Bread wrapper clip = no knot tarp clip

**ewok** · 05-20-2011, 15:16

Paging Dutch!

**Dutch** · 05-20-2011, 18:50

Originally Posted by ewok

Paging Dutch!

Your rang?

**grich9860** · 05-20-2011, 19:30

i am most certainly going to try this idea for my next hiking trip. (6-24-11)

**gmcttr** · 05-20-2011, 22:55

Originally Posted by tpkanu

I am really interested to see how they work in Aluminum or Titanium...

Redoleary sort of did this a while back....

http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...8&postcount=21

http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...ad.php?t=30386

WV · 05-21-2011, 08:23

Originally Posted by Dutch

Your rang?

Giving notice; you have been superseded by a bag of potatoes.

("Easy on the eyes.")

**Dutch** · 05-21-2011, 10:27

Originally Posted by WV

Giving notice; you have been superseded by a bag of potatoes.

("Easy on the eyes.")

That really hurt man.

**tpkanu** · 05-22-2011, 12:08

I used the potato bag tarp clips this weekend and they failed under strong gusts. The top left quadrants broke off.

They may still work if made from a different kind of material, but recycled plastics clips just did not prove strong enough.

Please accept my sincere apologies. I thought I discovered the next pepsi can stove.

Happy Trails

**Meteor** · 05-23-2011, 14:52

Originally Posted by tpkanu

I used the potato bag tarp clips this weekend and they failed under strong gusts. The top left quadrants broke off.

They may still work if made from a different kind of material, but recycled plastics clips just did not prove strong enough.

Please accept my sincere apologies. I thought I discovered the next pepsi can stove.

Happy Trails

What if you were to take 2 or 3 of them and glue them together before drilling? if it was 2 or 3 times as thick do you think it would still fail in strong gusts?

**tpkanu** · 05-24-2011, 05:46

If you take a clip and drill the 2 holes on the side and orient those holes to the right and the "mouth" to the left, the left top quadrant is where it breaks.

That is where the pressure is when you tighten the line (think of a truckers hitch knot when you pull on the line to get it taut). The plastic starts to bend backwards there and after a couple of uses becomes fatigued and breaks off under pressure.

Gluing several of them together may help.

Does anyone know if there are heavier weigh clips used on other consumer products?

I really was looking for something that uses common consumer goods and could be made by anyone (even kids) with a minimum of tools.

The quest continues. . .

Happy Trails

**RePete** · 05-24-2011, 06:28

Dont think of it as much a failure as a setback. No apology needed. This kind of learning is what it is all about. Dutch makes a fine product (I assume) and he has inspired several thinking people to construct simple ridge line tensioners. I think he would be proud of your thinking and efforts.