admin May 28th, 2008
I just added some more pictures of tipi poles and a few more comments of my experiences transporting and dealing with tipi poles to www.tipi-poles.com
I pealed my first tipi pole in 1973 and have made my own tipi poles in both the US and Europe. The picture above is of a good friend setting up his tipi in Bergamo Italy in 1989. My mother made his tipi and I made the poles in Germany and took them down to him. Pepe and I camped in our tipis in Italy, Germany and in what is the former Yugoslavia (now Croatia). Pepe enjoyed his tipi till his unexpected death in 1996.
Read more about tipi poles at www.tipi-poles.com
Tags: Tipi Poles, tipis
admin January 23rd, 2008
I was talking with a friend today on the best way to haul tipi poles - it used to be a lot simpler when cars were larger and more rigid. I’m spoiled, I have a couple of trucks with racks but with rising gas prices I’m leaning more towards a smaller car and a small trailer to transport my tipi poles. I’ll attach a few pictures of some of the rigs I’ve used over the years.
The first two pictures are of a customer’s tipi pole trailer - I really like the idea and this is what I think I’ll be building - now to find a small boat trailer to start with. The third picture is of me and old blue hauling poles in Wyoming - wish I still had that one-ton Chevy! Picture 4 is of old blue near Pikes Peak, Colorado with a load for a photo shoot (you can see many of the pics we took on my screen-saver). Pic 5 is of my Duramax near Cora Wyoming, Pic 6 was taken in Missouri. I think we had 6 tipis and 3 tipi decks on that load - started in Colorado and ended up in New York. Pictures 7 and 8 were taken near Walsenberg, Colorado on a tipi setup in December.
If I get time in the next few weeks (or months) I’ll post more tipi transport pictures. If you have pictures that you would like to post, register here and let me know and I’ll add you to the authors list.
Tags: teepee poles, tepee poles, tipi pole transport, Tipi Poles
