shelter building how-to guides?

[sandfella]

I searched the forums and found couple of threads with some general comments about shelters. Are there good sites with pics about different shelter types? There's some in the google, and of course in different shows but... let's see whaddowehavehere :)

Liked this one quite a bit. Clear pics, clear instructions:
practicalsurvivor.com/leanto

[natertot]

Hey sand,

I have done this a bit myself and here is what I recommend and has worked well for me.

Gather the following materials:
6 tent stakes (the cheap ones are fine)
6 one inch carabiners
100 ft of paracord
6 guy line tensioners ( I like these http://www.amazon.com/Liberty-Mountain-Aluminium-Guyline-Adjuster/dp/B008Y5GO58 )
2 tarps (1- 8'x10' and 1- 10'x12)
4- 3' poles
2- 4.5' poles (I made my poles using treated 2x2 and pounding 6" nails into each end)

And this isn't necessary but I found a grommet kit helpful to add a few holes in the tarps. The total for everything if you had to go and buy it should be less than $50 and most of it can be had at harbor freight.

Next, find resources about all kinds of shelters and try them in the back yard with your gathered materials. You'd be surprised how easy a lot of them are. The best way to learn is to just go and do. If you have kids, it is a fun project to do with them. It is always great to find a way to spend time with the kiddos!

[hunter63]

Are talking debris shelters, or tarps....
Tarp set ups:
From:
http://www.survivalworld.com/shelters/tarps.html#.VW9-senbJjo

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y139/hunter63/latest%20down%20loads/tarps_zpsuio096hj.png (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/hunter63/media/latest%20down%20loads/tarps_zpsuio096hj.png.html)

Debris shelters, depend on available materials, location, and season.
Some examples
https://www.google.com/search?q=tarp+shelters&biw=1093&bih=514&tbm=isch&imgil=RO-O_VlJkY4D1M%253A%253BqbFPZitxMi3-iM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.survivalworld. com%25252Fshelters%25252Ftarps.html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=RO-O_VlJkY4D1M%253A%252CqbFPZitxMi3-iM%252C_&usg=__XptuKX-arosFW5lftUgjVBHsSgs%3D&ved=0CDoQyjc&ei=jH5vVaDpGM3KogS4-IHAAw#tbm=isch&q=derbris+shelters

I bring mine along.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y139/hunter63/Rondy/DSCF1332_zps83285bad.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/hunter63/media/Rondy/DSCF1332_zps83285bad.jpg.html)

[finallyME]

Most of my pictures are "trip reports"

http://www.wilderness-survival.net/forums/showthread.php?25516-WIlderness-Survival-Merit-Badge

http://www.wilderness-survival.net/forums/showthread.php?19983-Wilderness-survival-with-scouts

[Rollicks]

I think that it's funny that no one has suggested this website: http://wilderness-survival.net/chp5.php

[hunter63]

I think that it's funny that no one has suggested this website: http://wilderness-survival.net/chp5.php

You know, that's first time I saw that....Thanks....LOL

[jdbushcraft]

Took the quiz. 100%.

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[hunter63]

Took the quiz. 100%.

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I was told that would be no math......

[Rick]

There is but we grade on a curve.

[Sarge47]

I think that it's funny that no one has suggested this website: http://wilderness-survival.net/chp5.php

...the "Ye olde Home Page." That's taken from the U.S. Army field manual. Note the hollow handled survival knife. Right now some nube is probably drooling all over their monitor looking at it!....:2:

[brush_loper]

Shelters, Shacks and Shanties is a good read.

[Lamewolf]

Youtube the subject - tons of info out there !

[sandfella]

hunter63: excellent image. Thanks, just what I wanted.

brush_loper: my my. project gutenberg has that. will check out.

lamewolf: yeh, I sort of did but it's not so easy to find what I'm after. Those links in this post help!

finallyME: those look awesome :)

rollicks: thanks!

[hunter63]

Shelters, Shacks and Shanties is a good read.

I had to buy one....and another by Lloyd Kahn as well........LOL.....Y'all are costing me money.

[hunter63]

I had to buy one....and another by Lloyd Kahn as well........LOL.....Y'all are costing me money.

Books came today.....putting me in the mood for a gypsy wagon or caravan again.....
I love Lloyd Kahn books a LOT.

Shelters, Shacks and Shanties is a FUN read....written and illustrated in 1914, when there were still large enough forest that one could cut birch bark off a tree and not go to jail.

D.C. Beard the wrote it aimed at Boy Scouts, was involved in the formation of BSA, as well as other boys pioneer organizations.
It assumed that boy of 1914 were allowed to carry and use knives and axes...

E book....
https://archive.org/details/sheltersshackssh00bear
Enjoying the read.

[martel]

This thing still thinks that I'm posting spam, but if you go to equipped dot com slash tarp dash shelters dot htm it has a lot of info about tarp shelters

[Rick]

Actually, you can't post links until you have 10 posts, which you now have.

[MrFixIt]

Thanks for the e-book link Hunter. I love those old manuals!