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  1. #21
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2014
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    Ga.(Macon area)
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    11 Ft Dutch Hexon 1.0 Sidezip
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    12 ft HG Quest
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    3/4 Phoenix20
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    Spiderpolybeetles
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    I tie a small loop of shock cord to the door.From there I attach either a Nama Gear Claw or a Dutch plastic door hook to a piece of reflective guyline that is attached to the D ring of the tarp at the corner.

    With the Nama Gear Claw in use you can crank down HARD on those doors.If you go with the lighter nylon hook from Dutch you simply make the line adjustable with a prussic knot and it will hold the tension just fine.I like the reflective lines as it makes them so much easier to deal with in the dark because if you don't open both doors you're going to have to step over the line for the unopened door in the dark and you don't want to get hung up doing that.......

    I did try staking my doors but I was not a big fan of that;maybe I didn't do it correctly.My primary setup uses the Dutch door hook and a slipping prussic for tension and works for me just fine.It seems that most of the time I will have to adjust tension just once and the shock cord takes up any slack thereafter.

  2. #22
    New Member
    Join Date
    Sep 2017
    Location
    Gray, TN
    Hammock
    Dream Hammock Darien
    Tarp
    LiteAF DCF w doors
    Suspension
    Titanium buckles
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    6
    So I finally took the plunge and bought a CF tarp w doors, both are new to me. I like the ease of the shock cord and mitten hook method but have a question about stowing the tarp. I typically use a skin and was wondering If you leave the cord and hooks attached while storing or will I run the risk of the hooks eventually damaging the tarp? Not sure my wallet or my wife would forgive putting a hole in it.

  3. #23
    Senior Member MikekiM's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Location
    East of Montauk, NY
    Hammock
    DIY
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    HG DCF-All of them
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    HammockGear
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    Kevlar + Beckett
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    Quote Originally Posted by Longcut View Post
    So I finally took the plunge and bought a CF tarp w doors, both are new to me. I like the ease of the shock cord and mitten hook method but have a question about stowing the tarp. I typically use a skin and was wondering If you leave the cord and hooks attached while storing or will I run the risk of the hooks eventually damaging the tarp? Not sure my wallet or my wife would forgive putting a hole in it.
    I leave everything attached to my DCF tarps when stowing in the snake skin.

    I have tarp worms, metal split rings and Lineloc hooks, shock cord and Zline.

    Is it possible to damage the tarp..? Sure.
    Is it likely you'll do damage with mitten hooks... ? No.

    Have fun.
    Yes, my pack weighs 70lbs, but it's all light weight gear....
    Bob's brother-in-law

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