Tarp Tie-out Material

[mclmm]

Double tap...

[mclmm]

Anyone know if the plastic ones are strong enough for a tarp?

These ones are:



ITW Nexus (Fastex brand) Ghillietech D rings. I haven't broken one yet.

Get em from DIY Tactical:

http://www.diytacticalstore.com/cata...astic/looplocs - shows out of stock, but their website is being updated.

or

http://www.supplycaptain.com/index.c...category_ID=30

The ITW Nexus ones are usually about US$0.50 each

[PuckerFactor]

They can be broken.

That said, it was my fault...it was on a ridgeline, I was using a Figure Nine, and tried to stretch it too tight.

One way to look at that is better the D-ring than your tarp! I just thought of this, but you could make the grosgrain just long enough so that if your hardware were to break, you'd still have enough length to put a new D-ring over the loop and double it over and sew it down, like so:
tarprepair.JPG

Acer

[MacEntyre]

...make the grosgrain just long enough so that if your hardware were to break, you'd still have enough length to put a new D-ring over the loop and double it over and sew it down...

Good idea, and interesting approach... planning for failure!

I like to avoid hardware where possible. My Speer Winter Tarp has no D-rings... you just put a sheet bend on the grosgrain loop.

[salmonofdoubt]

Perhaps this is the wrong thread to post this in, but could someone post a few pictures of their tarp tie-outs? I am about to add several to a tarp I just got, and some visual references would be very helpful.

[opie984]

I just posted some pics of my DIY tarp here. I too struggled with my tie outs, but after much thought and deliberation I made a decision.

For my corner tie-outs, I just made a loop of gross grain. I am using mason's line with a bowline knot to attach to my tarp and then tie to my stakes and am now deliberating on what to use for tarp tensioners.

For my ridgeline, I used a similar method to what Acer pictured above. Except I sowed webbing to the topside of my reinforcement, then sewed in two metal d-rings, then sewed the webbing to the bottom of my reinforcement. This allows me many options for suspending my ridgeline. for my first test I used a garda hitch to tension up my ridgline and it worked great. Will try to get some pics of my tarp suspension soon.

[PuckerFactor]

Corner


And Ridgeline


Acer

[salmonofdoubt]

^^^ Awesome! Thank you, that's exactly the kind of thing I needed to see.

Looks like you used reinforcing fabric on both sides of the tarp, correct?

Is the webbing sandwiched between the fabrics, or sewn to the face not shown?

[Spock]

I have tarps with over 6 months of continuous trail use on the clock with only grossgrain tie outs. In over 30 years of using DIY tarps, I have never had a grossgrain tie-out to fail.

[PuckerFactor]

The webbing is on the bottom, and the reinforcement is on top, with the sil sandwiched in between.

Acer