youtube's been around for over ten years and this is BY FAR the most instructional and helpful video.

DAMN! I was in the Army for 4 years and none of us ever knew how to get that last bar in. Not even the older Joe's who has been in for a decade knew how to do it. We all just laid that last bar on top and called it a day. This looks so damn easy to do and none of us ever thought to use leverage from the actual cot. My life is literally made complete now.

10 years in the Army and I finally know how to do this thanks to you! LOL!

man where were you 47 years ago,,, army vet here and always slept without that last bar connected.. thanks

Thank you. I was doing 2 things wrong, 1 grommet to grommet, you put metal to grommet, and not knowing to use weight to stretch the canvas. Awesome video.

Oh my gosh. This has been a frustration to me for nearly a year. I have just been leaving that last bar off my cot when camping, but then I get a saggy cot. Figured there had to be an answer so finally got the idea to come to youtube and here you are! I now have a nice tight cot thanks to you, and am going to have a great night's sleep! Thanks so much for taking the time to video it~!

Went camping this weekend, and used your method. Worked like magic!! Thank you!

This has made my life easier after 11 years. Thank you!

Life saver....wished I had seen this years ago. Saves a lot of pain and injury (at least to your pride)!

Dan man, I spent 20 minutes with a pry bar and a screw driver. live and learn! thanks for the vid. now I know

The moment you stood it up, my eyes bulged out of my head, and I think my liquified brain leaked out of my ears. It's so obvious but never came to myself, or ANY of my camping buddies' minds. Thanks!

Wow. Thank you so much. I'm a civilian contractor engineer and I had set one of these up for the first time. Thanks again for the trick, I didn't even think about it like that.

Just picked up one of these cots today and this video was super helpful. This cot is like a tank 👍

Thanks for the very helpful video. I have a vintage army cot with thick canvas and wood frame and this worked like a charm!

Awesome!!! I knew it was about the lever arm, but the trick is the lever on a different plane. Well done!!!

Thanks a million! This is a life saver. I've always used a prybar of sorts. I still will if I'm setting up on soggy/muddy ground. This is perfect for dry setups.

Smart, they should really include this clever method in their setup instruction.

such a great video! i saw couple of videos to get the last piece of rod inside the hole and kept trying for 2 hours but the rod wouldn't budge The other videos said to use a screw driver to provide leverage but it didn't help. your idea of turning the cot to use the feet as a lever for such a great idea. i did it and my cot was all assembled. great instructions and video, thank you!

I think of my self as a pretty stout gal, but even with your method, I had to admit the cot won the battle. But I won the war, because I did get the bars hooked under the ends. (Had to do that on one end regardless because the nipples were broken off.) I don't take no shit from no cot. Maybe after I use it a while, it will stretch out enough I can give this a try again. (As it is now, you can bounce a quarter off it, so I don't have to worry about sag.) A friend was throwing it away, so I got it for free. Just needs some stitching in a few places where the threads are raveling out.

I know this is old. THANK YOU so much!!!! I have been fighting this for half an hour. I f I could give you 100 thumbs up. I would do so!!! I have the exact cot. Exact issue.

I've been trying to use a lever for some time with no luck. Your trick is amazing. Thank you.

hi i struggled for a hour, sweat and blood to try and put the last bar in then i thought i see if there is a knack on youtube and guess what here it is, many many thanks for this information it has made it so simple to fit ABT The Mad Trapper

That works, but the end poles are designed to have the plastic bumpers inward on the pegs.They are not wll bumpers as someone assumed.

thank you thank you, I had the rubber disk going over the stud instead of on the out side. works perfect now

I accidentally found an even easier way while cleaning the cot. All you have to do is mist the fabric and I'll loosen a lot. Once wet, even my 10 year son can put on the last bar.

Well. I feel like an idiot! Hahaha thanks for this

I always got the material wet then it would stretch. Only practical around home, with time to let it dry. Thanks for the great video!

Perfect. Exactly what I was looking for.

Thank you! I've just been using mine without the last bar. Lol! Now I can get it right and it'll probably be more comfortable (a lil bit anyway).

You sir are a life saver. THANK YOU! 😂😭👏

the method is fine and good if you have the room to be throwing your cot up in the air. but in a crowded tent or shelter your liable to get your ass handed to you if you slap another Marine in the head with your flailing cot. just use your weapon barrel to pry the last notch in to place. thats why they gave it to you. by the way, that plastic extender on the other side is in case your cot fabric has gotten loose and you need to get it tightened more.

You are a life saver-thanks!

Thanks a million! Helped me a bunch

Excellent demonstration. Saved for life😁

One little pop... maybe two little pops😁 Thanks for sharing this brother!

Seems like a bad design, but simple so less to go wrong is good. This method doesn’t look too difficult. I tried to put one of those together when I was younger just to see how it opened, but I didn’t need it at the time so I gave up. This is a good trick. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Great idea - works quite easy doing it that way

I seen someone complaining about there cots ! I think these cots are some ot the best ever ! That fella crying ought to just sleep on the ground :) You can normally buy these off of eBay for about 50 bucks a piece ! I have about 6 ! I love these cots !

You are A LIFE SAVER

OMG, thx for that trick man! You saved my night sleep!

I bought a new one from ebay and my end bar went on with a little force after stretching the canvas some. Guess I just got lucky. Thanks for the video, very informative.

Has this helped anyone? please let me know your success.

Was in active duty for 6 years, national guard for 3, and was today years old when I learned this.

Thank you, I was checking how to set one of this bed I had from a former US base in Germany. Now it is ready and working so I can ship it to Ukraine via people rescue association

I always just assumed the cot was designed as a selection guide so that people who could fit the 2nd bar without breaking something could be earmarked for specialist and/or officer training. Everyone else would be cast to the grunts. I was infantry.... so I never saw one properly assembled.

awesome. this definitely helped me. I just got a new cot in today and could get an answer back from the seller yet on how to get that other end in

This video is exactly what I needed thanks

7 cots later... new there was a way

I need end bars for mine! This was a fantastic video.

Now I know how to take mine apart. Thank you!!

Thanks for the tips. I just bought three army style cots. Only one has one of the spreader sticks. I'm just going to make some. I paid $20 for the three cots.

Thank so much I was about to fight this thing your video saved the day

You.. are.. the best sir.

All those years of high school and finally a practical use of using leverage, lol. I can't understand why they don't have these instructions included with the cot, would make things 1,000x.easier

SOO AWESOME!! THANK YOU!

Good job - It works!

Maaaaaaaan I've bamboozled for years on setting this thing up

great help. thank you

Thank you I just bought two of these and there tuff

Best advice

Helpful tip, standing it upright.

Brilliant was struggling trying pry bar and pole for leverage.

I am going to try this

Glorious

Me in the field “how the hell does this thing go together?”

Thanks i was about to burn down mine and call it a day

Thanks so much

before we put the sidebars in make sure the smaller holes facing downward so that it can hold up the mosquito net stickpoles, and use a strong stick or metal pipe to ply up the second sidebar is sooo much easier without standing upward cot bed...that's how i do it!

I use a pry bar to pry the tight side into place.

Thank you 😁

just bought one of these... once it's together nice and tight, is it just as easy to take the bar out again when I've finished using it

I want to see if this will fit into a camping backpack. Could you please do another video on this? Thanks!

👍You da man🙏

thank you so much

Works great for one thats broken in... not new

thanks a bunch 😀😀😀😀😀😀

So the rubber end aren't supposed to fit into the knobs? I flipped the over to the metal side and they went in.

Thanks

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Don't know why it is so hard for people to figure this out.... I've been doing this for years!

Still couldn't do it. Couldn't get the third one in let alone the fourth

Thank I almost had given up hope

That’s why Marines sleep on the ground.

what brand does the military use?

I'm missing parts to this cot. Where can I find the middle screws/knobs and another bar?

they literally just threw these at us and said go to bed.

What is the weight limit for this cot?

i need to find one ofthese

I were to buy one of these what should i look out for?

Canvas recently tore doin the middle on a 25 year old wooden legged cot. Where can you get another

where can i get one likr this?

why do you put it on backwards in the beginning.. and you are missing pieces on the spreaders...

what is the canvas material made of nylon? thanks.

What brand is that cot please ?

this is militray camp bed?

I did this, the fabric tore apart.

My cot cover is so tight, not even that way work.

Umm.. isn't the plastic plug... supposed to be going over the plastic nub?... you have it facing outward... otherwise...great idea....

Whats the price and give the details. Cash on delivery.

I think the plastic grommets connect to the plastic nipples.....if you use the aluminum side it damages the nipple and will eventually break it off