This is the configuration I like best because I can cinch my tarp tight a lot more easily. I'm probably not the first person to think of this method but I didn't find it when I searched. I figured I'd post it in case it helped someone.
HTH
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“I held a moment in my hand, brilliant as a star, fragile as a flower, a tiny sliver of one hour. I dropped it carelessly, Ah! I didn't know, I held opportunity.” -Hazel Lee
The ways to use Dutchgear are immeasurable. When I first got my tarp Flyz I remember disliking how hard it was to slide them along the ridgeline (before locking them). Then I read where Dutch himself put his tarp flyz on a soft shackle prusik, and I found that a lot easier. I now have tarp wasps and am wondering what other ways I could use them.
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." Ralph Waldo Emerson
that is a nifty set up! Kind of acts like a trucker's Hitch, but with Tarp Fly in place of a loop....
I love Dutch Gear widgets. They are so simple, elegant and fun to play with.
“I held a moment in my hand, brilliant as a star, fragile as a flower, a tiny sliver of one hour. I dropped it carelessly, Ah! I didn't know, I held opportunity.” -Hazel Lee
Yeah, it seems to make it a lot easier to cinch it up tight. I tried a dragonfly and a stinger but found it harder to crank my tarp tight with them than this arrangement.Originally Posted by CamoDeafie82
“I held a moment in my hand, brilliant as a star, fragile as a flower, a tiny sliver of one hour. I dropped it carelessly, Ah! I didn't know, I held opportunity.” -Hazel Lee
Are you using this configuration on both ends?
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When I see lovers' names carved into a tree, I don't think it's cute. I think it's strange how so many people take knives on a date.
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I use this on one end. On the other I have a Dutch clip hooked into the continuous ridgeline just inside of the tarp ridgeline ring.
Side note: I use an 18" piece of sm diameter aquarium tubing to protect the tree.
Last edited by sliver; 05-26-2014 at 11:37.
“I held a moment in my hand, brilliant as a star, fragile as a flower, a tiny sliver of one hour. I dropped it carelessly, Ah! I didn't know, I held opportunity.” -Hazel Lee
Here's a better close-up
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“I held a moment in my hand, brilliant as a star, fragile as a flower, a tiny sliver of one hour. I dropped it carelessly, Ah! I didn't know, I held opportunity.” -Hazel Lee
Nice set up. Dutch gear totally rocks. Just ordered the wasp since it should come in handy.
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