Couple of things; It's difficult to tell, but I think that tent is a military size; ours are slightly smaller (in width and possibly length) and ours have two ridge poles and a flysheet. Our record to erect, strike down and pack our patrol tents is 23 minutes with a five to seven man team, although bear in mind, our Scouts cannot reach the ridge pole to support it. Nevertheless, there are a couple of tips to make your pitching quicker. The main guys should be 'Storm set' almost to the limit of the guys and level with the end of the tent. Once those four are in, it will stand alone. The next six pegs are vital and apply to your version too. A peg at the bottom of each pole to locate the door (and thus the length and width of the tent) and a peg at each corner. Then the tent corner guys at 45 degrees, followed by the rest of the tent guys. In our case, the flysheet corner guys are pegged 30 - 45 cm from the tent corner peg on the same line. Finally a couple of brailling pegs and the remainder of the flysheet guys. For competition purposes we specify one door looped shut; groundheet installed; spare pegs in peg bag and pole/peg bags and mallets in tent bag inside tent; everything neat and tidy. Up and down, twenty-three minutes. It doesn't get done like that often, but it has been done, with other creditable times repeated.
I think it is what we used to call a "160 pounder" There are versions with square poles, but you can get two rows of cubs in feet to feet. The problem is that with that many youngsters they never get to sleep....
Couple of things; It's difficult to tell, but I think that tent is a military size; ours are slightly smaller (in width and possibly length) and ours have two ridge poles and a flysheet. Our record to erect, strike down and pack our patrol tents is 23 minutes with a five to seven man team, although bear in mind, our Scouts cannot reach the ridge pole to support it. Nevertheless, there are a couple of tips to make your pitching quicker.
The main guys should be 'Storm set' almost to the limit of the guys and level with the end of the tent. Once those four are in, it will stand alone. The next six pegs are vital and apply to your version too. A peg at the bottom of each pole to locate the door (and thus the length and width of the tent) and a peg at each corner. Then the tent corner guys at 45 degrees, followed by the rest of the tent guys. In our case, the flysheet corner guys are pegged 30 - 45 cm from the tent corner peg on the same line. Finally a couple of brailling pegs and the remainder of the flysheet guys. For competition purposes we specify one door looped shut; groundheet installed; spare pegs in peg bag and pole/peg bags and mallets in tent bag inside tent; everything neat and tidy. Up and down, twenty-three minutes. It doesn't get done like that often, but it has been done, with other creditable times repeated.
I think it is what we used to call a "160 pounder" There are versions with square poles, but you can get two rows of cubs in feet to feet. The problem is that with that many youngsters they never get to sleep....
Is this one of your 14ft x 14ft?