We always take a risk in the wild......isn't that kinda why we go? to deal with the fun and scary nature stuff.
Never been in hail in the woods though.....just waiting.
Shug
We always take a risk in the wild......isn't that kinda why we go? to deal with the fun and scary nature stuff.
Never been in hail in the woods though.....just waiting.
Shug
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A life without risk is not really lived but endured. That it Shug?Originally Posted by Shug
I would think a good quality tarp would hold up to hail quite well. Acting like a trampoline and the hail just bouncing off.
I play around with folding kayaks, canoes. If you take a folding kayak down river through rapids and hit stones. If the fabric of the skin is pinched between a stone and the boat frame, you will likely get a cut in the fabric. If the stone pushes on the skin between frames you likely will not have damage. No hard point. ( could happen though if the hit is hard enough and the stone pointed enough, usually not)
To adapt the kayak for going down river a foam pad can be placed between the frame and fabric that will greatly reduce the possibility of damage to the fabric. Canoes made by Pakboats are designed for going down river and come manufactured with foam about 1/2 inch thick glued into the bottom of the skin on the floor for just this reason. No hard points to cause damage.
Anyway, I think hail is not likely to damage a tarp as long as there are no hard points. Unless its the cantaloupe sized hail that was reported in the news a week or so back.
High winds that come with hail storms may be another matter.
otoh - this whole opinion is just that, I've never been out in hail storm. Closest I ever got was twice while camping in the S. Dakota the news posted a warning about storms with possible golf ball sized hail. I was concerned about me, my tent and my motorcycle. Having previously seen a pickup truck caught in such a storm I was wasn't interested in the ball peen hammer treatment.
Luckily that hail storms never hit where I was at.
My question is: If you pitch the ridgeline and stake-outs really tight, could that contribute to hail damage? I would think you'd want a slightly looser tarp (not floppy) that would allow the tarp to decelerate a large hailstone over a greater time period...
"Do or do not, there is no try." -- Yoda
True....SAFE = DULL! Well....risk is good once in a good while.
Shug
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