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    Senior Member Mustardman's Avatar
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    OES Custom 12x10

    So now that I'm at home and able to type properly (iphone keyboard isn't very good for long posts!), I'll say this...

    I LOVE my custom OES 12x10 tarp!!!!


    The basic design of the tarp goes like this: Take a Speer Winter Tarp, but make it 12x10, instead of 10 x 11, and add six extra tieouts - in the center of each of the largest cat cuts, as seen in this picture. The BLUE tieouts are the ones that I had added, which are not on the Speer tarp, and add tons of flexibility in pitching options



    So, that gives you four extra tieouts in the centers of the left and right sides, and two extras along the long side.


    What do all those extra tieouts do for me? Why, I thought you'd never ask.

    They let me do things like this:



    So what you see there is two hammocks, hung from four trees, but it would work even better with a three-tree hang. On the narrow end, where the trees are close together, or if there was only one tree at that end, I tied the main center ridgeline tieout to the tree. That's the end farthest from you in the picture.

    On the other end, where the two trees are spaced farther apart, I tied the two tieouts in the centers of the cat cuts to the trees, so the roof of the tarp formed a triangle between those three tieout points. This makes it absolutely cavernous inside, and I was able to stand fully upright in between the two hammocks with plenty of space to spare.

    Add some hiking poles and ground stakes to make walls on each side of the tarp, and we've got a good bit of rain protection with a huge space in the middle.

    In fact, there was so much space in the middle, that we hung the Blackbirds with their openings facing in towards the center, rather than out. That means, during the storm, I was able to set my Clikstand and Trangia burner up on the ground between us, and we could cook breakfast together, while chatting and sitting comfortably in our hammocks. It was absolutely awesome!!!!!


    Here's another view of the tarp, with the two-tieout end to the right and the single tieout end to the left, to make it a little more obvious how it's pitched:


    Last edited by Mustardman; 08-30-2009 at 20:22.

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    Wow.... just Wow amazing..... and genious. If only I had the money....

    I hate this forum

    -CS

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    Quote Originally Posted by climberslacker View Post
    Wow.... just Wow amazing..... and genious. If only I had the money....

    I hate this forum

    -CS
    Well said....

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    It ain't the ultimate, to get there it needs panel pulls... and SpinUL.

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    Senior Member Mustardman's Avatar
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    Panel pulls aren't a big deal to me - I always have a few grip clips in the pack if I need to add panel pulls, and I can add them wherever I want.

    Now SpinnUL.... that's a whole different story....

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    Nice pics, MM. Good tutorial in pitching a tarp for a double-hang. Also a good illustration of how additional tieouts are helpful.

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    Now that is real slick. I was just posting in another thread on how to get a decent and close 2-person hang for me and the wife. Sheesh, something else to buy now!

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    I prefer to have solo tarps, that way if i wanna go by myself i dont have to lug around a behemoth of a tarp. Or find a huge open space to hang it. IN my experience it is difficult finding trees the right distance apart to fit a tarp that big in some areas. The smaller tarp gives me much more options.

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    The OES tarp is only a foot longer than the Speer winter tarp, and can be pitched in full winter mode like the speer for single-hang, or have the doors tied together to get a normal hex tarp in pleasant weather.

    Furthermore, because I added extra tieouts compared to the speer, I can pitch it in short ridgeline (10') mode like the JRB 11x10 if the trees are close together. I can still close the doors, and get a very tall winter tarp in this configuration, which reduces the ducking needed to navigate to my hammock.


    I do have some smaller summer tarps that I take when expecting good weather, but the flexibility of this tarp is what makes it so incredibly versatile. I have a variety of pitches for both solo and two-hammock hangs which can protect me from the nastiest of weather or allow a big sun canopy for when it's nice out.

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    I'm currently looking to upgrade my tarp. I have a HH Explorer Dlx. with std tarp. After a rainy weekend camping at Tablerock SC I'm wanting a larger tarp. Any info type and where to buy would be helpful.

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