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Need a reliable vendor for a Tipi cover

I'm looking to buy a Tipi cover. I've found several places on the web to buy from. I've heard that some are not reliable and some are just downright rip offs. Can someone help me with an honest tipi...

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I have had real god luck with Earthworks out if Colorado. Mike Smyth

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There quality is as good as or better than Al's.....I'm impressed with them.... Quills

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I have a tipi from these people. I can't say enough good about it. It's well built!Good luck,Jackpine Savagehttp://www.rklodges.com/

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ya I have heard RK lodges are good. I just saw a old Blue star this past weekend....but they are not around any more . I Saw plenty of Panther lodges... 1 poles , tipis & wall tents. Quality...

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Check out Trapline Lodges,Chris is a good guyhttp://trapline.com/catalog.html

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I had a Four Seasons / Tent Masters 18' tipi for years. Bill Walters was the owner/builder but has passed on. I believe his widow is still making tipis. They use only sunforger marine canvas. I also...

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I've got a 10 ft lavvu from these guys this spring and love it, http://lavvu.com/index.html cheers fddler49

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Good gosh Fiddler..they do not even tie those poles together at the top???? not shown in their pictures. also the picture of the little stove in the center going up thru the poles.... not a good...

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Quills, those are metal poles with metal cable. I have a set of those for traveling. My canvas is sunforger. cheers fddler49

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Your structure is a nice one for camping.  But it is a cone structure and not a tipi.  It is missing the smoke flaps to be a tipi.  Like the metal poles, but not in a lighting storm as we have on the...

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Lighting will strike a 24 ft wood pole just as quick on the plains. If is that close trust me it won't matter if you got some steel or not. Mike Smyth

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What happened to the edit tool? I think got lightning spelled wrong and can't get back to the reply to change it Mike Smyth

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You are right on that.  But it seems to conduct more with metal than wood.  I have been in a tipi with a pole hit by lighting.  The charge went down the pole following the water from the drips to the...

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I'm looking into living in a 15'-17' tepee in south western Missouri starting in late December or early January.  Does anybody have some tips on things I should be looking into such as, a wooden deck...

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did you check out the links in the posts above???

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Re: Need a reliable vendor for a Tipi cover

Yeah, I had. On further checking, I found what I needed. Thanks.

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I wish you would post what you learned.  I've been to the sites and I don't know which is better because Laubin's book says one thing and a salesperson says the other.  What did you find?  I want to...

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Laubin book is only one way to go.  There are other materials and you can find them by just looking at the responses on this site.  For practical cold weather camping...a good tipi, put the cover to...

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2 Ace Hardware 12'x15' drop cloths and a sewing machine. Takes an afternoon to make a lodge. I have one that has been up for six years straight here in Great Falls. 8oz. is not too heavy as all modern...

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