Somehow I lost one of the poles to my Clam bigfoot XL4000T. I don't fully understand how it fell out of the assembly and then folded up tent, or how I missed seeing it thereafter. I parked on the ice and anchored the tent to my truck. I took the tent down and placed it directly into the back of my truck with topper. From there it went into my garage. The next day I went out to a different lake and when I set it up, the pole was gone. I have yet to drive out to the lake where I setup to try and find it, but that may happen this evening. Unlikely to find it as it has either blown away, sank into one of the holes upon dis-assembly, or was picked up by another angler.
I went to the Clam website to order a new pole and found them out of stock. Instead I thought I'd buy a hub pole kit containing 4 poles and other potentially useful spare parts. The price of shipping ended up being nearly 3 times the price of the product. High prices for shipping to AK is understood, but I can't pay $70 shipping for a $25 item. So I emailed their customer service and received a call back very quickly. The options I was given weren't great; contact dealers about ordering the parts through them potentially at a lower price, or pay the website price.
So, I'm wondering if there is a potential replacement pole that I can get locally (anchorage/valley) that will work as well as the original clam pole. It needs to be 51" long. Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
