12x12 modified Walmart hammock tarp

[TheRealHuggyBear]

Got myself a 12x12 foot camping tarp from wal mart with poles for like $40. All seams where actually taped sealed which surprised me. I added shock cord loops at the ground tie outs so I could use hookworms from Dutch along with my homemade ground stakes. I also undid the seams of the stuffsack, sewed another channel on it and made it into a double ended stuff sack. My ridgeline use to be paracord with my own homemade Wasp tensioner but I wanted something lighter and ended up with a genuine dutchware wasp and zing it ridgeline.

Video of my tarp is here
https://youtu.be/d2yWNExomDU

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[Phantom Grappler]

When you are out there in the woods and in your hammock, the sound of rain drops on your tarp, you in your hammock, and you’re really camping.

That’s a sensation that’s hard to beat, hard to replicate. When there is a will, there is a way!

[Crazytown3]

Nice setup! That doesn't seem so bad. I like your DIY tarp tensioning hardware and such. Great budget kit you put together.

I saw the railroad tracks in the background. Is that an actual railroad, or do you have a Walt Disney style backyard rail line?

[Tbridge56]

Looks like a pretty decent setup at the right price. The Dutchware zingit and wasp setup is pretty nice, i have one of those for my tarp and my sons we still use paracord and Prusik knots for that. Still works well, just not quite as light.

[TheRealHuggyBear]

Nice setup! That doesn't seem so bad. I like your DIY tarp tensioning hardware and such. Great budget kit you put together.

I saw the railroad tracks in the background. Is that an actual railroad, or do you have a Walt Disney style backyard rail line?

Yes real rail road behind me

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