up. I think it's small fire box will be great
+lonnie estrada the door is closed with a loop inserted through the grommets. An overhand knot facing outside and a carabiner through the loop on the inside of the teepee. A carabiner makes a better toggle since it can not accidentally slide out.
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I’d suggest driving a few large wooden stakes around your fire (approximately 40mm diameter, 60cm long) to minimise the risk of you and your bedding getting close to the fire. I’ve looked after far too many people who’ve come a cropper rolling into their fire when sleeping.
Awesome set up for a great price too! can't wait to see you use it and hope everything works for you.....I can't believe you are not a cold person considering the first video I ever watched of yours you were hiking in a blizzard...lol..lol...I always enjoy your videos!
Hey! Thanks for watching Karen. I love to hike in the snow and explore but freezing over night is a different story. LOL. But now I can go out in that blizzard and settle down for the night in a big heated shelter. Hopefully. I'll need to test out that stove inside. I think I'll try my Mr. Heater Little Buddy propane heater first. I've got a couple tricks for weather proofing the top and to hold heat in. If that works out then I'll start testing the wood stove. It would just be awesome to be able to keep backpacking on through the cold winter months. You'll see more of the Kdawg out in the snow. Take care and have a great winter.
That's when we know we are serious campers... when we go for the heated tents. LOL. We want to enjoy the winter outdoors. My wife still thinks I'm crazy but my goal is to go out into a blizzard and set up my shelter and be nice and warm and protected with everything I need to enjoy the outdoors. I want to go out exploring and then hop back into my shelter nice and warm with a cup of hot coco and watch a movie on my phone. LOL.
I enjoyed the video and i just wanted to share something that you probably know, but real Teepees use a secondary 4' inner liner like a skirt that actually reaches the ground. It allows the teepee to breath while keeping your radiant heat from rushing up and out the vent, I hope this helps. you can find photos of this on google. good luck.
+vegasheat71 mine is a backpackers 3 lbs version. None of the fancy stuff. I only used a fire in it once. I've actually just finished a single pole hot tent version fully enclosed with a stove jack/air vent. I just need my extra stove pipe to arrive so I can go try it out with my TMS wood stove.
Nice videos. I've been watching a bunch of them thinking that area looks really familiar. Then I realized that you're in the black hills too! Anyway I like the tepee I think that'll be the next shelter I make. Subbed
Just a thought on this, in my humble opinion you could build a better shelter simply by leaving the tarp intact and abandoning the TP setup. For example build a classic lean too and modify the setup to give you a wind protection.
I could also sit on the ground but sometimes I like to bring a small folding stool. This was about building and using a tipi for fun. I enjoy experimenting with shelters, stoves camp food and mixing in bushcrafting. Anybody can set up a lean too. Where’s the fun in that.
I like the concept. I dont think.I would cut my tarp though, this way I can use it for other set ups. I would however use toggles to tie it down and tarp clips. I usually just set up a lean to style or A frame. Good video. Like the in depth instructions.
Thanks Todd. I honestly didn't even expect this to work out but I've really enjoyed this teepee and I've got a couple trips planned for the next couple months. I cut the tarp because it was a cheap tarp and to cut on weight and bulk since I backpack out to all my camp site. I was surprised that it weighted in at under 4 lbs. and packed down so small for the size tarp it was made from. It's a huge shelter compared to my Alps Mountaineering Zephyr 2 even with the ground tarp inside the teepee they are very comparable in weight but there's no contest with spacious inside and the ability to stand inside this teepee. Thanks for watching. Don't forget to check out the other 2 videos in my teepee series.
+snippee1 thanks for watching snippee1. I backpack out to my campsites sometimes 4 to 15 miles out so I try to make my pole and tent stakes to cut weight. This past weekend I used a single pole teepee and cut also 5 lbs off my pack weight by leaving the pole and steel stakes at home. It only took a couple minutes to find the pole tree (dead standing) and used the limbs to make some quick stakes. We had to pack in all our water on that trip so I'm glad to have cut the extra weight.
Hell yeah, man thats very simular to the tee pees i make out in the woods except i dont cut the tarps up as i have a method to cover it up using two tarps right out of the package. But i like your idea of using the carabiners instead of rope to tye up the grommets
+Demonseed yay. I love the size of this shelter and how bullet proof it is in the weather. It just takes so dang long to set up with those six poles. I finally broke down and bought a single pole teepee that looks like the famous Guide Gear 10x10. Cost me about $120 but just the one pole and 2 zippered doors. Tarp is definitely cheaper but I can camp in a lot more places and set up quicker with just making one pole. This one is called the Tahoe and has a tarp floor that is removable with buckles...very versatile.
+Demonseed the tent body is about 5.6 lbs and the floor was about 2.5 lbs. I would not recommend it for long wilderness hikes. I personally purchased it to try as a hot tent and I'll pull it in a pulk over about 4 miles of snow. But you could definitely backpack with it using lighter ground sheets and making the pole and stakes. That's what my son and I did this past weekend. I'd recommend something like the Golite 3 person pyramid for long wilderness hikes in any weather. I believe they are now rebranded as My Trail Co. They are about $200 more than the cheap one I got. Check eBay for Golite tents or visit mytrailco.com for their newest model.
Yeah! dude this looks so awesome. It's going to be cool. You better save some room in there for Steve and I! Lol. Can't wait to see this bad boy in Action.
Plenty of room in there for 3 people. Lol. In 2 weeks I'll be back out there with my pulk to try some modifications to the tipi to get my little propane heater working in there and test it for rain proofing. I also have a low ceiling mod that can be used to collect rain water for drinking in warmer weather. It's been fun adding a little bushcrafting into my outings.
+KdawgCrazy yeah, not supposed to but, as long as your awake and it's in the doorway it's not bad. Gets really warm just carry a spare bottle the fuel goes fast.
KdawgCrazy. Great video.Thanks for sharing. Hey, I use Gorrilla glue whenever I repair a truck tarp with good results. Sure would save a bunch of sewing putting on those grommets. Just saying.
Thanks brother. I really appreciate that. I kinda felt like a little kid again, building a really cool fort out in the woods. Most fun I've had in a while. Later on when I did my overnighter I felt like I was sleeping in a log cabin. Best nights sleep in the woods yet.
kdawg you are a genius. No really for a year and a half now I've been trying to find an easy way to make a cover for a teepee. And you have done it... I hope you don't mind if I duplicate your project and share your video on a couple Facebook pages and send the link to some friends of mine. I know they will enjoy it. By the way do you have a Facebook page yet? If so let me know and I'll promote it on my Facebook page..... Two thumbs up on this video for sure. Anxiously waiting for the next installment.
Bob! Great to hear from you brother. Yes. Please share the video. I was really hoping I could help out anyone who was interested in making a quick and inexpensive teepee. It was really easy to make and a lot of fun to build. On my next trip I'll show an easy way to cover the top of the teepee and install a low ceiling inside so you can use a propane tent heater. Hopefully, everything works out so I can do that in a week or so. I still don't have a Facebook page though. My job had a social media clause a couple years back where we had to sign something with some wording I really wasn't comfortable with so I've kinda steered clear of it so it's just UA-cam for now. Thanks again for watching and sharing the video. I'm really enjoying bushcrafting and I'm getting together some new kit to do some bushcrafting trips. Hopefully, this will be a great winter. I've got some new videos planned and I just gotta get time to get out there and film them. Take care bro.
+KdawgCrazy you would not believe how many people you've helped out with this video. And you gave me an idea for a new cover for my dome. Understand about the social media. No problems. And understand what you're talking about not having time to shoot videos. I'm haven the same problem with my work schedule too.
Awesome! I'm glad I could help. Looks like Walmart is gonna sell a few more tarps this year. LOL. I'm gonna go buy 2 more next week just to try some different things too. I forgot about the dome. That's a great winter shelter. Are you gonna take it out on a pulk sled this year?
+KdawgCrazy oh yes the dome . I'll have it on a friend of mine's property all summer long. I just recently took it down and brought it back to the shop to do some work on it. Then I'm going to take it back out and set it up again. ... Sorry I haven't done any videos on it. I didn't think too many people were interested in it... But it is still one of my favorite projects.
Really excited to see your part 2 of this. I love camping and was watching a fellow artist nagualero on YT in his teepee and would love to do this in winter next year. Our snow here isn't as bad as your's so after I'm acclimated to the cold here I'm good to go. Would love to see how I could put a hammock in one of these. lol Subbed ya! ATB Louise :)
Hey, thanks for watching. A hammock in a teepee...now that I gotta see! I think if the teepee is wide enough and u use 4 really strong poles you could do it pretty easy. Set up a propane heat next to u and have a nice warm night.
That's just too cool KDC. Nice job and excellent detailed video. Oh man if you ever tried to pull that stunt around here you'd be in some serious trouble without first getting a proper survey and posting the white man building permit in the designated location.
Oh yay. That's exactly what I was thinking while I was building it. I kept waiting for someone to say I had to use a fire retardant tarp and that my poles weren't regulation height. LOL.
I looked at doing a silnylon tarp tent and titanium hot tent wood stove and boy is that expensive. If I can make this teepee work with a fire box or propane heater then I'll be able to prove it can be done for a lot less money. It's just fun to go out in the woods and try stuff out too.
KdawgCrazy I know about the cost of Silnylon my wife sewed up my hammock tarp. ends up to by quite expensive. I would like to try canvas for winter becuse of condensation, but I bet that is even more money yet. Love your video's man! :)
I don't think our southern brothers and sisters used teepees in cold climates. My tribe uses wigwams and long houses. They are much warmer, smaller and easier to heat with less heat escaping. Wigwam only takes a couple of hours to put up and the layering is important. The old way is to weave in the cedar boughs, then woven blankets, then moose hide fur side up, moose hide fur side down (so the fibers meet each other and create an air pocket), than another woven blanket layer, then moose hide fur side up, moose hide fur side down, then woven blanket, then cedar layed over the top so that rain would run off not into the layers and last is the cedar bark (now a days we use wool blankets and then tarp though for the last two layers).
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You’re welcome and thank you for watching. Unfortunately, my version had to be very basic so I could backpack with it. I had to cut out some features to lower the weight and bulk. But I love the feeling of being in a large shelter I can stand up in with strong support poles. When wind gusts hit and snow falls I don’t have to worry. And it can be heated with a fire, wood stove or propane heater very easily. It’s the perfect winter shelter.
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I love it when someone has a go at doing something they've never done before whether it's the perfect design or not because it stimulates interest in others especially if they make it look easy and viewers think " I can do that !". Shared ideas and enthusiasm is great 👍 happy camping 😁
I really like the camo tarp you used but the 12x24 tarps available to me were very expensive for some reason while smaller tarps 12x16 were very cheap. My solution was to add some extra grommets and join two tarps with wingnut bolts and washers on either side. I found overlaying the tarps a foot really reduced the draft. I was able to overlay the door by about a foot as well. I'm too cheap to destroy the tarps by cutting them. Instead I cut chunks of wood and rolled up the long edges on either side. I plan on adding an inner liner made of canvas painter cloth when it gets a bit colder. Really love what you did here.
Awesome. A Tepee tent for everyone! Thanks for posting.
Hey Ken! Easiest teepee ever. Now if only I can get my stove to work and manage the smoke. I'm planning on testing out the wood stove this weekend. Thanks for watching.
+KdawgCrazy
Hi thx for posting this video.
I made one similar to yours but bigger because I want a fire inside. Hey ... I had a BIG smoke problem. I mean ... that was a ... PROBLEM.
If you watched my channel you see I focus on fire so I deal very well with smoke, but that was unbearable. I realized that the teepee has to be super crazy isolated, no hole for wind to come in and make a tornado in your teepee. Lot more complex than expected, it was -25 and windy today and the teepee would not keep us warm me and my dog. We were smoked like you can't imagine, freezing and yeah ... a big failure. Not because of your concept but because of my lack of experience with teepee.
For those planning to work one out, make sure there is no wind entry at the bottom and door because the wind rush inside and bump on the walls, making a tornado of smoke and from there it is just impossible to keep your eye open or breath.
Stay Primitive My Friend
Awesome and easy way to built a tepee. Thanks for sharing.
You're welcome. Thanks for watching.
Wonderful. And skillful too.
One concern I have though is that plastic tarps don't actually last that long when they are being used day to day. I've used them on sheds and they'll dissolve within about a 8 to 12 months from the sun hitting them all the time. We've had them look fine and then they just dissolve mysteriously around the 8 to 12 month mark sometimes within a day.
Your accomplishments are still great.
I am merely saying this as a technical detail to boost your creativity's results.
I also really like this idea.
Didn’t know you were a boy scout, that’s awesome bro. I’m working on my eagle right now
I'm not a scout. Hopefully, I didn't say that I was in the video. I'm sorry if I gave that impression. I did try to get my son into scouts though. Seems like kids today just want to hang out at home on their cell phones.
You need to add a four foot tall liner. This allows the draft from under the bottom and out the top to remove the smoke, but keeps the cold draft off the sitting occupants. Keeping a gap between the two canvases is what makes the chimney effect.
That's awesome brother. I have been looking for a plan to make one myself but didn't know where to start and hated to be the one who has to spend all the money etting it right ! Lol the tarp I want to use is actually much bigger but I think I can fudge it now. I was reading a Backwoods man magazine last year and it has a plan for making metal ammo can into mini wood stove. Planning on finishing it for the tipi. Thanks for the video!
Nice that your wife helped you. My wife would think I'm crazy lol
Thanks Harry. Oh, my wife thinks I'm crazy too. And she usually complains the whole time when I "make" her help me with a new DIY project. But when we're done she's happy to see how it turned out and happy to see me using it out in the woods.
Looking forward to this series. I want to do some winter camping this year even though my wife says no, shhhhhhhh..... she will never know.
Thanks for watching Gary. My wife is against winter camping too. I had a close call once so she's always paranoid when I go out in the snow now. But I've acquired a lot of winter gear and I'm getting better at winter backpacking. Always test your gear near home before you go on outings and you'll have a great winter. Good luck brother.
+KdawgCrazy Wives, you got to love them. Just looked at the Fire Box Stove site, nice. Look forward to seeing you using yours. Thanks
Great video! I'm building a tarp teepee around the outside of my teepee tent for insulation & protectection from falling limbs in Vermont winters.
Hey, great Tarp Tipi and greetings from Austria in Europe!
I plan also a Tarp Tipi overnight. Like your setup and the idea to leave the poles in the wood. This is a very lightweight and cheap method for a hottent with an open fire. Hope you will upload Part 2 soon.
Thanks for watching Paul. Sorry I haven't gotten out in the woods since I uploaded this video. I'm thinking of using a propane heater for my first over nighter in the teepee and then I'll try my TMS wood stove to heat it for the following trip. I don't think I'm brave enough to try using an open fire in this teepee. It might be too small for a traditional fire on the ground.
you might want to investigate how the smoke flaps are made on a real teepee as they allow rhetoric smoke hole to be adjusted. also look at making a dew cloth for the inside, so that you can have the teepee set off the ground yet still not allow cold air to blow inside. it also is important so the air is drawn into the teepee and out the smoke hole. as always like your videos.
Cool. Thanks Tim. I'll check it out. I'm trying to keep it as simple and easy as possible but when I try to use that stove I know things will get complicated real fast. I'll check into adding the smoke flaps and dew cloth.
Good clean editing making it very easy to follow. Thank you.
Awesome winter project. Will be so fun to see your adventures in it.
Thanks bro. I'm gonna camp once or twice with the 6 pole set up and then convert it to a 1 pole to make it easier to set up in another spot. It's been a fun project and it's amazingly cheap and easy to make.
Awesome job, well thought out and executed -- well done !
+Joe Saltzman thanks Joe. Hopefully, in January I'll have another video out for a single pole version with internal guylines. I love the 6 pole option but it's a lot less work to find 1 sturdy dead standing tree for a center pole. Plus, the rest of the tree and limbs can be used for firewood.
KdawgCrazy -- Awesome, can't wait to see what you come up with. Till then best wishes for a happy new year. Cheers !
Try using a longer 550 cord to lash the first 3 poles together. After laying the rest of the poles in place you can walk the cord round a few times. Secure it with a clove hitch to one of the poles at a convenient height.
A longer rope to lash the three poles, then lash the rest and the oute tarp, should have enough rope/cord to being down to ground within the tipi and anchor with stake, keeps it grounded in the wind.
Love watching your videos bud. Going to be trying this sometime this winter
+John Laird thanks John. I'm also currently building a single pole tipi with snow flaps. I'm hoping to have that video up next week if it works out.
KdawgCrazy sounds fun! Can't wait to watch!
that's a nice spot he found, slightly raised, perfect
+Adam Smith and I can usually hear the wind howling in the trees but just a small breeze come through that camp spot. Nice and protected.
That was a great idea to use the grommets that were cut off as your reinforcement patch.
Thanks. My wife is claiming responsibility for that. LOL.
Epic! I'm excited to see more!
Hey! Thanks for watching bro. Depending on the weather in 2 weeks I'll either use the wood stove or a propane tent heater. I think I'll need really dry wood to keep smoke to a minimum. But I've been really impressed with the Firebox stove. It worked great for grilling up a burger and I got a fast boil time using the boil plate. And the fire sticks are genius. Once I got the Swedish fire torch going I was able to cook every thing without adding more wood. That was on the previous weekends trip before it snowed. I love the stove.
+KdawgCrazy I'm so glad you're having fun with it! Thanks so much for the feedback!
You're welcome. Thanks for a great stove.
I enjoy your videos. You and your wife are most creative. Thank you.
+SENSEI PETTEN thanks Sensei.
I like the idea of using the off cut re enforced edge for the tie down points. Also, I've never seen a tepee in Australia before, so I intend to give it a go.
Cheers mate.
Now this is one sweeet setup, looking forward to the next one in the series........
Thanks Ben. I get to try a little bushcrafting. This seems to be an awesome shelter. I just hope I can figure out a safe way to use the firebox inside.
by far top 2-3 of tipi videos Ive found on youtube. I want to try one of these and your video has certainly made the learning curve "up"! Doing a winter trip in New Brunswick Canada in a few weeks...cant wait to try this!!
Awesome bro. Let me know how it turns out.
got to build me a TEEPEE! going to Wal-Mart and grabbing a couple of tarp and try and make it double walled, AWEsome video my man! thank you
+Peter Mcpherson you're welcome. My version is specifically made for backpacking and makes the shelter 3 lbs. and a small package to strap onto a pack. A dew cloth and smoke flaps would be great improvements but in my case I wouldn't be able to backpack with it. The grommets have held up great and the door has performed better than expected. I was very surprised at how easy a project this was. Good luck and have fun out there this winter.
Now this is just plain ol' wicked cool brother! Love a good DIY project.. and this one's definitely going on the list man.
Hope all's been well over your my friend! -John
Thanks John. It's awesome to hear from you. Thanks for watching brother. This was a fun project to build. I can't wait to get back out to do an over nighter in it. Coolest DIY project ever for just $25 and a couple hours to cut and sew and you have a huge winter shelter. It's gonna be a fun winter. Thanks again for watching and take care brother.
thanks for the video
Thanks for watching!
That's quite an awesome teepee dude
Thanks bro!
Good hosting.
Thanks Stephen.
thank you for sharing - you made that very logical and easy to understand - answered allot of questions I have... wonderful video !!!
When you were cutting the tarp, you were just sorta hopping around and cutting and it looked hilarious! But this video was a big help because im going camping in two days and have chosen to make a teepee so thanks for the video, very simple directions :)
Your welcome. Glad I could brighten your day. I've been experimenting with different ways to speed up a scene and this one skips frames which looks pretty funny. This teepee should hold up really well in windy weather and should be easy to heat. You could also close off the top with a large leaf bag and use a hot tent wood stove inside to stay nice and warm. Good luck and have a great winter.
My question is if you had to go to the trouble to sew those grommets for the door... why didn't you just have her sew some Velcro along with them. That way you could use your velcro to shut your door but also have the grommets as a backup. Also you would have a better safer fire if you were to dig the tunnel to the outside underneath the fire. You could always bring one of those aluminum foil telescopic vent hoses. That stretch for a long. It would make your fire almost smokeless. And you could have your TP touching the ground. Which would make it warmer for you since the fire is going to be drawing cool air crossed you to feed the fire. Other than that that's an excellent idea. The hole and tunnel is a perfect alternative to having a inside wall going up a few feet all around the teepee which is what I believe the natives did. The inner wall actually went all the way to the ground so the cold air would be drawn up. But a tunnel would be much better for your fire
Heck ya! Thank you for for that!
great tipi like very cosy with a Small Fire in the middle
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Steve
+so steve thanks Steve. Best sleep I've ever had in the wood was in this shelter. It's so big inside I always feel like I'm in a cabin.
You are the man with the ambitious DIY projects. Happy New Year.
Thanks brother. I've always wanted to try a teepee and I finally thought of an easy way to make a simple, light and cheap version. It's not bad. We will see if it holds up to some winter use with a wood stove inside.
You dam skipy this one is going on the favorites list. Finally someone showed a pattern for the tipi tarp sweet thnx man!
Love it! That is sweet and I am looking forward to seeing more. Thank you for showing us!
Thanks. Hopefully this turns out to be the winter shelter I've been looking for. Plus it's fun to build.
Man, I so wanna try to make a teepee now. Looked fairly easy to set up and all that. But making it, and cutting it, looked a bit harder. But I'll sure give it a go :)
+Moffenson The Norwegian you can also just wrap a tarp around the poles without altering the tarp...no cutting needed. I just wanted to cut some weight and bulk off mine since I backpack mine out to each location. It takes a little practice but it's a great winter shelter.
I like the idea, I know you made this some time ago but what about adding some 3M Velcro tape to close the door
+Jamie Jones that's a good idea but most the time when I set it up I really have to pull on those flaps to secure it closed and it's pretty taught. Just gotta move the poles a little to loosen that up and the the Velcro would work really well.
Very nice job,very well explained, excellent looking teepee. Glad to have found your UA-cam video. Thanks Ron
Thanks Ron.
Dig a fire pit in the middle and line it with rocks to minimize the sparks and limit the possibility of heat melting the walls.
I was going to say the same thing. Thought i was the only one who thought about that.
If you dig a tunnel to the outside, it becomes a smokeless fire. Still need the vent, just not as much smoke.
This is great, looking forward to the rest, thanks.
Thanks Tim.
American Indians placed a flat stone at the centre of their fire to reflect heat to the centre of a single flame. The single flame was caused by multiple pieces of wood with wedge shaped ends pointed into the centre.
The concentrated heat would turn the flame blue and there would be no smoke. The fire sticks would be pushed in to the centre as they burned. I learned this from a guy who had lived for years in a canvas tipi. I was gobsmacked when I saw this process as I believed I knew a few things about camp fires.
great tips! plus I love survival on purpose. thanks for the great video.
+Mrs. Lewis thanks.
When ever I set 1 up , I start buy setting a fire on a sunk stone pit an build it right around . Last 1 I had a bunch of kids w/ me who had a blast , stayed warm n dry 4 a week end . Nothing like givin young boys a hatchet an tell em to go get some long poles .
By Golly K-Dawg I think Us on2 sumthin Right There, Happy 2 follow along on this series, Hoping alls well there with U & Yourn.....Happy Trails From This Side Friend.....ATB Terry...................God Bless
Thanks Terry. I think I'm gonna test the propane heater in it first in a couple weeks and then the firebox. No more cold campouts for me. LOL.
KdawgCrazy Least U will B comfy, Dawg !
great video a little advice on teepees watch how a real one is set up the rope that ties the 3 original poles is much longer and actually dose not get tied but staked to the ground and you leave one pole out to tie the teepee cover its self to it might help with ease of set up
I definitely liked the idea of tying the tarp to one pole to hoist the tarp up into place but I wanted to keep the poles lashes together to see if it made for a faster set up the next time I came out. It really didn't so I'm gonna try the pole hoisting way next time with just the tripod lashed together. Always looking for ways to streamline and simply to process. I've been luck so far that I've had somewhat calm and clear days when I've set up the teepee.
Very interesting imfo on tent making ❣👍🏻 I would say tho definitely have a fire extinguisher handy just in case ambers travel & start up a fire Thanks again for the awesome imfo 😊⛺Luv it ❤ Y'ALL stay warm out there ❣🔥& be safe be prepared for bears also 😞🔦
Well done, will be interesting to see you making an overnighter in this! Cheers, Marc
Thanks Marc. It was a lot of fun to build and I think it's gonna be awesome to camp in this winter. It's an inexpensive heated shelter for $25 and I got to do a little bushcrafting. LOL. Take care brother.
You will need to put a 5 ft tall tarp on the inside along the bottom so it will draft better. It will keep the cold air from blowing straight in on you. It will keep you warmer.
I might have to make one of the for boy scouts.
Thanks for the great video
Thanks Craig. Your absolutely right. I think it's called a dew cloth. I'm not sure that my little stove will actually be able to heat the teepee very well though. I might end up just closing off the top and using a propane tent heater after I'm done cooking on the wood stove. I think with the dew cloth you attach it to the inside and it also blocks the cold breeze but the project is meant to be an easy and simplified version of a teepee. I'm also working on a single pole with the same exact design only the top of the cone is sewn shut for 24 inches to create a pocket for the single pole. Can't use the wood stove in the shelter but the tent heater should work and I can set up anywhere with just 1 tree and it can be one with rough bark. Main purpose was to experiment to see what I can get to work with a simple design. But someday I'd love to make a real teepee with canvas and use a real fire pit. The actual teepee is a perfect portable home and a genius design.
+Craig Stocker I have a 12 ft Panther 1 pole. Ive used a wood stove and also a propane heater. Propane is much easier. You dont have to wake up cold to feed the propane heater.
LOL. My thoughts too. I think my tent heater should run for 5.5 hrs. on one small tank. But I will have to take it out in a few weeks and test it all. Thankfully, it will be very cold and snowy. Perfect timing.
I use a 20 lb tank. But im not packing it in either or my one pole its to heavy.
But sounds like a great winter shelter.
good video
+keith rice thanks.
That would work great for that Alone show. They give the contestants a 20 × 20 foot canvas tarp. I bet with it being canvas that no re-enforcement would be needed.
Patrick Germond yeah. I think it would have worked really well. They are in a different region in the next season. If it's not a tropical area I bet someone will finally set up a large teepee. I was surprised that no one has yet.
KdawgCrazy lol I bet because they can't bring themselves to cut that big tarp. I'm going to buy a 20 by 20 canvas and plastic tarp. I'll do a test run on the cheaper plastic tarp first and make my mistakes there. The canvas tarp cost $190.
I'm seriously thinking of applying for the show. But I want to play around with a few things first.
So I'll pass along a huge break through I've come across. It's the Victorinox Ranger Grip 58. It's got a Rockwell of 56 and it's a big knife. It would work great for carving 20 to 40 traps and anything else needed for survival. It's size on the blade and the saw beats the Leatherman hands down. The Wenger rangergrip 90 is better yet but they don't make it any more since Victorinox baught the company. But I talked to a factory rep and they may start making that model in the spring. But I love mine and I used Victorinox for 3 years as a survival instructor and they are great knives.
Thanks for the ideas!
KdawgCrazy Also a great and different bushcraft channel is Felix Immel, and his great Escape videos. He carves a fishing pole out of wood using a Victorinox. He carves the eyelets and all.
Patrick Germond I made a 10x10x9 range tent with military heavy duty zippers with stove jack, out of 18oz duck cloth I purchased from hobby lobby. they offer a 50% off coupon on fabric up to 6 yards .
AWESOME DIY....... I'm off to Walmart!!
Awesome! Let me know how it works out for you.
Awesome!...nice job on the tent👍
You're always surprising me with these videos Kdawg. Awesome stuff! That's a cool project. Can't say I'll be trying this one, but it was fun watching the process. I bet it was nice being able to stand up inside. Lots of livable space. Thanks again for sharing this project. :) - Chris
Thanks Chris. I'm always trying new things to have fun outdoors. The teepee project was one of the better ones I think. LOL.
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It looks great. But you've got to clear the floor of all the brush and snow. Once you heat the inside, all that snow will melt and make your floor muddy.
+Brian Mullins I never actually camped on that spot. I went a couple yards back and up the hillside where someone had made a terrace. To get muddy and melt the snow you gotta have it pretty hot in there. My little stove only ever got up to 40's Fahrenheit. At one point it was 5F outside and 35F inside. The snow helped to insulate and hold in my heat. Now when I use my pulk sled to bring out the TMS wood stove, meant to heat a cabin, then I'm gonna have to clear all that snow because I'm gonna be sweating in there.
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Brian Mullis your comment is afensive
@@peyotechants7506 It's friendly advice. It wasn't meant to be offensive...
@David Walker This guy, on the other hand, fully intended to be offensive.
It's okay to express your opinion, but simply saying "This Teepee sucks" isn't going to help anyone. It simply shows everyone how much of a jerk you can be.
If you're going to post a critical comment, do everyone a favor and at least give some advice on how to improve.
It's called "constructive criticism," and it's actually really helpful.
great video. only thing i dont like is heat, with flammable materials. im going to try this with canvas.to keep it warmer inside and to better remove smoke/exhaust from heat a liner does wonders
+River rat I would also love to use canvas and add a dew cloth but this is for backpacking. That much canvas would just be too heavy and bulky. You would need to be car camping or use a pulk sled. I also think the ten foot diameter isn't really big enough for a fire. It may be better in a hole with a perimeter of rocks but open fires aren't permitted out here and I really didn't want to dig a hole in my favorite camping spot.
This video was really just a proof of concept for me. I got the idea in my head and had to go try and see if I could pull it off. It was definitely a whole lot of fun!
Good luck and stay safe brother.
I had leftover house wrap from a framing job and made a tee pee. I had a small fire in a charcoal lighter. I wound up melting a hole. But the charcoal chimney shot the flames up. I think it's small fire box will be great
Great video, very well explained
Thanks Brian. Let me know if u make one. I'd love to see it in use. Especially, if you use a small camp fire inside.
For the door you should put some overhangs knots with sticks tied to them to hold the door closed
+lonnie estrada the door is closed with a loop inserted through the grommets. An overhand knot facing outside and a carabiner through the loop on the inside of the teepee. A carabiner makes a better toggle since it can not accidentally slide out.
enjoyed that ..good effort
Thanks Pete.
This is Awesome Dude.. I can't wait to see it in action....I can see Boy Scouts making a whole village of these...
Yeah, this would be a great Boy Scout project. I'm working on a 1 pole version too. More fun than a tent for sure.
Cool man can't wait to see it. i bought a tarp now i need the time...lol
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I’d suggest driving a few large wooden stakes around your fire (approximately 40mm diameter, 60cm long) to minimise the risk of you and your bedding getting close to the fire. I’ve looked after far too many people who’ve come a cropper rolling into their fire when sleeping.
Awesome set up for a great price too! can't wait to see you use it and hope everything works for you.....I can't believe you are not a cold person considering the first video I ever watched of yours you were hiking in a blizzard...lol..lol...I always enjoy your videos!
Hey! Thanks for watching Karen. I love to hike in the snow and explore but freezing over night is a different story. LOL. But now I can go out in that blizzard and settle down for the night in a big heated shelter. Hopefully. I'll need to test out that stove inside. I think I'll try my Mr. Heater Little Buddy propane heater first. I've got a couple tricks for weather proofing the top and to hold heat in. If that works out then I'll start testing the wood stove. It would just be awesome to be able to keep backpacking on through the cold winter months. You'll see more of the Kdawg out in the snow. Take care and have a great winter.
I've got new "winter hot tent" to try out, I am way to old to sleep out in the cold, got to have heat!!!!..Lol...
That's when we know we are serious campers... when we go for the heated tents. LOL. We want to enjoy the winter outdoors. My wife still thinks I'm crazy but my goal is to go out into a blizzard and set up my shelter and be nice and warm and protected with everything I need to enjoy the outdoors. I want to go out exploring and then hop back into my shelter nice and warm with a cup of hot coco and watch a movie on my phone. LOL.
you should sew a two inch strip of velcro on the door to keep it closed with the string.
+MrBeal that's a good idea and should be pretty easy to sew on too.
Very cool!!
Looked great.. Thanks for the video
Thanks bro. Hopefully this works out as a warm winter shelter.
Very nice, I like the set up. thanks for sharing.
Atb sean
Thanks Sean.
I enjoyed the video and i just wanted to share something that you probably know, but real Teepees use a secondary 4' inner liner like a skirt that actually reaches the ground. It allows the teepee to breath while keeping your radiant heat from rushing up and out the vent, I hope this helps. you can find photos of this on google. good luck.
+vegasheat71 mine is a backpackers 3 lbs version. None of the fancy stuff. I only used a fire in it once. I've actually just finished a single pole hot tent version fully enclosed with a stove jack/air vent. I just need my extra stove pipe to arrive so I can go try it out with my TMS wood stove.
WOW very nice!!!!!
Thanks. It's the best shelter I've ever used. I just wish I could leave it set up all year.
Great Vid Kdawg! Can't wait to see it in action.
Oh yeah! It's gonna be awesome!
Nice videos. I've been watching a bunch of them thinking that area looks really familiar. Then I realized that you're in the black hills too! Anyway I like the tepee I think that'll be the next shelter I make. Subbed
Thanks. Can't go wrong with a teepee in the winter. The Black Hills are the perfect playground for adult kids like us. LOL.
It seems from the comments there is quite a bit of TeePee experience out there. Good to hear.
Just a thought on this, in my humble opinion you could build a better shelter simply by leaving the tarp intact and abandoning the TP setup. For example build a classic lean too and modify the setup to give you a wind protection.
I could also sit on the ground but sometimes I like to bring a small folding stool. This was about building and using a tipi for fun. I enjoy experimenting with shelters, stoves camp food and mixing in bushcrafting. Anybody can set up a lean too. Where’s the fun in that.
I get for fun, i just hate cutting up a good tarp.
I like the concept. I dont think.I would cut my tarp though, this way I can use it for other set ups. I would however use toggles to tie it down and tarp clips. I usually just set up a lean to style or A frame. Good video. Like the in depth instructions.
Thanks Todd. I honestly didn't even expect this to work out but I've really enjoyed this teepee and I've got a couple trips planned for the next couple months. I cut the tarp because it was a cheap tarp and to cut on weight and bulk since I backpack out to all my camp site. I was surprised that it weighted in at under 4 lbs. and packed down so small for the size tarp it was made from. It's a huge shelter compared to my Alps Mountaineering Zephyr 2 even with the ground tarp inside the teepee they are very comparable in weight but there's no contest with spacious inside and the ability to stand inside this teepee. Thanks for watching. Don't forget to check out the other 2 videos in my teepee series.
Thank you. Keep up the videos. Good job.
Thanks bro.
good job. nice video. nice guy.it would be nice to have reusable poles though. thanks for posting! .
+snippee1 thanks for watching snippee1. I backpack out to my campsites sometimes 4 to 15 miles out so I try to make my pole and tent stakes to cut weight. This past weekend I used a single pole teepee and cut also 5 lbs off my pack weight by leaving the pole and steel stakes at home. It only took a couple minutes to find the pole tree (dead standing) and used the limbs to make some quick stakes. We had to pack in all our water on that trip so I'm glad to have cut the extra weight.
5 lbs is a big diff. esp. after 15 miles ! dead standing is also very good (forest friendly). Happy trails!
Glue or sew some Mylar to the inside of your tarp and it will retain heat better. Plus less chance of melting your tarp with your fire.
Hell yeah, man thats very simular to the tee pees i make out in the woods except i dont cut the tarps up as i have a method to cover it up using two tarps right out of the package. But i like your idea of using the carabiners instead of rope to tye up the grommets
+Demonseed yay. I love the size of this shelter and how bullet proof it is in the weather. It just takes so dang long to set up with those six poles. I finally broke down and bought a single pole teepee that looks like the famous Guide Gear 10x10. Cost me about $120 but just the one pole and 2 zippered doors. Tarp is definitely cheaper but I can camp in a lot more places and set up quicker with just making one pole. This one is called the Tahoe and has a tarp floor that is removable with buckles...very versatile.
sounds Awesome but how much weight is it and how hard is it to pack on long wilderness hikes ?
+Demonseed the tent body is about 5.6 lbs and the floor was about 2.5 lbs. I would not recommend it for long wilderness hikes. I personally purchased it to try as a hot tent and I'll pull it in a pulk over about 4 miles of snow. But you could definitely backpack with it using lighter ground sheets and making the pole and stakes. That's what my son and I did this past weekend. I'd recommend something like the Golite 3 person pyramid for long wilderness hikes in any weather. I believe they are now rebranded as My Trail Co. They are about $200 more than the cheap one I got. Check eBay for Golite tents or visit mytrailco.com for their newest model.
Yeah! dude this looks so awesome. It's going to be cool. You better save some room in there for Steve and I! Lol. Can't wait to see this bad boy in Action.
Plenty of room in there for 3 people. Lol. In 2 weeks I'll be back out there with my pulk to try some modifications to the tipi to get my little propane heater working in there and test it for rain proofing. I also have a low ceiling mod that can be used to collect rain water for drinking in warmer weather. It's been fun adding a little bushcrafting into my outings.
+KdawgCrazy I've also got the little buddy heater as well.
+Shane Coffey have u had a chance to use it in a shelter? I haven't used mine yet.
+KdawgCrazy yeah, not supposed to but, as long as your awake and it's in the doorway it's not bad. Gets really warm just carry a spare bottle the fuel goes fast.
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KdawgCrazy. Great video.Thanks for sharing. Hey, I use Gorrilla glue whenever I repair a truck tarp with good results. Sure would save a bunch of sewing putting on those grommets. Just saying.
That is awesome! Best video I have seen in quite awhile
Thanks brother. I really appreciate that. I kinda felt like a little kid again, building a really cool fort out in the woods. Most fun I've had in a while. Later on when I did my overnighter I felt like I was sleeping in a log cabin. Best nights sleep in the woods yet.
Absolutely great! Thx to Kenneth I found your Video... I'm mad about Part 2! ;-)
Awesome! Thanks for watching. I can't wait to get back out there again and test the stove inside the teepee.
I can imagine. ;-)
I love it!
+trooper2221 thanks!
kdawg you are a genius. No really for a year and a half now I've been trying to find an easy way to make a cover for a teepee. And you have done it... I hope you don't mind if I duplicate your project and share your video on a couple Facebook pages and send the link to some friends of mine. I know they will enjoy it. By the way do you have a Facebook page yet? If so let me know and I'll promote it on my Facebook page..... Two thumbs up on this video for sure. Anxiously waiting for the next installment.
Bob! Great to hear from you brother. Yes. Please share the video. I was really hoping I could help out anyone who was interested in making a quick and inexpensive teepee. It was really easy to make and a lot of fun to build. On my next trip I'll show an easy way to cover the top of the teepee and install a low ceiling inside so you can use a propane tent heater. Hopefully, everything works out so I can do that in a week or so.
I still don't have a Facebook page though. My job had a social media clause a couple years back where we had to sign something with some wording I really wasn't comfortable with so I've kinda steered clear of it so it's just UA-cam for now.
Thanks again for watching and sharing the video. I'm really enjoying bushcrafting and I'm getting together some new kit to do some bushcrafting trips. Hopefully, this will be a great winter. I've got some new videos planned and I just gotta get time to get out there and film them.
Take care bro.
+KdawgCrazy you would not believe how many people you've helped out with this video. And you gave me an idea for a new cover for my dome. Understand about the social media. No problems. And understand what you're talking about not having time to shoot videos. I'm haven the same problem with my work schedule too.
Awesome! I'm glad I could help. Looks like Walmart is gonna sell a few more tarps this year. LOL. I'm gonna go buy 2 more next week just to try some different things too.
I forgot about the dome. That's a great winter shelter. Are you gonna take it out on a pulk sled this year?
+KdawgCrazy oh yes the dome . I'll have it on a friend of mine's property all summer long. I just recently took it down and brought it back to the shop to do some work on it. Then I'm going to take it back out and set it up again. ... Sorry I haven't done any videos on it. I didn't think too many people were interested in it... But it is still one of my favorite projects.
It's an awesome project. It would be perfect for winter with a hot tent stove or tent heater.
Really excited to see your part 2 of this. I love camping and was watching a fellow artist nagualero on YT in his teepee and would love to do this in winter next year. Our snow here isn't as bad as your's so after I'm acclimated to the cold here I'm good to go. Would love to see how I could put a hammock in one of these. lol Subbed ya! ATB Louise :)
Hey, thanks for watching. A hammock in a teepee...now that I gotta see! I think if the teepee is wide enough and u use 4 really strong poles you could do it pretty easy. Set up a propane heat next to u and have a nice warm night.
now that's awesome
+Johnny Savage thanks!
That's just too cool KDC. Nice job and excellent detailed video. Oh man if you ever tried to pull that stunt around here you'd be in some serious trouble without first getting a proper survey and posting the white man building permit in the designated location.
Oh yay. That's exactly what I was thinking while I was building it. I kept waiting for someone to say I had to use a fire retardant tarp and that my poles weren't regulation height. LOL.
Not to be cutting on your gear,
But you will be feeding that fire all night long. When and how do you plan to sleep?
Looks great for a summer kit.
Cool!
Thanks!
Eye see I already commented 8 years ago...oh how the tyme flyz.
very cool man! I hope it all works out could be a really good solution. Those hot tents can be really expensive with the stove and everything.
I looked at doing a silnylon tarp tent and titanium hot tent wood stove and boy is that expensive. If I can make this teepee work with a fire box or propane heater then I'll be able to prove it can be done for a lot less money. It's just fun to go out in the woods and try stuff out too.
KdawgCrazy I know about the cost of Silnylon my wife sewed up my hammock tarp. ends up to by quite expensive. I would like to try canvas for winter becuse of condensation, but I bet that is even more money yet. Love your video's man! :)
ever think of hot gluing those cheap silver heat reflective blankets to the inside of the teepee?
Yep. It's also been mentioned a couple times in the comments. I do a teepee ceiling in part two and will be showing a Mylar blanket ceiling in part 4.
hi your video relly help me because i am bildting a tp and i did not now how i should do it and now i do thanks
You're welcome. Good luck.
dig a dakoda fire pit. safer, warmer, easy to maintain.
+Bobby Dobbins also not legal.
KdawgCrazy why is it not legal to build a Dakota fire pit?
wow this is interesting bro!
Thanks Trevor. I just went out for an overnighter in this teepee and it's great to have so much room in a winter shelter.
I don't think our southern brothers and sisters used teepees in cold climates. My tribe uses wigwams and long houses. They are much warmer, smaller and easier to heat with less heat escaping. Wigwam only takes a couple of hours to put up and the layering is important. The old way is to weave in the cedar boughs, then woven blankets, then moose hide fur side up, moose hide fur side down (so the fibers meet each other and create an air pocket), than another woven blanket layer, then moose hide fur side up, moose hide fur side down, then woven blanket, then cedar layed over the top so that rain would run off not into the layers and last is the cedar bark (now a days we use wool blankets and then tarp though for the last two layers).