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    Quote Originally Posted by Cranky Bear View Post
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    Tip for hard-pulling on small line:

    Grab a trail-stick (thicker the better), and wrap your line around that a few times (or clove-hitch) and pull hard. (like old-school fishing)
    It saves your fingers, and works great when its cold.

    *you could also use your hiking stick. this quick-wrap technique is just temporary, as it is only used to add tautness to your lines.

    I used to use this all the time when I was setting up my tarp-ridge line connected via garda-hitch.
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    Piggy-backing off the prussik method but a bit easier because you are not trying to tie a knot on a tight line (I believe Dejoha illustrated this very method, but I couldn't find it):

    Tie a prussik onto your ridgeline.

    Take your ridgeline and wrap around the tree, back around and now tie a marlinspike hitch on your line (which is easy to tie because your line is not tight yet).

    Put a microbiner in the hitch, now clip the microbiner to the prussik.

    Pull the prussik away from the tree to tighten to your desired tightness.

    I use this method with Dynaglide - which is extra slippery - and do a 4 wrap prussik to make sure everything bites. I recommend doing a multiple wrap prussik considering you are going to be doing a 1.25 to 1.25 prussik.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave41079 View Post
    These work great for the tie outs, but they are tied into the line so I wouldn't be able to/it would be a pain to untie then wrap around the tree then retie! I thought about using a biner with these as the connection point but when you do this it doesn't want to cantilever (hope thats the right word) and apply tension to the other side (I have some of these so I already tried)!

    Quote Originally Posted by Dave41079 View Post
    I definitely understand that. Small line can really dig into you. Any way you could make something like a UCR with the 1.25mm line? It seems to me that no matter what you'll be pulling on that line to get it tight. What kind of line is it?
    This is the 1.25mm Z-line from Joe at Z-Packs!

    Quote Originally Posted by Hooch View Post
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    Lazyriverroad and my self are doing the AT in Va from Rt33 to Front Royal, once this is done I will only have one more short section to do and will be done Va, so that will be Va, WVa, and MD done, then I can start chipping away at another state!
    Quote Originally Posted by Rug View Post
    Tip for hard-pulling on small line:

    Grab a trail-stick (thicker the better), and wrap your line around that a few times (or clove-hitch) and pull hard. (like old-school fishing)
    It saves your fingers, and works great when its cold.

    *you could also use your hiking stick. this quick-wrap technique is just temporary, as it is only used to add tautness to your lines.

    I used to use this all the time when I was setting up my tarp-ridge line connected via garda-hitch.
    I have done this method before, and have done it in very nasty weather and can tell you that flames start to shoot out of my ears when it's hard to find one that is right/won't break and all you and to do is get under your tarp to get dry! That was why I am asking for help on finding a piece of hardware that will work with this line and make it sooooooooo much easier! As well as less frustrating!
    Quote Originally Posted by Tendertoe View Post
    Piggy-backing off the prussik method but a bit easier because you are not trying to tie a knot on a tight line (I believe Dejoha illustrated this very method, but I couldn't find it):

    Tie a prussik onto your ridgeline.

    Take your ridgeline and wrap around the tree, back around and now tie a marlinspike hitch on your line (which is easy to tie because your line is not tight yet).

    Put a microbiner in the hitch, now clip the microbiner to the prussik.

    Pull the prussik away from the tree to tighten to your desired tightness.

    I use this method with Dynaglide - which is extra slippery - and do a 4 wrap prussik to make sure everything bites. I recommend doing a multiple wrap prussik considering you are going to be doing a 1.25 to 1.25 prussik.
    Yea this sounds like the only method that might work still would be a pain and not sure how well the prussic would hold, I have to get some more test line to see how many wraps the prussic needs to hold effectively on the ridgeline! If the side tie outs slip in high winds thats ok, but not everything slipping hopefully I can mitigate the troubles by finding a one piece easy method,
    This would probably be easier if I just went back to the other line I'm using, then this would be a mute point !
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    You can check out LRR's tarp flyz. He just won a set in the PIF thread.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dutch View Post
    You can check out LRR's tarp flyz. He just won a set in the PIF thread.
    Awesome news for him, yea I will have to do that!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dutch View Post
    You can check out LRR's tarp flyz. He just won a set in the PIF thread.
    Let's see, you only need to tighten one end of your tarp ridgeline because the other end is already attached. LRR has two Tarp Flyz, and you and LRR have a total of two tarps, so .... (Sorry, Jesse.)

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    Quote Originally Posted by WV View Post
    Let's see, you only need to tighten one end of your tarp ridgeline because the other end is already attached. LRR has two Tarp Flyz, and you and LRR have a total of two tarps, so .... (Sorry, Jesse.)
    Good point there WV !!!

    But, I'm not that kind of person, I think it's wonderful that he won (and will certainly check them out), but that's where it ends!
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    Switch to Thicker line perhaps......
    How about those Niteize Bones?
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