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    Talking VIDEO: Tensioning your tarp with a dog bone!

    I've been playing around with the Knotbones from Nite Ize ... all the different ways one can use them. Nothing innovative here ... probably someone else has done this ... but this worked for me.

    So I present the light weight ... 6 grams each ... easy to deploy ... KnotBone Tarp Tensioners. You might recognize a certain new Tarp Design from a certain Gargoyle in the video!

    ... oh and I mention it being a 1/4" loop in the video ... blooper ... it's made from a "Dog Bone" (Knotbone) and an 18" piece of 1/8th inch bungie cord.

    Last edited by Hawk-eye; 07-22-2010 at 08:10.

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    Good vid Hawkeye. I like the knot bone by Nite izes , looks like the dog bone with bungie cord is a good tarp tensioning system.
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    That's an easy way to make a self tensioner. Nice work and nice video. Thanks.

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    great simple video. thanx for adding to the think tank.
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    Senior Member Hawk-eye's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by mbiraman View Post
    Good vid Hawkeye. I like the knot bone by Nite izes , looks like the dog bone with bungie cord is a good tarp tensioning system.
    Thanks ... yeah it's simple and easy to do.

    Quote Originally Posted by JayS View Post
    That's an easy way to make a self tensioner. Nice work and nice video. Thanks.
    Just a quickie ... too hot to do much else last evening!

    Quote Originally Posted by gRaFFiX View Post
    great simple video. thanx for adding to the think tank.
    Hope it helps ...

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    VIDEO: Tensioning your tarp

    Thanks, nice job.

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    Watched this early this morning. Thanks for the trick and the video Hawk-eye.

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    'Purty' slick tensioner ya got thar partner. Thank ye.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wolverine View Post
    Thanks, nice job.
    Hope it helps give ya some options ...

    Quote Originally Posted by Ken View Post
    Watched this early this morning. Thanks for the trick and the video Hawk-eye.

    Ken
    Thanks pal ... I'm liking these little black plastic do-hickies!

    Quote Originally Posted by spklbuk View Post
    'Purty' slick tensioner ya got thar partner. Thank ye.
    I likey simple and light ... don't take up much room or weight, easy to carry four or so of them to make sure ya don't flap in the night!

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    Nice vid!

    The people @ NiteIze are genius...they always seem to have something new that falls into the unrealized need category.
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