Car camping or backpacking?
For backpacking we use a superfly size (12x10) DIY winter tarp with external pole mods Our spreader bar is 30.5", but we're small. Best to use dog bones or what ever to keep the bar just outside the doors. If you MUST have the bar inside, I suggest you make up bar end tarp protectors from 1/2" foam pipe insulation. Your tarp will thank you.
For really cold weather, and definitely not backpacking, we have an SLD 12 x 14 winter haven I modded with 3 internal poles. I can stake it right to the ground to cut virtually all wind.
In this vid the bar is farther away from the tarp than need be. Also keep in mind that the farther away the bar is from the hammocks, the closer the hammocks will converge.
https://youtu.be/BKSINO4qRYg
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