Ridgerunner pole end tarp protector?

Have one coming and am wondering about the puncture problem.

What are you guys using?

I was thinking about a piece of bicycle inner tube.

I don't use anything. I just pitch my tarp and use the panel pulls to keep the tarp away from the poles. No problems.

We have been doing the bumpers since the RR came out. http://www.arrowhead-equipment.com/s...t_of_4%29.html

I copied the "bumper" idea with some heat-shrink tubing I had in the toolbox. It works fine but took a bit of time to make and install. Overall, just keep the tarp pulled out. The ends of the poles are pretty polished and won't snag/cut unless you've dropped them on a hard surface and caused some kind of burr.

I think if I wanted to do it now I'd skip the tubing and just use a few wraps of the "rescue tape" or similar. It's self-fusing silicone sold in several formats. It doesn't have any adhesive to speak of so it won't make a big mess. Maybe add 2 wraps then cut a hole on the inside using a piece of sharpened metal tubing.

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Originally Posted by pgibson

We have been doing the bumpers since the RR came out. http://www.arrowhead-equipment.com/s...t_of_4%29.html

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I bought these and love them but do not over heat them or you will order a second set like I had to.

Either DIY out of heat shrink tubing or bicycle inner tube or buy a set from AHE. I'd rather be safe than sorry. I made ours out of bicycle inner tube. We use these even though we also use a pole mod kit on our Cloudburst tarps.

http://mc2photo.com/images/bumper1.jpg

http://mc2photo.com/images/bumper2.jpg

http://mc2photo.com/images/bumper3.jpg

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Originally Posted by TNhunter

Either DIY out of heat shrink tubing or bicycle inner tube or buy a set from AHE. I'd rather be safe than sorry. I made ours out of bicycle inner tube. We use these even though we also use a pole mod kit on our Cloudburst tarps.

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THunter, What size tube did you use?

I bought the AHE bumpers from Paul yesterday.