...And then one day you find, ten years have got behind you.
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun... "TIME" by Pink Floyd
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Sorry I missed it before...
I wouldnt classify the samson utility lines as no tangle. Especially once the line gets broken in. I mean, it does OK... easy to untangle if you dont pull any unintended knots tight... But its so small if you do pull an unintended knot tight, youll need a needle, pick, awl to get it undone. Either that or small fingers.
I figure 8 wrap all my loose lines before stowage.
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Opie,
I haven't had a chance to "break in" any ZingIt, as yet. Thanks for that info. Good points.
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...And then one day you find, ten years have got behind you.
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun... "TIME" by Pink Floyd
www.linvillegorge.net -Ken's site
www.heavens-above.com -(set your own "home" site)
I like KevinDee's & HanginFro's thoughts.
Here's a variation I'm going to try out:
I put a fixed eye at the stake end. A slippery half hitch in the running end, positioned next to the prusik, can serve as a stopper if necessary.
Last edited by Frawg; 06-30-2010 at 00:51. Reason: less ambiguous knot name
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Gosh, I thought it was pretty simple.
There's only one line there (the pink one), and the loop for the prusik is already part of the tensioner. All I'm doing is substituting a prusik in that loop for the becket hitch I would normally use to join the line to the tensioner. I like keeping the line and tensioner as separate, independently replaceable components. Call it a personal quirk.
Cheers!
P.S. The effort in making the prusik is amortized over all the later deployments. No need to take it apart every time. In effect, you're making a one-piece STL that's also adjustable from under the tarp. If that's what one wants.
Last edited by Frawg; 06-30-2010 at 09:19.
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