Cheers!

I can't tell from the photos... is there a hinge or something on each side? If so, perhaps you can fasten both ends FIRST, with the hinges bent and the fabric loose, then gradually straighten the sides until it's taut.

I've never dealt with that kind of cot, either, so I don't know what I'm talking about.

Sue

Yeehaa!!!

Now all you gotta do is UN do it

(ducking and running)

Seriously, congrats!

the way it folds up would make that impossible. opened the hinges are diagonal, so it can't fold in half.

i had the old wood one and i recall putting the end bars on and then unfolding the cot and that pulled everything tight.

Nylon absorbes 15% water by weight.

Soak cot or spray and wait 15 minutes.

Tarp will be loose as a goose.

In thirth minutes or when it dries it will be as tight as a drum.

Reverse to take down.

I use these cots regularly and it is always tight to put the last end-bar in place. I pry the bar in place with another bar or something long and solid like a shovel handle. My hunting partner pulls on the bar like a rowing machine with his feet braced on the cot legs.

I will admit that a few times I just have not been able to get the last end-bar pin in place and used the cot with the end-bar placed against the tops of the cot legs.

Mike

OK GUYS..go to Youtube and search--tips on assembling an army cot--a guy in a baseball cap will show you how to do it..
also--the site--wonderhowto.com will answer a pile of simple survival type questions..some sort of fringe..