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Subject:Re: Add a Room tent question
From:Eric Caron
Date:Wed, 1 Jul 2020 17:34:23 -0400

> On Jul 1, 2020, at 5:28 PM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> The three sides away from the bus all can become awnings but use two flexible crossed poles and two ropes to create a domed awning. I am missing two ropes so I thought the poles would b used as well, but there is no Gromit for them and no rope means they would not keep the awning wall from popping up.
> 
> Good guess though.
> 
> Eric Caron 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Jul 1, 2020, at 5:06 PM, Richard Smith (Smirby) <smirby@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Maybe they hold up the door as an awning?
>> 
>> Richard Smith
>> smith@sfu.ca
>> 
>>> On Jul 1, 2020, at 1:53 PM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi folks,
>>> 
>>>      Anyone have one of the Bus Depot tents?  I’ll be getting to know mine well this summer.
>>> 
>>>      I’ve assembled it for a test run and basically have one question.  I have two poles that I don’t know what they are used for.  Everything else is figured out.
>>> 
>>> The directions were a bit funky as they refer to colored dots on the poles but the poles didn’t have them. 
>>> Over all though they were easy to follow.
>>> 
>>> The two mystery poles are about 6 feet lone. Have a pin on one end and a round plastic foot on the other. 
>>> 
>>> I don’t want to assume they are not important as they may be important for stability in some way.
>>> 
>>> I’ve emailed Bus Depot, Monday morning and called but they are busy and I’m not sure when I’ll hear back.
>>> 
>>> So if someone knows the tent and the poles I’d like that mystery solved.
>>> 
>>> I look forward to giving a review, I won’t be able to talk about how it hooks to a bus as I’m using it as a bus replacement.  But, first impressions are very positive.
>>> 
>>> And, man, it is big!
>>> Much bigger in my memory then my long gone Westfalia original tent.
>>> 
>>> Eric Caron 
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