Shock cord on tarp tie outs?

[Vargan]

Do you guys use them or not? If so, why?

What is your method for hooking them up? I know there are several

[Wanderlost]

I use shock cord on mine. It helps with shock when my klutzish self trips over the guy lines instead of potentially ripping out a d-ring or tearing a tarp. I use sil poly for my tarps so stretch really isn't an issues. I'm a big fan of Dutch's tarpworms for putting them on the tarp. They make adjustment extremely easy and incorporate the shock cord right into the design of the guy lines.

[JGSmith]

I use small loops of shock-cord on my d-rings. I permanently attach Dutchware hookworms to my timeouts which are permanently attached to my stake. Seems to keep the tarp taunt without causing damage in windy conditions.

[punkisdead]

I just recently redid my tie outs on my tarps. Went with loops of shock cord attached to the d-rings on the tarp, then I use the line loc hooks from Dutch which stay attached to the lines, which are permanently attached to the stakes.

[Shug]

I like them.
Shug

[Vargan]

Thanks fellas!

I think I'll try it.

Thinking of something like the "Shock cord guy line tensioner" on here (3rd example)
https://plighttofreedom.com/5-diy-el...rp-tensioners/

And on the bottom, I want perma attach fleaz to steaks like this:
https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/...nd-Cuben-Tarps

Though I have no idea how to do that last part besides the splice for the fleaz

[FishingHiker]

I have line locs on my tarp. I have a small loop of shock cord over the stake.


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[SilvrSurfr]

I try to avoid shock cord - makes the tarp stakes into projectiles. Plus, I don't see any benefit. I just use Zing-It 1.75 with a marlin spike hitch on the stake.

[Hiker Boy]

I use shockcord tensioners on my tie-outs. The hammock/tarp is a very dynamic shelter and it's always moving as the trees move and the wind hits the tarp. Having some built in flexibility keeps the whole shelter system in harmony with it's surroundings and you don't have to worry about stakes being pulled up.

[Grumpy Squatch]

I use shockcord tensioners on my tie-outs. The hammock/tarp is a very dynamic shelter and it's always moving as the trees move and the wind hits the tarp. Having some built in flexibility keeps the whole shelter system in harmony with it's surroundings and you don't have to worry about stakes being pulled up.

This. I use them on my silnylon tarps and on most of my silpoly ones. I find it reduces flapping and noise when there is moderate wind and things "relax" a bit (not quite loose, but not quite as tight as original setup). I use Dutch Tarpworms on the loops and keep my tieout lines seperate using a marlinspike hitch on the stakes. This lets me tie out to a tree or log easily if needed, and where I hike, one or two tieout points are usually to some fixed object as opposed to stakes.