There's the pride in inventing something new, the fall in realising you're actually the third person in just the last 10 years to "invent" the same thing, and then the dawning realisation that tensahedrons have probably existed for hundreds or even thousands of years, and that instead of being in competition with the other "inventors" over the ages, you're actually linked together with them in the same enterprise.Originally Posted by Latherdome
When I was a clown with Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey's Circus, the famous old clown Lou Jacobs used to always say to us new clowns when we thought we had come up with something new new...."nothing is new. Just forgotten."
He proved to be correct over and over.
That was a real good read there.
Thanks.
Shug
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I'm seeing a lot of tarps on these, but I haven't seen a post on how folks are attaching their tarps. I don't have a Tensa, but I'm curious about this thing. The more I look at it the more versatile it seems. My only concern is hangin a tarp. Does anyone have any pics or video of tarping one of these things?
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No problem with 11' tarp.
Though they are making tarp extenders for longer tarps and to get tarps higher.
Shug
Tarp Extenders from Tensa4 site....https://www.tensaoutdoor.com/2018/11...ns-for-tensa4/
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It's bone simple if your tarp is 11' or shorter: string it between the apexes and guy out. If longer than that, either pry open the stand wider as required using the head tether (understanding that this lowers the hammock so can compromise pole clearance on the diagonal for taller people), or just choke up the excess on one side and pull it over the little V where the poles cross, tensioning and guying normally.
A more complete solution is in development: https://www.tensaoutdoor.com/2018/11...ns-for-tensa4/
[edit: that Shug is speedy!]
Last edited by Latherdome; 11-25-2018 at 17:13.
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Thanks Shug! What exactly is going on here? Are you just wrapping the ridgeline around the end there? Would stingers and a short length of zing-it work ok? Clip the stingers onto the tarp as normal, go around a pole end and secure as normal?No problem with 11' tarp.
Though they are making tarp extenders for longer tarps and to get tarps higher.
Shug
Tarp Extenders from Tensa4 site....https://www.tensaoutdoor.com/2018/11...ns-for-tensa4/
“I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news”
― John Muir
Thanks Latherdome!! And the Shug is greased lightening after his shoulder surgery!!
Have you tested those extensions in windy conditions? Are they pretty tightly connected so the tarp won't move them too much in wind?
“I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news”
― John Muir
Yes they have been tested in windy and stormy conditions. Very happy with them and we have simplified them. Working on production now.
20180908_070334.jpgT4 porch mode 12 foot tarp and extensions 2.jpg
Come check out the Tensa4 tensahedron stand and other hammock stands at http://www.TensaOutdoor.com and [email protected]
Just went upstairs to my "hammock lab" and measured the tarp extensions / Tensa4 as currently rigged. Foot extension is 14" higher than the stand ridgeline, the head side is 16" higher than the ridgeline, and the spread between the 2 tarp extensions is 13 feet. You can make the spread longer, but it will be lower.
Storm mode is lowering the extension as far as practical. The system does not require or even designed to have a guyline at the tarp connection. However adding one will help stabilize in high winds. These extensions are highly adjustable in both height and spread.
Come check out the Tensa4 tensahedron stand and other hammock stands at http://www.TensaOutdoor.com and [email protected]
Just running the tarp ridgeline guy straight out to the ground.
Nothing tricky.
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