Dave does not BS around when it comes to explaining. Thanks, Dave, I appreciate all that you do, for your fellow man, your country, our soldiers and humanity in general. You're a stand-up guy. We need more of you and fewer of them.
Scotty used this set-up on our first deer camp where I took my first deer ever (a 6 point buck at 75 yards). I had a ground set up in a depression in the ground with a fallen tree over it that I used as a ridge to toss my 10X10 oilskin tarp over and my MSS. We had a nice Hunter's Fire going all night long that kept us so toasty we had to sleep with our sleeping bags open on a couple of nights in the mid-20's. We staged our shelters at a 90 degree angle to catch the warmth that rose uphill towards us and connected the corner with a sheet. Slept & ate like kings those days in southern West Virginia.
Combining something I saw in one of the other videos on this page and something I saw here with this video. In the video, I am referencing Dave used essentially a cloth bag filled with leaves to make himself a mattress. If you took that same concept but sewed loops of heavy webbing on the cloth bag to be used with the support poles instead of using 6 mil trash bags? Not only would you be able to support more weight but you would have a more reusable and versatile option as well.
Nice, quick set up indeed... if it stays dry weather and not raining... When you laid down on it, first thing I could imagine is rain water getting funneled straight to the sagging area where your body lies pooling into a puddle soaking everything... If raining, logic of course dictates closing it in as best as one can but, if one had any inclination of bad weather I'd put a multi stick bottom across and use the trash bags as extra shelter material on the sides/ends of it.... But really like the basis of what you're showing us here. Indeed a setup that can be very adaptive....👍 P.S. ...Miss the hell out of you and Cody on TV!!
One of the few presenters I enjoy watching. Always commonsense, married to practical skills, passed to the viewer in simple, straightforward steps with no extraneous drivel. Obliged, as usual.
I know some people who lack in their emergency shelter building skills. Videos like this remind me to stay on top of my preps and make sure I have all I need when I go out and about.
Love that shelter type. If it were raining, I would think you would need to make sure the ends of those trash bags were inside that Grabber blanket so you don't end up swimming. Of course, that wouldn't be an issue with a larger tarp. Thanks for the good work, Dave!
I remember a video you did some time back when you recommended and showed the multi-use importance of carrying the heavy duty trash bags. On at least one trip I remember, after I watched that video, it really saved my butt or, at least my comfort. Trash bags are definitely on the top ten list of things you must carry. They are light, take up very little space and are so useful. There is no reason NOT to carry them. Thanks Dave.
Nice...can't wait to try this out. I got me some landscape tarp or nylon type material that should make for some excellent cot matting. Easily holds 400+lbs.
what a simple design that could save your biscuits...little bit of materials , little bit of know how and there you go folks! Thank you Dave for sharing this knowledge with us, blessings!
Like a lot of great ideas , simple,easy to remember and wonder, why I didn't think of that :-) Thanks Dave for passing this on, you may never know how many lives it may save. Like so many, have been watching you since, Dual Survival.
Thank you Dave for this video looks good and simple to build, trying it out this week end I will have an extra pair of hands my little grandson he’s only six years old and loves your video thank you 👍🇬🇧
Nice shelter. I slept on my wool blanket, my drum liner stuffed with leaves and grass, under my Grabber space blanket, in the mud, in the rain...and slept like a baby during my Pathfinder basic class. Good times!
Hi Dave I first saw this bed made from feed sacks with a trap pulled over and staked down in the rear with poles in the front (facing towards the fire ) this allows you to sit on the bed watch the fire. Brought back a flood of memories.
...awesome topic. One of my favorite set-ups. and it works great with a long fire. I have even heated rocks and placed them under the bedding area to provide some heat radiating upward, which provide some warmth from underneath. This set-up can also be quickly converted to a "super-shelter" type of set-up for winter outings...
I am sure that the bags stuffed with debris will be much more comfortable and less labor intensive than using logs cut as cross supports. I love this style of set up. Scotty camps in style.
Dave, I wish I could 'like' more times! This is a great shelter idea & bet it could be done with just a Tentsmiths tarp (or the tarp & the space blanket).
Great vids mate really enjoy them. This is an awesome shelter type and very flexible, been using this style for nearly thirty years, Aussie stockman used a blanket back in the old days. I use an old army mattress cover/ stretcher cover (like all army stuff multi purpose) Aussie issue, poms have a hammock that can convert and is very versatile and lightweight. Keep up the good work cobber.
I am over 150 kgs. But I think this might also work for me if I used 4 bin liners. Two over each other should hold ALMOST double the weight. Also, a large overlap should strengthen the middle part where you sit down, with all your weight on one spot. And the tip below - filling the bags with leaves and grass - sounds great!
Excellent. I love it's simplicity. I have to find where to get the drum liners(or very tough garbage bags) here in Slovenia. And I love that you can fill the space between the bags. Great.
Thank you for the excellent knowledge share David Canterbury, as usual it is extremely valuable information, and truly appreciated. I admire your skills and your character and try to model myself after men like you.
Great idea, Dave. What about the idea of using the newer 50# feed sacks made of the woven nylon fiber instead of the old fashioned paper--which is usually pretty thick, tough paper btw. It would make for a narrower bed perhaps, but not by much. Just trying to think of materials that people have on hand...LOL, I kept my old Dodge pickup running for many, many years with baling wire and duct tape, it was amazing! Anywho, great idea, thank you.
Great idea during a normal rain shower, not so sure about colder conditions. One concern is the open ends plus the space blanket is the same size as the drum liners. Meaning, any shift in the wind and you have a swimming pool. I'd want an overhang on the length as well. Do they make those space blankets in larger sizes? As for sawing the poles, you need some way to protect your gear from the blades. Yet I haven't found anybody selling guards or covers for them. If you buy the whole saw they might have a cheap plastic one that soon breaks, no replacements. If you buy just the blades, there's no included guard or accessory. ??? How would you protect the fire from the rain?
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As long as we've got rope for lashings in this situation, perhaps 50' of paracord could be a sturdier replacement for the trash bags (24" per wrap x 24 wraps 3" apart for 6', tying off to the side poles every few wraps to prevent slippage or gapping? Not meant as a criticism at all, just an alternative. I'm loving this arrangement, especially the friction-fit, off-the-ground aspect.
Great video, I’ve been watching you since Dual survivor, I swore I seen you in Jackson, idk but I’m from southern Ohio and would love to come to the class, keep these coming I learn so much watching you.
Outstanding video. I'm just curious to know if the liners would stretch and/or sag while laying on it close to your fire source. Either way, way better than laying on the ground, especially if it's wet like you said. Excellent as always, sir.
Shawn R Yeah. I've noticed a lot of these super shelter vids have a long fire right up close to them. I've also noticed a lot of melted plastic. Personally, I'd rather not be engulfed in molten plastic. But to just get off of wet ground, this may fit the bill. I'm thinking maybe some other material may be an improvement over those liners though.
loving your vids man your books ended up bringing me here i really enjoy your vids on black powder shotguns i use a hatfield sgl singl shot 12 as a black powder gun also made my own powder and shot containers from left over 3/4 in pvc pipe and some wine corks id love to see your opinion on the hatfield sgl and potentionally the containers man thanks for your knowledge and long live the mountain man spirit
Thank you for making these videos, I truely appreciate you taking the time. This info is not easy to come by. Hope I never have to use what you've taught me.
It's kinda morbid, but milsurp body bags often come with loops for stretcher-carry. They can be used like this I would think. And could also be filled with leaf litter for extra warmth. Maybe a tad heavy for normal use.
What about just bringing the MSS Bivy sack instead of a tarp type thing? I'm very interested in this way of thinking but if something is made well adding it instead seems good... Also I love old school US military surplus gear!!!
Would doubling up on the trash bags make it hold more weight? I don't want to be all settled in then fall onto the cold wet hard ground during the night.
Looks like the two bags overlap in the centre for a fair distance so it's already doubled up in that area. Using 4 drumliners instead of 2 would make it more sturdy, and the liners would last longer before stretching out... which is going to happen over time. You have to weigh that against the fact you're cutting the bottom off another two bags which limits what else you can use them for. For a normal camping scenario you may want to do this, as an emergency shelter it'd probably be better to keep the bottoms on the other 2 bags if possible and use them for something else. Happy hunting
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Dave does not BS around when it comes to explaining.
Thanks, Dave,
I appreciate all that you do, for your fellow man, your country, our soldiers and humanity in general.
You're a stand-up guy.
We need more of you and fewer of them.
Scotty used this set-up on our first deer camp where I took my first deer ever (a 6 point buck at 75 yards). I had a ground set up in a depression in the ground with a fallen tree over it that I used as a ridge to toss my 10X10 oilskin tarp over and my MSS. We had a nice Hunter's Fire going all night long that kept us so toasty we had to sleep with our sleeping bags open on a couple of nights in the mid-20's. We staged our shelters at a 90 degree angle to catch the warmth that rose uphill towards us and connected the corner with a sheet. Slept & ate like kings those days in southern West Virginia.
Thanks for the shout out Dave. This is a great use of the emergency kit that most people carry. Great idea!
Combining something I saw in one of the other videos on this page and something I saw here with this video. In the video, I am referencing Dave used essentially a cloth bag filled with leaves to make himself a mattress. If you took that same concept but sewed loops of heavy webbing on the cloth bag to be used with the support poles instead of using 6 mil trash bags? Not only would you be able to support more weight but you would have a more reusable and versatile option as well.
The bag can be filled with leaves or debris as well...........Excellent Video!
Corporals Corner does temp effect those drum liners ?
He already said that in the video.
#yourawsome
I like the poncho the way you used it better, I think it’s stronger than trash bags and a better multipurpose item
Nice, quick set up indeed... if it stays dry weather and not raining... When you laid down on it, first thing I could imagine is rain water getting funneled straight to the sagging area where your body lies pooling into a puddle soaking everything... If raining, logic of course dictates closing it in as best as one can but, if one had any inclination of bad weather I'd put a multi stick bottom across and use the trash bags as extra shelter material on the sides/ends of it.... But really like the basis of what you're showing us here. Indeed a setup that can be very adaptive....👍
P.S. ...Miss the hell out of you and Cody on TV!!
One of the few presenters I enjoy watching.
Always commonsense, married to practical skills, passed to the viewer in simple, straightforward steps with no extraneous drivel.
Obliged, as usual.
I know some people who lack in their emergency shelter building skills. Videos like this remind me to stay on top of my preps and make sure I have all I need when I go out and about.
Love that shelter type. If it were raining, I would think you would need to make sure the ends of those trash bags were inside that Grabber blanket so you don't end up swimming. Of course, that wouldn't be an issue with a larger tarp.
Thanks for the good work, Dave!
I think if I go for an overnighter I'll use that setup. Nice raised-bed mod. Thanks Dave
I remember a video you did some time back when you recommended and showed the multi-use importance of carrying the heavy duty trash bags. On at least one trip I remember, after I watched that video, it really saved my butt or, at least my comfort. Trash bags are definitely on the top ten list of things you must carry. They are light, take up very little space and are so useful. There is no reason NOT to carry them. Thanks Dave.
Nice...can't wait to try this out. I got me some landscape tarp or nylon type material that should make for some excellent cot matting. Easily holds 400+lbs.
Gotta love the simplicity Dave puts into everything!!!
My first thought was "Pack that bag with leaves" and two minutes later, you said it. Great video, Dave.
Great versatile shelter for more than just emergencies. I will be trying this shelter build later in the year.....Great stuff.
what a simple design that could save your biscuits...little bit of materials , little bit of know how and there you go folks! Thank you Dave for sharing this knowledge with us, blessings!
Like a lot of great ideas , simple,easy to remember and wonder, why I didn't think of that :-)
Thanks Dave for passing this on, you may never know how many lives it may save.
Like so many, have been watching you since, Dual Survival.
Great idea for a Shelter I will be sure to share this with my son thanks for sharing Dave
Thanks 👍
Thank you Dave for this video looks good and simple to build, trying it out this week end I will have an extra pair of hands my little grandson he’s only six years old and loves your video thank you 👍🇬🇧
Grandkids and I are going to make one of these for sure,thanks
Nice shelter. I slept on my wool blanket, my drum liner stuffed with leaves and grass, under my Grabber space blanket, in the mud, in the rain...and slept like a baby during my Pathfinder basic class. Good times!
great stuff dave i like to use two good size trees and attach the bedding poles to it it works great aswell as long as you got the trees to do it
Great video Dave, thnx much. Keep at it....
Hi Dave I first saw this bed made from feed sacks with a trap pulled over and staked down in the rear with poles in the front (facing towards the fire ) this allows you to sit on the bed watch the fire. Brought back a flood of memories.
As always awesome stuff. Thank you
Excellent informative post, Thank You.
Great idea I seen this in the army survival training Useing two feed bags or a stretcher its still a great idea for anytime of yr take care brother !
Great setup there Dave...ideal for a situation to get you off the floor for whatever reason. Best wishes
...awesome topic. One of my favorite set-ups. and it works great with a long fire. I have even heated rocks and placed them under the bedding area to provide some heat radiating upward, which provide some warmth from underneath. This set-up can also be quickly converted to a "super-shelter" type of set-up for winter outings...
Thanks much my friend, your a great teacher and we're all blessed by it,!!!
Great job Dave God bless have a blessed night
I am sure that the bags stuffed with debris will be much more comfortable and less labor intensive than using logs cut as cross supports. I love this style of set up. Scotty camps in style.
Dave, I wish I could 'like' more times! This is a great shelter idea & bet it could be done with just a Tentsmiths tarp (or the tarp & the space blanket).
Very nice set up, great way to get off the ground. Going to have to try this on my next overnite trip.
Pretty slick
Great vids mate really enjoy them. This is an awesome shelter type and very flexible, been using this style for nearly thirty years, Aussie stockman used a blanket back in the old days. I use an old army mattress cover/ stretcher cover (like all army stuff multi purpose) Aussie issue, poms have a hammock that can convert and is very versatile and lightweight. Keep up the good work cobber.
I ordered lots of things from you school and I’m loving everything. I picked up that same emergency blanket/OD green tarp. Its the bees knees
Cool, looks really nice and will keep you dry from the rain. Will have to try this out.
I truly enjoy your videos. God bless you Brother
Nice quick and easy shelter!
Awesome, I am definitely going to use that.
Awesome video
Awsome video Dave, im definitely gonna try this
Good video Dave!
Never seen this before great idea. To me it look like more than an emergency bed. could be nice in a camp i think.
That shelter is awesome !!!! I would like to try to build it !
Great vid Dave
I am over 150 kgs. But I think this might also work for me if I used 4 bin liners. Two over each other should hold ALMOST double the weight.
Also, a large overlap should strengthen the middle part where you sit down, with all your weight on one spot.
And the tip below - filling the bags with leaves and grass - sounds great!
thanks dave
Excellent. I love it's simplicity. I have to find where to get the drum liners(or very tough garbage bags) here in Slovenia. And I love that you can fill the space between the bags. Great.
great video dave. lt's made me much more comfortable when sleeping out. keep up the good work....AND WE NEED more SQUIRREL vidoes
Great video, thank you Dave!
love this setup and your videos. Guess we will have to see if the drum liners can handle 270 lol
good one ! Thanks
Good information really nice shelter.
I love this concept.
awesome video !!
Thank you for the excellent knowledge share David Canterbury, as usual it is extremely valuable information, and truly appreciated. I admire your skills and your character and try to model myself after men like you.
OMG you are a genius!!!
Great idea, Dave. What about the idea of using the newer 50# feed sacks made of the woven nylon fiber instead of the old fashioned paper--which is usually pretty thick, tough paper btw. It would make for a narrower bed perhaps, but not by much. Just trying to think of materials that people have on hand...LOL, I kept my old Dodge pickup running for many, many years with baling wire and duct tape, it was amazing! Anywho, great idea, thank you.
thank you
Great video. Do you ever have a problem with smoke coming off your fire getting into your shelter and if so how do you deal with it?
Great idea during a normal rain shower, not so sure about colder conditions. One concern is the open ends plus the space blanket is the same size as the drum liners. Meaning, any shift in the wind and you have a swimming pool. I'd want an overhang on the length as well. Do they make those space blankets in larger sizes?
As for sawing the poles, you need some way to protect your gear from the blades. Yet I haven't found anybody selling guards or covers for them. If you buy the whole saw they might have a cheap plastic one that soon breaks, no replacements. If you buy just the blades, there's no included guard or accessory. ???
How would you protect the fire from the rain?
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New camera Dave? The quality looks great!
As long as we've got rope for lashings in this situation, perhaps 50' of paracord could be a sturdier replacement for the trash bags (24" per wrap x 24 wraps 3" apart for 6', tying off to the side poles every few wraps to prevent slippage or gapping? Not meant as a criticism at all, just an alternative. I'm loving this arrangement, especially the friction-fit, off-the-ground aspect.
Great video, I’ve been watching you since Dual survivor, I swore I seen you in Jackson, idk but I’m from southern Ohio and would love to come to the class, keep these coming I learn so much watching you.
Outstanding video. I'm just curious to know if the liners would stretch and/or sag while laying on it close to your fire source.
Either way, way better than laying on the ground, especially if it's wet like you said. Excellent as always, sir.
Johnny I. Yes if they get too warm not only can they stretch they will also possibly catch fire.
Shawn R Yeah. I've noticed a lot of these super shelter vids have a long fire right up close to them. I've also noticed a lot of melted plastic. Personally, I'd rather not be engulfed in molten plastic.
But to just get off of wet ground, this may fit the bill.
I'm thinking maybe some other material may be an improvement over those liners though.
Great thnx
-Thanks Dave. We need a little volume on the mic. Clip-on?
Dave, you look swol bro. Good video as always.
loving your vids man your books ended up bringing me here i really enjoy your vids on black powder shotguns i use a hatfield sgl singl shot 12 as a black powder gun also made my own powder and shot containers from left over 3/4 in pvc pipe and some wine corks id love to see your opinion on the hatfield sgl and potentionally the containers man thanks for your knowledge and long live the mountain man spirit
Can you make a canvas tube to use as an extra layer that you can store your sleeping bag or blanket in?
A military cot minus the frame would be great for this. Use it like this or a ground barrier
Sweet!!!
Somebody oughta be making a sleeve like that out the same material they make hammocks out of.....hint hint.
Very clever
Is this shelter in any of your books? I just bought the whole set and would like to know how to make this shelter
Thank you for making these videos, I truely appreciate you taking the time. This info is not easy to come by. Hope I never have to use what you've taught me.
Nice
One question, could you use metal O rings for the tripods? If anybody has any thoughts, they'd be much appreciated.
I like it but how do you keep it level?
Rusty Conibear by adjusting the tripods on the ends
You could strengthen this by tying strips of cloth or cording from pole to pole before adding garbage bags. 4 would probably work.
I'm looking for a source for 6 mil bags. Those puppies ain't cheap or easy to find!
It's kinda morbid, but milsurp body bags often come with loops for stretcher-carry. They can be used like this I would think. And could also be filled with leaf litter for extra warmth. Maybe a tad heavy for normal use.
What about just bringing the MSS Bivy sack instead of a tarp type thing?
I'm very interested in this way of thinking but if something is made well adding it instead seems good... Also I love old school US military surplus gear!!!
what if you just cut holes in the bottom of the bags big enough to fit the poles through? Wouldn't that trap more air inside the bags?
Mark Petersen Not really the other end is completey open.
"Naked and Afraid" casts need to take note of this vid. ;-)
What are the tripod poles, about 5'?
I would like to see a larger, more deluxe version of this shelter.
Ben Dodd,
I guess a Deluxe version would be take a cot out there or your bed from your house ?
Were the trash bags bottoms cut out so they would effectively be tubes? How many bags are we looking at here?
SLFYSH he said two. And yes cut thru bottom edge.
Could add a few lashes to prevent bags stretching too much on us 250 + guys...👍
Reminds me much of the Ashanti hammock shelter espoused by Baden Powell, founder of Boy Scouts.
Would doubling up on the trash bags make it hold more weight? I don't want to be all settled in then fall onto the cold wet hard ground during the night.
Looks like the two bags overlap in the centre for a fair distance so it's already doubled up in that area. Using 4 drumliners instead of 2 would make it more sturdy, and the liners would last longer before stretching out... which is going to happen over time. You have to weigh that against the fact you're cutting the bottom off another two bags which limits what else you can use them for. For a normal camping scenario you may want to do this, as an emergency shelter it'd probably be better to keep the bottoms on the other 2 bags if possible and use them for something else.
Happy hunting
👍
hey Dave you don't mind that i download and archive the videos you make for history would ya ?
wanting to keep them for my son
Wouldn't a fire weaken the plastic your laying on?
I would take one hellava fire or one way to close
Gonna have to try this and make sure it can hold us 300lb fat guys!
Reminds me of the poachers camp setup
Needs a wireless mic
Yeah, I'm not nearly adept enough to make this shelter... of course I'm lucky to find anything more than brush where I am