Cuben Tarp Question

[JollyGreen]

Question - Was this purchased through Hammockgear or off the forum? The reason I'm asking is it seems your talking about a D ring in the middle of the ridge line and not the tarp pull outs that I think others were referring to.

A D ring in the middle of the ridgeline is a common request. I have them on both of my cuben tarps but I don't run the ridgeline through it, I use it to fold the doors back when not in use. Each of my doors has shock cord and mitten clips with a cord lock. When not in use I clip the mitten clip to the center D ring I had installed at the ridgeline.

Hope this helps.

Huh, I figured he was talking about pull out D rings. That's interesting about a D ring on the ridge line, that would be a great idea.

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Purchases in the classifieds, but it is a Hammock Gear tarp. I figured it was for folding back the doors, but why not run the CRL through there too?

[R3l@x]

Purchases in the classifieds, but it is a Hammock Gear tarp. I figured it was for folding back the doors, but why not run the CRL through there too?

I've never tried using it with the ridgeline but I don't see any reason you couldn't unless it affects the pitch of the tarp. That would depend on the cat cut of the ridgeline.

For example, I use a continuous ridgeline and it works fine but if I use a line from each end and Dutch stingerz instead I get a tighter pitch and more curve to the ridgeline on a couple of my tarps with more pronounced cat cut. You'll have to look at that on your tarp and decide if the center ring is helping the tightness of your pitch or introducing an angle that prohibits a taught pitch.

Other people ask for one so they can hang stuff from the inside of the tarp such as a bugnet if on the ground or a light etc... Usually that D ring will be on the inside.

My two cents on the subject.