How to put up a coleman vagabond tent 13X 8

ANSWER : The 2 longest of the poles go in an x over the center of the tent and the 2 shorter ones go arch to the sides. http://www.wenzelco.com/details.aspx?NavID=412shows a picture very similar to your tent. If you go to image 2 it shows it with out the fly. now if you got 2 sets of 4 poles, 2 long and 2 short, and one set is all aluminum, then I would go with the aluminum set. It is less likely to collapse in high winds.

ANSWER : It has to be similar to this (see link below). Most tents assemble in similar ways. Insert rods through the sleeves. Hook one side of the rod to one corner, arch the rods and hook the other side of the rod to the opposite corner. Repeat for the other rod.

http://www.coleman.com/coleman/images/pdf/2000000136.PDF

ANSWER : Here are the instructions for your Greatland tent, I believe…

ANSWER : Go to Home depot and buy a tube that fit the pole. Cut it into 5 or 6 inches for the broken areas. It costs me less than 2 dollars. Let me know how it turn out on yours.

ANSWER : If you get four sturdy poles (not normal tent poles) then the best thing to do is to stake the four poles into the ground at a 60 degree angle with the top away from the tent and then use the tension created by the angle to support the tarp.

ANSWER : Wow. They put more and more stuff on tents. I’ll give it a try based on a photo I found.First, peg the four corners down. This will help it from moving around.Find the two longest poles. These are your main supports and once you get them in, you can use the tent without the fancy rain cover (if you want to). They should run diagonally from the corner’s you pegged. Start at one corner and slide the poles through the sleeves in the top of the tent towards the opposite corner. The next two longest go from back to front. They do not cross diagonally. Slide these into their sleeves.Now the hardest part. Slide a pole into a peg hole or a pin (if your poles have holes in the bottom), then bend the pole and attach it to it’s corresponding corner. Just let the bent poles lay on the ground. Do the same with the others. It shouldn’t matter which poles go up first, but I would do the diagonals myself, then the side supports. Once these 4 poles are up, you’re in business.To attach the monster rain cover flip the whole thing over the top and figure out which side goes to the door. It looks like the lantern is on the right front. It looks like you should have two poles left. One may be the same size as the side support poles, or very close to it. This is the front door pole. The smallest pole is the side roof support.Slide the front door sleeve through it’s sleeve, then attach it to the pins or holes where the diagonally support poles are. They should have two pins in this spot, one for ea pole. Next, slide the side support pole side to side under the roof, but over the tent. It should have little pockets to put the pole into. Last, you’ll have to bungie the hooks to the little rings at each corner of the rain cover. Forget all the strings, unless you want to stake them out to stretch your tent a little. Hope this helped. Alley

ANSWER : Take a look on amazon for replacement. here: Amazon com tent poles. I hope this was helpful. Cheers