Kiwi Camping Takahe 8 Pitching Instructions

Takahe 8 Blackout
Family Tent
Model No. KC072-372
PITCHING INSTRUCTIONS
Your tent includes:
61 x pegs (6mm)
26 x ropes
2 x BLACK fibreglass poles with SILVER ferrules (2755mm x 11mm)
2 x GREY fibreglass poles with SILVER ferrules (1565mm x 9.5mm)
2 x BLACK fibreglass poles with ORANGE ferrules (2095mm x 9.5mm)
4 x BLACK steel frame poles (1790mm x 19mm)
2 x BLACK fibreglass poles with YELLOW ferrules (5850mm x 12.7mm/11mm)
1 x BLACK fibreglass pole with GREEN ferrules (5150mm x 12.7mm/11mm)
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
Bf
points.
3. Assemble the fibreglass poles by
interlocking the sections together.
Take the two longest BLACK poles
with SILVER ferrules and one at a
time, feed them through the pole
sleeves with black trim to create an
'X' over the main room and fit the
To make sure the tent stays in place
ends into the centre opening of the
insert the pegs into the ground at a
star-shaped knuckles.
45° angle, not straight down.
4. Feed the two ORANGE poles into the orange trimmed pole
sleeves that run along the sides of the middle room roof.
Attach them to the outside openings of the star-shaped
corner knuckles.
5. Take the two GREY poles that run across the front and back of
the middle room roof. Attach them to the outside openings of
the star-shaped corner knuckles and attach the speed-clips.
6. Take the two YELLOW poles and feed
them through the yellow trimmed pole
sleeves at each end of the tent, but don't
attach to the pin and ring fitting at the
base of the tent yet.
7. Take the four BLACK frame poles and
insert them into the remaining openings of
the star-shaped knuckles at the top of the
inner. Fit the bottom of each pole onto the
corresponding pin and ring fitting at the
Bf base of the inner so that the middle room
now stands. This will take two people to
O assemble. Attach the speed-clips onto the
G
corresponding poles.
B
8. Fit the bottom of the YELLOW poles onto
the pin and ring fittings. Attach the side speed-clips. The inner
tent is now pitched. You should have one GREEN pole left for
Y
Bf
the sunroom.
9. Carefully pull the fly over the inner making sure the windows
O
Bf
B
G
and doors line up. Starting with the end rooms, align the
rubbing strips over the knuckles and attach the ties, then wrap
B
G
the remaining hook and loop tabs on the underside of the fly
O
around the corresponding poles; this will centralise the fly and
Gr
Y
Bf
Key:
B = Black with Silver Gr = Green
Bf = Black Frame O = Orange
Y = Yellow G = Grey
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.
10. Pitch the sunroom by feeding the remaining GREEN pole through
the green trimmed sleeves and fit 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.
11. 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.
12. When pegging out the black PORCH poles, make sure the ropes are
at a 45° angle to pull the flap evenly. In light rain, you can remove
Insert the pin into the
the middle section to allow any water build-up to run off. In heavy
end of the steel ferrule.
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 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.