Five Basic Principles of Going Lighter (not me... the great Cam Honan of OZ)
“If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.” ~ Gen. George S Patton
You could also stay with your zingit setup and switch from prussiks to mini ucrs. I HATE prussiks. We came up with the mini ucr for exactly the reason you describe. They work equally well with split or continuous RLs, NEVER get stuck, NEVER hard to adjust and in my experience if you get the bury length correct have NEVER slipped. You can use your current ridge line and add two mini ucrs in about ten minutes.
Don't know if I am completely sold on this..yet. As m00ch mentions, once the ends of the tarp are tensioned you could, technically, remove the center section of RL (which is one of the reasons I have abandoned the CRL). So let's assume the ridge line does snap under stress and does so right above the tarp... the tension at the ridge tie outs is no different than had you had split lines. What am I missing?
First thing I do with all of my tarps is snip off the d-ring at the ridge tie outs and put on a split ring. If there is likely to be a failure I expect it at the ridge. The ground corners have enough fuses in them.. lighter cordage, stakes that can pullout etc...
Yes, my pack weighs 70lbs, but it's all light weight gear....
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You could of course adjust the tarp such that the CRL is completely slack in the middle, which means that the tarp would be bearing all the tension, making it, in effect, a split RL. I personally don't want all that tension on my tarps.
Also, I use the CRL to hold up my side panel pullout poles (trekking poles) which is another reason I really need the CRL. If the wind blows hard enough to snap the CRL, well that's gonna be some hellacious blow and I'll be having other problems as well and will probably be figuring out Plan B. But Zing-it has a rated strength of 500 lbs so it is still likely that the tarp will shred first.
However, in that big wind situation at Dolly Sods I was using 1.2mm Micro Cord with 100 lb break strength on the corner guys and it held fine. At Dolly, I was amazed that everything held all night... not even the skinny Ti shepherd hooks came out.
Five Basic Principles of Going Lighter (not me... the great Cam Honan of OZ)
“If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.” ~ Gen. George S Patton
Since I’ve enjoyed learning splicing this is a logical next step. If I keep my crl is this the current method you are using?
https://hammockforums.net/forum/show...88#post1854188
I know cord is tested and rated for certain uses, but I can't image that stuff breaking from wind. Seems like it would need to rub on something abrasive. The only reason I don't use it for tieouts is because it seems like it would tangle easily. I have a spool but never used it for anything yet. The size where I start calling it "string".
Correct on all counts.
In fact, in the morning the wind was still very strong and when I pulled out the stakes the guy lines on each end whipped around and tangled themselves into nasty little balls of string. I did not even bother trying to untangle them then, and late that day when we made our next campsite it took nearly an hour to sort out the mess. That's when I decided not to use micro cord any more.
Five Basic Principles of Going Lighter (not me... the great Cam Honan of OZ)
“If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.” ~ Gen. George S Patton
Actually.. i see what the split ring is.. but how does that work? How does that help any different?
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