More Homemade Camping Equipment
9. Plastic bottles can be used for canteens. Make sure the lid does not leak before using in a backpack.
10. The pins which hold the backpack and shoulder straps to the frame can be replaced with a small piece of coat hanger threaded through the hole and twisted around itself.
11. Twist ties can be used to hold up another tarp from your dining fly to form a wind screen.
12. A small automotive water hose clamp can be used as a stop for your dining fly's upright poles.
13. Drill a hole in the bottom of nested poles and put a screw in to stop inner poles from sliding out.
14. Short lengths of coat hanger or wire can be thread through the holes and springs of the summer camp cots to replace the missing springs.
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