A 20x20 high peak frame tent. 400 square feet of covered space, a 16 ft 9 in peak, and a cross cable frame, which means there is no center pole standing in the middle of your floor plan. Two to three people can put it up.
$2,295 delivered. Freight is included. This tent weighs 326 lbs and ships by pallet freight, which normally runs $400 to $600 across the country. That cost is already in the price, so the number you see is the number you pay.
What a cross cable high peak tent actually is
Three different structures get called "tents" in this category, and the difference is most of the purchase decision.
Pole tent
Center poles hold the roof up and heavy perimeter stake tension holds it down. Cheapest of the three and the tallest peaks, but there are poles standing in the middle of the room and it needs deep staking.
Standard frame tent
A rigid aluminum skeleton of legs, rafters and spreader bars carries the whole load. Nothing in the middle, but a flat or low slope roof, the most parts to handle, and the longest build.
Cross cable high peak, which is this tent
A perimeter frame of legs and spreader bars, then steel cables run corner to corner and cross in the middle. A center mast sits on that cable intersection and pushes the peak up from above. The mast never reaches the ground. You get the tall peak of a pole tent and the clear floor of a frame tent, with fewer parts to carry than either one. That is why the spec sheet below says Center Pole: No.
Specifications
| Width |
20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Length |
20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Covered area |
400 sq ft (37.2 sq m) |
| Eave height |
8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Overall height |
16 ft 9 in (5.1 m) |
| Pitch |
8 ft 9 in (2.7 m) |
| Complete weight |
326 lbs (148 kg) |
| Class |
Cross cable |
| Style |
High peak |
| Center pole |
No |
| Expandable |
No |
| Top fabric |
PVC coated polyester, 16 oz per sq yd (540 gsm) |
| Translucency |
Blockout |
| Waterproof |
Yes |
| Flame resistant |
Yes |
| UV resistant |
Yes |
| Mold and mildew resistant |
Yes |
| Frame and pole material |
Aluminum |
| Longest component |
9 ft 3 in (2.8 m) |
| People needed to set up |
2 to 3 |
| Custom printing |
Available |
| Sidewalls |
Sold separately |
| SKU |
T100 |
About the 16 oz blockout top
16 oz is the weight a real event tent top is supposed to be. It is the standard for this category, not the ceiling. Lighter 13 and 14 oz vinyl shows up on budget tops and on sidewalls, and there are 17 oz tops on the market heavier than this one. We are telling you that because you would find out anyway.
Blockout is the spec most listings skip and it is the one guests notice. Light does not pass through it. You get real shade at a daytime event instead of a glow, nobody sees shadows tracking across the roof, and when a customer hangs lighting the tent reads as a room rather than a tarp. The alternative is translucent vinyl and it is a visibly different product.
Capacity, and why every site gives you a different number
For 400 square feet the published figures are 40 seated at tables, up to 54 seated in rows, and up to 65 standing at a reception. Those are the three numbers we publish and we do not publish a higher one.
You will find bigger cathedral seating claims for this same footprint elsewhere. We use the conservative figure on purpose, because your customer repeats your capacity number to a fire marshal, and if the marshal counts differently that becomes your problem on site.
Seated capacity moves with what you put underneath. Sixty inch rounds seating eight need clearance for chairs to pull out and for people to walk behind them. Eight foot banquet tables in rows pack tighter than rounds. Rows of chairs with no tables at all pack tightest, which is where the cathedral number comes from. Before you quote a number to a customer, ask what layout it assumes.
Anchoring, and where this tent belongs
This matters more than any other line on the page, so we are going to be direct about it.
This is a grass tent first. The documented anchoring method is staking. If your work is backyards, parks, church lawns, school fields and residential events, that is exactly what this tent is built for and it will serve you for years.
If you are putting tents on concrete, asphalt and parking lots, you cannot stake, and you need your own ballast plan: weighted plates, water barrels or concrete blocks sized to the tent and to local code. Anchoring requirements are set locally and they vary by city, by wind rating and by how long the tent stays up. A vendor who tells you a tent is "fine anywhere" has not read a permit.
We would rather lose the sale than have you promise a customer a parking lot install and find out on the day. If hard surface work is most of your business, call us before you buy and we will tell you honestly whether this is the right tent for it.
Freight, handling and storage
At 326 lbs complete, this ships on a pallet by LTL freight, not by parcel. Freight is included in the price and we ship from our warehouse in Rancho Cucamonga, California.
The longest single component is 9 ft 3 in, which means the whole tent loads into a cargo van or a pickup with the tailgate down. You do not need a trailer to take this to a job. For a 400 square foot tent that is a genuinely short parts list, and it is the reason two people can handle it.
One thing that will decide how long this tent lasts, and it is entirely in your hands: never put it away wet. Vinyl that goes into storage damp grows mildew, and mildew on a white top is permanent. If you have to break down in the rain, get it back out and dry within a day or two.
What is included
The complete tent: top, aluminum frame, cables, center mast and hardware. Ready to set up out of the box.
Sidewalls are not included and are sold separately. We are saying that here rather than in the fine print, because an operator who unpacks a tent expecting walls has a problem on a job site. If you need walls, contact us and we will quote them with the tent.
Buying for a rental business
Tents run a different season than inflatables. They earn through spring, graduations, fall weddings and corporate dates, and they earn on rain contingency all year, which is the part most operators underestimate. If you already run water slides or bounce houses, a tent covers the jobs you currently turn down and pairs with the tables and chairs you may already be renting.
We are not going to print a payback number on this page. You would have to trust our guess about your day rate, your fuel, your labour and how many weekends you actually book, and any figure we invent would be wrong for most of you. Tell us your market and your day rate and we will do the arithmetic with you honestly, including the parts that do not flatter the sale.
Questions about capacity, anchoring, sidewalls or freight to your address, get in touch. We ship nationwide.
