Simple Tarp Pull Outs

[ferball]

This has probably been done but I'll post the pics anyway. A quick easy way to make some cheap tarp pull outs. I used 1/2 PVC and 3/4 pvc. The pictures should illustrate the concept.

[Tuck]

Wow! Nifty idea! Have you tested out yet in foul weather?

[kerryandjane]

Awesome idea.

[Tonykarter]

Ingenious. Country boy can survive!

[ferball]

Have not had a chance to field test it yet, but I tried it on some different materials and but some stress on it and it held up fine. Held up to the point that I was more worried about tearing than the clamp popping off. By cutting the notch in the out pipe smaller it will have a tighter grip, but it almost becomes impossible to install, so finding the sweet spot there would help.

When the snow melts and I can get to my gear shed I am going to play around with the idea of running my ridge line through a couple pieces of pipe, so my tarp just clamps on.

[onfire]

That is ingenius, well done

[doogie]

I used these for a while. Made out of a contact lens case. Sorry the photo is a little blurry, but you get the idea.

[JBRanger]

Any issue with the contact lense case causing issues on the fabric?

[doogie]

Any issue with the contact lense case causing issues on the fabric?

Not with silnylon. It is so thin and slippery it doesn't cause any problem. One nice feature is that if you pull really hard it just comes apart. I ended up putting on permanent pull outs on my winter tarp.