Tricks for Pitching a Large Tipi

[@kjrw5150]

That guy in the Red Shirt, yea that's me. I have been working with the Colorado Yurt Company now almost 8 years, at the age of 51, the passed 8 years have been the best part of my life next to my wife(27yrs), two Kids 26, and 17, also two grandkids.

[@SecretCreek3]

Yes, back in the olden days open fires were built in pits at the back center of the tipi. It was used for heating and cooking. Today people still sometimes put open fires in but you can also use wood burning stoves.

[@TheAdalaide]

So that's heavy enough that the wind won't blow it over? Thanks for posting this video.

[@kimcurtis423]

It's funnywatching this! Tape measures?? Yep my relatives surely did need them!

[@li1ricky]

So what brand of tape measure did the Plains Indians use back in the day? :)

[@jlappincoxnet]

Your work on this is awesome. What is the size of this lodge, 25 feet or 30 feet?

[@marlenetombleson1963]

a nice tipi, but so much energy to heat would be wasted because of the height. my husband and i agree that the base should be wider to avoid slack in the cover, unless the tipi was designed specifically for this deck. we have 2 tipis from earthworks and a third homemade by an old timey rendezvous man. we have set up an additional earthwork tipi twice now for some ladies. there is NOTHING in this world like sleeping in a tipi with the shadows of the cottonwoods dancing in the full moon light. it is akin to religious.

[@stevewilliamson8526]

looking forward to it someday

[@SecretCreek3]

With proper anchoring to the ground (staking) this tipi can withstand very high wind speeds. Thanks for watching!

[@JWBrewer73]

I read below where you stated that this design was great for withstanding high winds. You inferred that it was superior to a shorter one. How can that be, as it has a larger surface area? Does it bend and give more due to its height? Is that the key?

[@chippewaa9976]

Dang, the part I wanted to see most was how you pegged the front shut when it's so tall, and that's not in the video. In a moderate tipi, we always have one guy sit on another guy's shoulders to do the front pegs, but that wouldn't work here.

[@St3lla6112]

How long are the poles? Mine are 20 feet long

[@VE3UET]

you guys could have put up your TiPi much easier, if you had the 3rd leg dragging from the oppisite direction, that is how we put up a tri pod on a drill site

[@850lamar]

You would'nt need the croch block if once you had the tri-pod up you would slide the top end of each pole up the tri-pod allowing the weight of each pole to be carried by the tri-pod.

[@stevewilliamson8526]

You did put a liner in didnt you?

[@banagan4604]

This has already been asked a few times... what's the size of this tipi. 24'?

[@PYE172]

how big from door to back please?

[@BamfMan13]

This is amazing:) thanks for uploading!

[@guns4funcajanajustin]

That is one huge tipi

[@joeyrsl]

@lesaraeschroeder that's exactly what i was thinking!!!!!!!

[@modernrider1398]

I wonder if making bamboo poles would be lighter weight. I would think so.

[@emeraldfox7175]

Too light to withstand wind

[@kjrw5150]

36'

[@TheSherilynn]

that red shirt guy is my honey

[@lesaraeschroeder]

it sounds like Micheal Jackson