What do you do with your line when packing up your tarp? Any hints to keep it tangle free?
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What do you do with your line when packing up your tarp? Any hints to keep it tangle free?
Our technique at JRB...
Start at the tarp corner of the line ... wrap around the hand 5 or 6 times.... wrap the final 3 feet or so around the bundle finish with a slippery tuck....
Done...
Next night pull the slip tag.... unrolled....no knots.....
Takes abot 10 seconds a line..... Well worth the effort.
Try it... You'll like it.
Pan
Wind it in a figure 8 pattern. Wrapping in a figure 8 keeps the line from twisting while you wind it up. I adopted this technique from winding headphone cables. Check out this video for more details:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/413044...thout_tangles/
That's the technique I have been using since Nest showed it to me at Springer last year. Everybody keeps asking why I use the mason line since it tangles so easy. Well, using this method I haven't had any tangles from packing/unpacking. Thanks for showing Nest HC4U! :shades:
My lines are not attached to the tarp, I have figure 9's at each corner. The lines are attached to my stakes. WHen it's time to wrap it all up, I hold all 4 stakes in my hand then wrap the lines in a figure 8 from the tops of the stakes to the bottoms, and put the bunch in a stuff sack. One benefit is that it's next to impossible to lose a stake. (I wish I could take a pic, but I'm not home for a few weeks)
Good question regarding tangles. I have begun wrapping a rubber band around the bundle to see if that helps keep the tangles down a bit. Thanks for the other suggestions.
Is the slippery tuck what was shown in the video?