Porch mode-- help with setup?

[roadrunner]

Can anyone explain or show how they pitch their tarp in porch mode with hiking poles or the like?
I know this can't be terribly difficult, but I've never actually seen how you anchor the poles, so I need a little tutorial help.
Thanks!

[NCPatrick]

Here's a picture of it. Not my setup, but it's a good example to show you. (I learn best visually).

[Joey]

I've had luck, at times, where other trees have been close enough for me to tie off to as well, instead of using hiking poles.

[Ewker]

we do ours just like the pic by NCPatrick

[Bubba]

I think the key is to guy out the corners from the tips of the poles in a direction that pulls the tarp corners evenly. Imagine each corner as a "Y" and the pole would be at the centre of where the three line form the "Y"

[roadrunner]

thanks!
I have used nearby trees to set it up this way, just never with the hiking poles. The pic is worth a thousand words!

[AaronAlso]

I don't like placing my handles in the dirt. So, I wrap the guyline around my grips, nice & tight, and sink the tips in the ground real good. It's always worked well for me and my poles can't just slip out; allowing a corner to fall slack.

I'd recommend trying both ways and using whichever works best for you.

[Scottybdiving]

I have done it tips up and tips down and both work. Here is a front porch turned into a cantina. Porch mode is good in a straight down rain.

[SteelerNation]

Here is a video that I made about my tarp that includes examples of how I set it up. I believe that the porch mode info is in part 3 (plus you get to see me get stung by a bee )



Hope that helps!

SN

[J.Andersons]

I've had luck, at times, where other trees have been close enough for me to tie off to as well, instead of using hiking poles.

Nice porch mode without poles.