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    Senior Member ibgary's Avatar
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    Had some but deleted them after posting somewhere. Basically I make a continuous loop with double braded mason line (about 5$ for a hundred foot spool). About 1 ft, makes about a 4" loop. Larkshead it onto your (fly, wasp, linelock whatever) then larksheard or clip it onto your tarp.
    If you want I'll make you some. PM if interested.

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    Quote Originally Posted by m00ch View Post
    ...if you could give me a number with which the tarp ring would pull apart and also a number at which the tarp would shred maybe I would be more open to it. I would hate for my split ring to open with 50% less force than my tarp shreds.
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    In a forum thread 2-3 years ago titled "Superfly in a storm", Warbonnetguy, the tarp designer/engineer, said,

    "The sf is designed to handle pretty heavy wind just like it is. And we've had [] plenty of reports of it doing so, particularly the 30d silnylon fabric that we've been using for years now. I've had great results in heavy wind using the exact setup in our basic tarp setup video. If the wind force on the tarp is great enough, the split ring on the ridge seam will fail, no need to add weaker components to the ground corners. If I had to guess I'd say those split rings will hold 150 lbs before bending open. The panel pull tabs are the same design as the main ground corners and are basically full strength, if anything using them spreads the forces out more and helps deflect the wind more than if they aren't used."

    He also said that he doesn't use tensioners. Just keeps it simple and taut.
    The game is the best teacher.

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    SilvrSurfr's Avatar
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    I tried tarp tensioners, and couldn't quite understand or observe the benefit, so I dumped them. I find it quite counter-intuitive that adding more stretch to a silnylon tarp is somehow an improvement.
    "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." Ralph Waldo Emerson

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