Kiwi Camping Takahe 10 KC072-126 Pitching Instructions

Takahe 10 Blackout
Family Tent
Model No. KC072-126
PITCHING INSTRUCTIONS
Your tent includes:
64 x pegs (6mm)
28 x ropes
2 x BLACK fibreglass poles with SILVER ferrules (3340mm x 11mm)
7 x GREY fibreglass poles (2220mm x 11mm)
10 x black STEEL frame poles (1760mm x 19mm)
4 x black PORCH poles (1900mm x 16mm)
1. Select a dry, level site and clear
the ground of any sharp objects.
Remove the tent from its carry bag,
untie fabric ties and unroll the tent.
2. Spread out the floor of the inner tent.
Pitch the inner so it is in line with the
wind, never side on. Ensure that the
tent is pulled taut and square. Unzip
and open the doors to make erecting
the tent easier. Peg out the four main
corners first, then peg out the four
corners of the middle room followed
by the remaining pegging points.
3. Assemble the fibreglass poles by
interlocking the sections together.
One at a time, feed the two BLACK
fibreglass poles through the pole
sleeves with black trim to create an
'X' over the main room and fit ends
into the centre opening of the star-
shaped knuckles.
4. Take four GREY poles that form the
square of the middle room. Feed
two GREY poles through the pole
sleeves along the sides of the middle
room and attach them to the outside openings of the star-
shaped corner knuckles. Attach two GREY poles to the front
and back of the middle room using the outside openings of
the star-shaped corner knuckles. Attach the speed-clips to
the poles.
5. Take two GREY poles and feed them through the pole sleeves
with GREY trim, that run across the roof of the bedrooms,
attach them to the knuckle.
6. Assemble the ten STEEL poles. Take four
poles and insert them into the remaining
openings of the star-shaped knuckles at
the top of the inner of the middle room.
Fit the bottom of each pole onto the
corresponding pin and ring fitting at the
base of the inner and attach speed-clips.
This will take two people to assemble.
7. Take four more STEEL poles and pitch the bedrooms in the
same way. Attach the speed-clips onto the corresponding
poles. The inner tent is now pitched. You should have one
GREY pole and two STEEL poles left for the sunroom.
Steel Poles
To make sure the
tent stays in place,
insert the pegs into
the ground at a 45°
angle.
8. Carefully pull the fly over the inner making sure the windows
and doors line up. Starting with the end rooms, align the
rubbing strips over the knuckles and attach the ties, then wrap
Black
the remaining hook and loop tabs on the underside of the fly
Poles Grey
around the corresponding poles; this will centralise the fly and
Poles
help the tent to perform better in the wind. Clip the fly to the
inner at the base of the middle room with the four side release
buckles. Peg out the rear corners of the fly to keep it in place.
9. Pitch the sunroom by feeding the remaining GREY pole through
the GREY sleeve and insert it into the knuckles. Feed the
remaining two black STEEL poles through the pole sleeves and
fit into the knuckles at the top and onto the pin and ring fittings
at the base. Peg out the front corners keeping the floor square.
Attach the fly to the sunroom floor with the side release buckles
and hook and loop strips.
10. Proceed to peg out the remaining pegging points on the fly,
ensuring there is an adequate gap between the inner and the fly.
Finally, rope out the guy ropes and fine-tune the fly so it remains
taut and positioned correctly over the tent.
11. When pegging out the black PORCH poles, make sure the ropes
Insert the pin into the
are at a 45° angle to pull the flap evenly. In light rain, you can
end of the steel ferrule.
remove the middle section to allow any water build-up to run off.
In heavy rain, you may have to pull the flap down to stop water
build-up.
REVERSE THE PROCEDURE TO LOWER THE TENT
PACKING INSTRUCTIONS
Pack the poles and pegs into their bags, place into their separate
frame bag. Evenly layout the fly inside the tent inner (this is best done
when the inner is still pitched) leaving all doors and windows open.
Fold the inner tent floor from each end to the centre and fold the front
room over the inner from front to back. Fold again to the width of the
tent bag. Roll from front to back, forcing all of the air out the back
door. Roll into the tent bag provided.
TAKAH E 10