Excellent thread! Call me "Crazy", but now I can't wait until the next time it rains.
Excellent thread! Call me "Crazy", but now I can't wait until the next time it rains.
I think the point here is to minimize the amount of time spent in the rain while pitching. Get the tarp up and spread quickly and then adjust as needed while under the tarp. You're gonna get wet, it is just a matter of degree. Also, by having the tarp adjustable from underneath you can hang the hammock under the tarp and make your fine adjustments from underneath. Again, this keeps the hammock dry and minimizes your exposure during setup.
The road to success is always under construction.
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I just ordered some linelocs from the forum store!!
Thanks for the explanation. Doesn't sound worth the effort developing a system like that for my HG CF tarp, which just doesn't need much adjustment. If I was using silnylon I might be inclined to have such a system, just like I might consider tarp tensioners with silnylon too.
Back when I was using a poly tarp, I tried tarp tensioners and thought to myself, "Why do people love these things? They don't do a darned thing that I can tell." And it's true, there's not much advantage to them with poly or CF tarps, but I can see the advantage with something that stretches when it's wet like silnylon. Live and learn.
Last edited by SilvrSurfr; 06-10-2013 at 21:53.
Yes, the tensioners don't really do much for me, either as I also use the HG CF. But I do have the prussics for the tie outs situated so I can adjust at the tarp and not the stake.
The road to success is always under construction.
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Xtrekker, I did the same thing during the rain we got this weekend. As I was setting up I slipped on the wet grass and fell into a mud puddle, Oh ya my wife saw the whole thing from the window. I got soaked!
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