JUST BUY A FUCKING TENT!!!!

[TomServo]

Homemade shit like HexaYurts and fucking Monkey Huts are definitely D.I.Y! But, where will they be in 3 years? Most likely, in a land fill. Just buy a god damned tent! or/and a carport! Those you can sell back when the dust was too much for your hair! And, they are playa proven!

a foot in the playa is a good anchor, a vehicle is a better anchor.

[Turtleburp]

Only if you can guarantee the fucking

[graidawg]

third year with our monkey hut.

[GreyCoyote]

Rats. I suspected all along we were doing it wrong.

What are your thoughts on domes? Box trucks? Lederhosen? Barbed wire?

[TomServo]

Only if you can guarantee the fucking

Only alcohol can do that.

grai..you've been 3 years already? How do you fly it back to London?

[some seeing eye]

Mr Tom Servo to the rescue!

Really should have named the topic Are All Your Burningman Efforts Going To Waste?

I agree. BM is a display culture unconcerned with waste.

I will say that except for the tywraps, my monkey hut pipe became sprinkler, underground wiring pipe, I still use the tarps, bungies and rebar. Friend's domes are used a few times a year, ditto carports. Both valuable for sunny and rainy climes. Domes, carports and tents are resaleable. And since a tent is in for some testing on the playa, buying one on Craigslist is ideal.

Insulation foam yurts are definitely a 1-5 time use item before landfill and hard to store, very sad.

[TomServo]

What are your thoughts on domes? Box trucks? Lederhosen? Barbed wire?

Domes are fancy Car Ports and definitely re sellable. I wish I owned a Box Truck! I FUCKING LOVE leather shorts! I prefer Razor wire.

[FIGJAM]

Every RV should have a "Fucking Tent"!!!

[Captain Goddammit]

Shit. Now that's one more thing I have to set up.

[maladroit]

The night is more fun than the morning.

[TT120]

Every RV should have a "Fucking Tent"!!!

Makes MUCH more sense when you put the emphasis on the right word.

[unjonharley]

Feed up with that big ass car port.. Sold one, cut one to 8X14 and have one/w sides stored.

Dug out the first style car port joints.. The joints receive 1/2 inch conduit..Cut the conduit for 6X8 shelter. For the top there's a 8X16 truck cover net.. One cheap backed reflector between the net.. (Extra net attaches to the van). Cook and lay around in the shelter..Sleep in a BED in the van.. The shelter go's up in 10 min. Staking another 20.. Turn the right seat around to set and read or ride out a dust storm.. Fuck your tent.. I,m to old to crawl around in the dirt.

[dragonpilot]

Pg 6 of my Dragon Wagon Survival Guide:

"Spanketh Not Thy Monkey in the RV – Well, maybe that’s OK, but puhleeze...no couple’s type sexual activity INSIDE the RV. This is also a fast track to festering resentment to those of us who are either jealous or disgusted. This is another reason to have a tent. You may have sex on the roof, underneath the RV, or anywhere else, but please, not inside! Hey, here’s an idea…do it in your fabulous new friend’s RV! NOT OURS!"

[trilobyte]

Alternatively, you could ignore the OP's post and do whatever the fuck you like. One of the great things about Burning Man is that most of the problems have many solutions, which may work anywhere from great to poorly (or not at all) depending on your needs and experience. Be radically self reliant, do a bit of research and make your own decision.

[unjonharley]

I have designed A 10 foot X 7.5 version of a gypsy caravan.. I swear by cow it will be on the playa 2014.. Bucket cooler on the toungue and soler tube lighting..

[theCryptofishist]

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[otakup0pe]

You can have the deteriorated remains of my carbon intensive hexayurt when you pry them from my playa encrusted hands.

[lucky420]

Yep otakup0pe, totally agree.

4th year using my yurt. 5th time camping in it for over a week in the desert of n. Nv.

Don't be jealous TS

[tattoogoddess]

Being married to Tom I can say... He is head strong. Do t try to rationalize with him lol. I like yurts to but will never be able to get one. I like spending the night at luckys last year. That thing was warm and comfy at night sleeping alone!

[5280MeV]

Really though, you should telecommute to Burning Man.

The jet fuel expended in just getting to Reno is probably made from enough oil to manufacture enough PVC for several monkey huts.

Don't forget to clear your browser cache and cookies as you log out of burning man, LNT and all...

[TomServo]

I witnessed a yurt explode last year. Poorly built, or shitty material..I can't say. But, it was fun mooping that mini disaster.

If it's "Fucking" you want, get a bounce house. The fans should fill that fucker up with playa dust within a few hours.

[Elderberry]

Alternatively, you could ignore the OP's post and do whatever the fuck you like. One of the great things about Burning Man is that most of the problems have many solutions, which may work anywhere from great to poorly (or not at all) depending on your needs and experience. Be radically self reliant, do a bit of research and make your own decision.

I'll second that.

[TomServo]

And I third that.

Think long and hard (sexual innuendo aside) about your commitment to attending and your plans for disposing of said structure when you're burnt out. Tents, carports, domes, whatever... are not always eco friendly in a land fill either, but they can be re purposed or sold. Fucking Monkey Huts are almost there..I just don't trust PVC.

[Canoe]

...If it's "Fucking" you want, get a bounce house. The fans should fill that fucker up with playa dust within a few hours.

Sounds like those fans need to be housed to make a swamp-cooler...
Now there's a popular camp add-on.

[TomServo]

Sounds like those fans need to be housed to make a swamp-cooler

A BIG swamp cooler! We just used computer fans.

[Canoe]

It's already got the fans...
needs a housing on their intake for irrigated pads.

[TomServo]

The fans keep the bounce house inflated, and don't move any air inside the house.

[Canoe]

The fans keep the bounce house inflated, and don't move any air inside the house.

ah
one's I've seen let the air leak out to the enclosed space above, under positive pressure
guess they're not common

could you reroute the bounce-pad exit air?
(just curious, not a project for me)

just throw one of FIGJAM's box coolers on it

[TomServo]

I imagine it could be done..but think of the mildew. Like playing used bag pipes.

[otakup0pe]

I witnessed a yurt explode last year. Poorly built, or shitty material..I can't say. But, it was fun mooping that mini disaster.

I want to hear more about the exploding hexayurt. I saw just as much polyiso board blowing through the outskirts of town last year I did pieces of tents and shade structures.