Cuben Tarp Ridgeline Tieouts - CRL or two piece ??

[pig.slayer]

Just wondering what everyone is using on there cuben tarps.

I've allways been a continuous ridgeline guy, figured it was a liitle stronger for a cuben tarps as most of the tension is on the cord, not the tarp.

But figured some might prefer the 2 piece ridgeline. I have wondered if there are any strength issues using a 2 piece on the cuben in bad weather.

What do you use, why.

[Bannerstone]

I've had my cuben in some pretty ridiculous winds which really gives you confidence in the strength. You shouldn't have any problems with a 2 piece. I'm a CRL guy too but lately I've been playing around with 2 piece ridgelines too because I wanted to try the Dutch Stingerz but I'll probably go back to a CRL just as a matter of preference.

Rigging is just too fun to not change around from time to time.

You know it's really windy when your cuben tarp is making a sound like a saxaphone reed.

David

[Joey]

I can get a tighter pitch with end ties outs v/s crl with cuben tarps.

[rip waverly]

i use a 2-piece ridge system:

a) pussiks at the tieouts with dutch hooks at the tree
or
b) dutch tarp flyz

works well for me.

[lazy river road]

I use a CRL on my cuben tarps. I like the ease of it and just what I am used to. I find as long as the purssic wraps around enough times so it does not slip I have gotten a tight pitch.

[Sidewinder]

CRL on my larger cuben and 2 piece on the smaller one. I find CRL easier to adjust. I tend to use my larger tarps in the Winter, so ease of adjusting with gloves on favors the ridgeline.

S

[QiWiz]

http://theultimatehang.com/2012/05/r...k-no-hardware/

Because you can easily adjust the horizontal position of tarp (the slide) and requires minimal or no hardware. Works fine for my cuben tarp.

[Troy64]

For the one-piece CRL, what length are you using?

If you keep a "V" at both ends, and have a max tree spacing of about 18 feet, would you use about 30 feet of line?

[QiWiz]

For the one-piece CRL, what length are you using?

If you keep a "V" at both ends, and have a max tree spacing of about 18 feet, would you use about 30 feet of line?

I suspect that 30 feet would be enough. I actually think the line I have is a bit longer than that (maybe 36-40 feet), but I need to cut it down a bit as I have never needed the full length. I'm just always a little reluctant to cut line until I'm really sure its the right thing to do.

[Sidewinder]

For the one-piece CRL, what length are you using?

If you keep a "V" at both ends, and have a max tree spacing of about 18 feet, would you use about 30 feet of line?

35' is the length I use.

S