Heading there this weekend!
Type: Posts; User: War Smeagols
Heading there this weekend!
I like your theory because it allows me to keep doing what I want anyway, lol… essentially if you dress and hand-tighten you feel there is a minimal chance of slippage?
I’ve been using UHMWPE the entire time with no problem. I don’t really want to shock test it. I tried the modified Beckett but found I could get a more consistent height out of the J-bend. I’m...
I’m 190 and used the Beckett hitch for a year with zero problems. Multiple overnights, several day trips, innumerable afternoon hangs in the yard… then I come on here and see all this slippage by...
My brother in law just got his Darien… has already taken it out a couple of times to rave reviews.
Just in case it wasn’t clear, I always go hex… Diamond feels inefficient using that extra triangle on each side while also skipping on the ends where rain might actually get in. My first tarp was a...
If rain is forecast, I always bring my wide tarp. But by that same token, whenever I brought my narrow one, and there has been a random rainstorm, I’ve never felt that it was insufficient. I’ve never...
I’m a huge fan of going as hardware free as possible. I’ve use some of Meyer’s tricks to attach easy slide prusik knots directly to the tarp and kept the ridge line stored with the tarp. More...
I’ve only every had zippered foot boxes… sewn always seemed like a luxury. With an appropriately rated underquilt, and using the “tie-around” method mentioned earlier, I’ve never had a problem with...