What do you carry?

[Rambler_]

How many feet of guy line do you typically carry? How many stakes do you typically carry? I just had my first hang the past two nights and I definitely didn't bring enough guy line. I was using the warbonnet superfly and had four stakes with 25' of zing it.

[12trysomething]

My set up is for a Tadpole and I carry a Grizz Beak depending on weather. For my Tadpole I have 4 8' guy lines from Dutch with tensioners. I carry 4 stakes if no beak, 8 if I bring a beak.

Good luck,
12trysomething

[dammfast]

I have the superfly without the doors and I have 8 feet on each corner and 12 on each end of the ridge line. As part of my kit I always have 8 stakes and an extra 50 of both braided mason line and 50 zing it. I usually have some lengths of para cord stuffed in here and there.

[Shug]

From the man himself.......
Shug

[DuctTape]

For my OES Deluxe, Five 8ft sections and two 4ft sections.
for my JRB 10x11, two 8ft sections, four 4ft sections and, a four 18-inch sections.

No stakes.

and I have a 15ft section in my essentials bag.

[Tacoma96]

WL Big Daddy 8' on the four corners. 10' on each end of the ridgeline.

[MedicineMan]

all that line gets heavy I'm using the hammock sock year around now. the tarp portion needs two guylines, 4 feet each and two stakes. I do carry 2 extra stakes and use them for marlin spike hitch if needed.

[born2roam]

all that line gets heavy I'm using the hammock sock year around now. the tarp portion needs two guylines, 4 feet each and two stakes. I do carry 2 extra stakes and use them for marlin spike hitch if needed.

Stop tempting me!

No stakes, 8 guy lines attached to the tarp (total weight 40 grams, each about 2.5 mtr [8 footish])

Playing around with the old prussik loops on my hammock suspension for rigging my tarp, other wise a 37 gram, 10 mtr ridgeline for tarp.

Grtz Johan

[Roadrunnr72]

Depends on the tarp. For 3 season, most of the time, I have my Tadpole. So four guy lines, and four stakes. With my Superfly, many more. I can get away with 6 stakes, by staking the doors to the opposite corner stakes, and using one on each side for the side pull-outs. If I am not backpacking, then I carry extra stakes, so I can have more options for opening the doors. My guy lines all stay on my tarps, so no worries of forgetting them, and worst case, I can find trail sticks and make extra stakes, which I have done. I was testing a set up in the back woods, brought 4 stakes from the house, and didn't feel like walking all the way back inside, so I made a couple of extras with the sticks...........RR

[sliver]

You will need at least 100'.

I tie everything with a loop created by tying a loop at one end, going around the tent stake/tree, and tying a slipped half hitch onto the end loop. If you do it that way, you'll need about 120'. The knots and adjustments are easier at the expense of extra cordage.