Built a bushcraft shelter today...

[Guest]

I did a shelter project this afternoon. Took about 4 hours. First I cut down the dead tree. I built a frame out of the lumber and tied it together with vines. I weaved a vine frame. Lastly, I weaved in palmetto fronds for the roof

[Matt In Oklahoma]

Awesome! 5 star awesome right there!

[thedreamers]

Time to break out the hamburgers. You did a great job on it.

[BioG8r]

All it needs is memory foam mattress and maid service in the morning and that is Sandals 'On The Beach" Resort Material!!
I love it!
Great Job!

[xdpatriot]

That is awesome!!! I think it's time to take our tribe campin'! We don't have any palm fronds down here though and mesquites don't work to well, kinda skimpy.

[rockriver]

i'm impressed.
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what kind of lifespan??
with reasonable weather it looks to me like
this structure would last a few years.
what about the palmetto fronds? would they dry out real fast?
and if so, i assume they could be overlayed with a new layer just making the
shelter even more rain/weather proof??

[WILL]

Never built one before. I'll let you know.

[WILL]

i'm impressed.
--
what kind of lifespan??
with reasonable weather it looks to me like
this structure would last a few years.
what about the palmetto fronds? would they dry out real fast?
and if so, i assume they could be overlayed with a new layer just making the
shelter even more rain/weather proof??

Thanks everyone for the nice comments. I just checked on it today and there was alot of sunshine coming through the roof. The palmetto fronds shrank up as they dried just like grass does. That caused gaps. I guess you would have to re-roof it often to keep it watertight. time consuming, but the roof was fairly fast and easy to put up.

[WiseOwl]

Good job Will. A+++