yeah. With the obvious exception that the JRB tarp wall has a longer length.Originally Posted by NCPatrick
It's frustrating banging around Marriotts all over the country this week when I have a brand spanking new JRB winter tarp at home waiting to be pitched for the first time.
guess I better sleep inside my first night home...wife's having a hard time understanding the attraction of hanging in the yard..
Grizz
You can still hang it when you get home, but I guess you won't get to sleep under it right away...
"Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities." - Mark Twain
“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” - John Burroughs
My tarp is showing as "Delivered" at home. And I have a couple of hours before I can get home... so I can relate (a little).
"Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities." - Mark Twain
“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” - John Burroughs
Dont you just hate that!! Drives me crazy!
Get busy living, or get busy dying.
Still haven't had a chance to hang my hh silnylon tarp, and I'm all booked until tomorrow.
I may get a chance to test it tomorrow night in the wind. Low expected to be 33°F, winds from NW at 10-20mph, 60% chance of precipitation... sounds like a good test for it, right?
"Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities." - Mark Twain
“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” - John Burroughs
Absolutely! Cold wind and rain! looking forward to the results, good or bad!
Cool beans. I've been enjoying all the pictures of this tarp you posted in another thread. It gave me something to look at while I waited for delivery. I'll definitely post about how my cold windy night went... hopefully with some pictures of the setup.
Last edited by NCPatrick; 12-14-2007 at 11:51.
"Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities." - Mark Twain
“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” - John Burroughs
Good luck and have fun! I've got the HH Silnylon Hex tarp and, even when I tie the tarp's ridge line lower than the hammock supports, the sag when the hammock gets loaded takes the hammock a fair distance below the tarp because the support lines hold the tarp up. I'm sure some of you old timers know the cure for this. I think the answer is most likely to be a sock or an end panel of some sort. If this 80* weather stays much longer here in the South it won't really matter...we'll be trying to open up to catch the breeze.
Hmmm... I'll check into this tomorrow. I guess it wouldn't matter too much since the tarp is so large. Seems like you could stake it directly to the ground (at least on one side) and still have plenty of room.
I think the 80's have moved on by... so now we move into the 50's and 60's for a while. Still not Winter weather by any means, but maybe more in line with Fall.
thanks!
"Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities." - Mark Twain
“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” - John Burroughs
Of course, that applies equally to all hammocks tied to the trees- they are going to stay put as the hammock sags. The only alternative is to attach tarp to hammock. Then they will stay close together, BUT then you also have a loose tarp- unless you can come up with a lot of tricks to overcome that tendency. And it aint easy to overcome. But either way, at least the larger hammock gives better coverage.
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