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    Senior Member Greenman's Avatar
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    How do you hang your tarp??

    Hello everyone, I have been hanging for years since I discovered Shug... I have tried different ways to hang my tarp over the years and now I just thought I would ask you all what is the easiest way that you have found.
    The reason I am asking is I just came back from hanging in the woods and I just spent too much time hanging my tarp....


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    all secure in sector 7 Shug's Avatar
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    I find the easiest way is two lines coming from tarp ridgeline.
    Remember....a good tarp pitch takes a bit if practice.
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    I use Dutch StingerZ and have them clipped to my tarp where they stay with my lines. I go once around the tree and form a "V" with Zingit and lock it on to the stingerZ. It takes a couple of minutes at most and then I stake it out. I can estimate where I'm centered between the trees (if that is what I want ) and then I hang the hammock. Easy peasy.

    I've used other methods with other materials (knots, cordage, etc) and they all worked but I've settled on this as my preferred approach.
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    I like a Dutch CRL with a Dutch hook and a Flyz. Tarp is connected to the CRL via prusiks.
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    I currently use a Dutch CRL with a Dutch Hook and a Wasp with prusik knots and soft shackles. I'm getting tired of dealing with the prusiks getting jammed up and having to remove and retie them.

    I recently ordered a Superfly and looking at using the split ridgelines with 2 Stingerz like Skytow mentioned.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FLTurtle View Post
    I'm getting tired of dealing with the prusiks getting jammed up and having to remove and retie them.
    Check out NAMA Claws.

    Claws go on continuous ridgeline; replace soft shackles with mini continuous loops of Zing-It or similar, girth hitched to tarp D-rings.

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    Quote Originally Posted by blackmagic View Post
    Check out NAMA Claws.

    Claws go on continuous ridgeline; replace soft shackles with mini continuous loops of Zing-It or similar, girth hitched to tarp D-rings.
    I've looked at them but I'll wait til I play around with the split ridgelines.

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    Between two trees

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    Seriously though I've tried it all and have settled on a Continuous Ridge Line (CRL) .
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    I want to thank everyone for giving me idea's. That is why I enjoy this group. I am going to give them all a try starting with some Stingerz. Which I have been in contact with Dutch.
    Keep on hanging.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FLTurtle View Post
    I currently use a Dutch CRL with a Dutch Hook and a Wasp with prusik knots and soft shackles. I'm getting tired of dealing with the prusiks getting jammed up and having to remove and retie them.

    I recently ordered a Superfly and looking at using the split ridgelines with 2 Stingerz like Skytow mentioned.
    If you like the CRL system, swap out the prusiks for "Nama Claws".
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