Single Tarp Tie or The "V"

[Peter Dragon]

I have had good success with loop aliens, and the prusiks, and takes no time at all.

[warbonnetguy]

I have always liked the single line, as stated you can separate the two suspensions if you want to to keep them apart by just rotating them off to the side of the trunk slightly. I prefer the single strand because it takes twice the amount of cord to make the V, so with a single line instead I find that a 12' cord is almost always long enough by itself. If the tree is big and/or the span is long, a 12' cord won't be long enough to do a V, while a single strand of 12' will often be enough.

[Winnie]

Ebay,
https://m.ebay.com/itm/8-Strands-PE-...DsPp0Us_l-XYBg
It's the 1.2mm stuff, works well with aluminium loop aliens.

--
Gadget

Can you splice it?

[GadgetUK437]

In theory, yes. I did it once, but life is too short! It's a hollow braid, but tightly woven. Used a fine guitar string to do the bury, but it was still hard going.
I don't bother any more, there is enough reserve strength to cope with a few fig8 on the bight knots to make splicing loops just a vanity project.

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Gadget

[OneClick]

I have always liked the single line, as stated you can separate the two suspensions if you want to to keep them apart by just rotating them off to the side of the trunk slightly. I prefer the single strand because it takes twice the amount of cord to make the V, so with a single line instead I find that a 12' cord is almost always long enough by itself. If the tree is big and/or the span is long, a 12' cord won't be long enough to do a V, while a single strand of 12' will often be enough.

I would agree not wanting to use twice the cord. But I use Tarp Flys so you can move the hardware up and down the line, only requiring enough cord to get around the tree plus another couple feet to be safe...unless you want a really big V. I would never see the point of bringing the cord all the way back to the tarp for a "full V"

[bluzharp]

When I switched from CRL to the V I started with Stingerz. I carried dogbones for when the line wasn't enough. Then I discovered flyz and changed all my tarp ridge ties to them. When you lock them down close to the tarp its basically the same as a Stingrz , but if you need more line you unlock the flyz and slide it toward the tree. You lose the V but don't have to carry extra line on those rare occasions.


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[OneClick]

When I switched from CRL to the V I started with Stingerz. I carried dogbones for when the line wasn't enough. Then I discovered flyz and changed all my tarp ridge ties to them. When you lock them down close to the tarp its basically the same as a Stingrz , but if you need more line you unlock the flyz and slide it toward the tree. You lose the V but don't have to carry extra line on those rare occasions.

EXACTLY! I usually end up with the Flyz about 2' away from the tree. No specific reason, it's just what I do. That creates a pretty small V, but enough to run a strap suspension thru without any rubbing. But I still have a good 4' average of line left over, depending on the tree diameter of course.

[SteveE]

I've used a continuous line under my tarp for the past 10 years and there are no signs of wear or damage at all on the tarp. I have 2 prussik's on the line with a small carabiner on each. I attach each biner to the d ring on the tarps ridgeline and I'm good to go.

[Crazytown3]

On the first two, I have the ridge line come off one side of the tree and the straps come off the opposite. And I like to set the RLs so they follow the same 30* angle as the straps. No V needed.

+1 on that, this is how I do it too. Never had an issue with straps and line interfering with each other.

Someone else mentioned hanging from smaller diameter trees, where the V doesn't much help. I came to the same conclusion when I was first getting started with hammocks and tarps. I found I was hanging most often on younger growth, smaller diameter trees. The occurrence of larger diameter trees was so infrequent for me, trying to use a V just wasn't worth it.

[Nedh84]

I use the V as well and a UCR as the adjustable bit...aka no hardware. The following two videos show my setup, the first one a overview and the second one a slight modification to the first.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9wH6ONGSu8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5qiN1XCpg0&t=11s

This is really cool! Thanks for making videos so I could visualize. I got pretty annoyed by my tarp suspension the last time I took it out and this just makes it seem much easier.