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FLYSHEET AND POLES AWAY FROM THE PEGGED SECTION SO THE TENT TAKES
SHAPE. YOU WILL FIND IT EASIER IF A SECOND PERSON PRESENT ASSISTS AT THIS
POINT BY HELPING TO LIFT AND PULL THE FABRIC AND POLES AWAY FROM THE
PEGGED END. AS THE MICHIGAN HAS A SEWN IN GROUNDSHEET IT IS NECESSARY TO
ALLOW AIR TO FLOW FREELY INTO THE TENT WHEN PULLING THE FLYSHEET OUT
INTO POSITION THIS WILL MAKE PULLING THE FLYSHEET OUT A LOT EASIER. ONCE
YOU HAVE PULLED THE FLYSHEET OUT SO THE SEWN IN GROUNDSHEET IS FLAT AND
ALL POLES ARE UPRIGHT YOU SHOULD PEG THE END YOU HAVE PULLED OUT TO THE
GROUND. YOU CAN AT THIS POINT ALSO PEG THE GUY ROPES ON THIS END INTO
POSITION.
ENSURE THAT THE OVERALL LAY OF THE FLYSHEET IS SMOOTH WHEN PEGGED. THE
FLYSHEET SHOULD BE TAUGHT, BUT NOT OVER-TENSIONED, AS THIS WILL ONLY
DISTORT THE FIBERGLASS / METAL POLES AND SUBSEQUENTLY AFFECT STABILITY.
YOU MAY FIND IT NECESSARY TO ADJUST THE POSITION OF THE TWO END PEGGING
POINTS IN ORDER TO GET THE OVERALL LAY OF THE FLYSHEET FABRIC SMOOTH AND
FREE FROM WRINKLES OR FOLDS.
ONCE YOU ARE SATISFIED WITH THE OVERALL LAY OF THE FLYSHEET YOU CAN
THEN AND ONLY THEN PEG THE REMAINING PEGGING LOOPS INTO POSITION.
TAKING THE SHORTER FIBREGLASS DOOR CANOPY ROOFPOLE AND SHORTER METAL
DOOR CANOPY UPRIGHTS REPEAT POINTS 4 AND 5 FOR THE SMALL PORCH CANOPY
OVER THE MAIN DOOR. ONCE THE POLES ARE IN POSITION, PULL THE CANOPY OUT SO
IT IS SQUARE AND AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE MAIN TENT AND THEN PEG INTO
POSITION.
DURING BOTH POINTS 4 & 5 ENSURE THAT THE POLE JOINING FERRULES AND METAL
POLE ENDS DO NOT CATCH ON THE INSIDE OR EDGE OF THE MATERIAL SLEEVES.
SHOULD THIS HAPPEN CAREFULLY FREE THE SLEEVE BEFORE CONTINUING. FAILURE TO
FREE THE SLEEVE MAY CAUSE THE MATERIAL TO TEAR AND OR STITCHED SEAMS TO
BURST.
ON CERTAIN TRIANGULAR GUY POINTS ON THE MAIN TENT YOU WILL SEE TWO
VELCRO STRAPS, THESE ARE INTENDED TO BE WRAPPED AROUND THE MAIN POLE
ALLOWING THE GUY ROPE TO SUPPORT BOTH THE FLYSHEET AND MAIN POLE
SIMULTAINEOUSLY.
LOCATE ALL THE GUYING POINTS AND PEG SECURELY, AT A SUITABLE DISTANCE
FROM THE TENT. TRY NOT TO PEG TOO CLOSE TO THE TENT AS THIS WILL NOT GIVE
ADEQUATE SUPPORT AND MAY CAUSE THE FABRIC UNDER THE GUY POINT ITSELF TO
BECOME BAGGY OR LOOSE THUS ALLOWING INNER AND OUTER TO TOUCH.
THE FRONT AND REAR GUY POINTS SHOULD BE ADEQUATELY TENSIONED TO
PREVENT THE POOLING OF WATER ON THE INDIVIDUAL ROOF SECTIONS.
THE PEGS PROVIDED WITH THIS TENT ARE STANDARD PEGS, SUITABLE FOR MOST
TERRAIN’S. HOWEVER THERE WILL BE OCCASIONS WHEN THE GROUND MAY BE FAR TOO
HARD OR ROCKY AND EQUALLY TOO BOGGY OR SANDY. IN THIS INSTANCE SPECIALIST
PEGS CAN BE PURCHASED THROUGH YOUR LOCAL RETAILER AND
SHOULD
BE USED
7. UNFOLD THE INNER TENTS AND PLACE THEM INSIDE THE FLYSHEET BEDROOM
AREAS.
SIMPLY CLIP THE INNER TENTS INTO POSITION USING THE CLIPS ON THE INNER TENT
AND THE ‘D’ RINGS ON THE INSIDE OF THE FLYSHEET.
AN ELASTIC TOGGLE AND RING SYSTEM SUSPEND THE INNER TENTS FROM THE
INSIDE OF THE FLYSHEET. THE ELASTIC LOOPS AND TOGGLES ARE FOUND ON THE
INNER TENT WHILE THE SUSPENSION LOOPS AND RINGS ARE FOUND ON THE
FLYSHEET.
