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    Tarp Guylines and Shock Cord

    Someone recommended that I add 12-18 inches of 1/8 inch shock cord to the tarp at the tie out points to provide some flex in strong winds. Is that common practice?

    Also recommended was #18 braided nylon Masons twine for guylines because they're not as susceptible to tangles when stuffed in a sack. That would be advantageous for me in colder weather, as I quickly lose my fingers when carefully coiling half a dozen guylines. I have been using the 1.75mm single braid dyneema sold at Warbonnet.

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    I've never put shock-cord on the ridgeline of the tarp, only on the side guylines and doors. I used to put a sacrificial split ring in the ridgeline connection when my tarp was part of the support (like if you used split lines). But now that I just hang the tarp under the ridgeline, I'm phasing out such extras.
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    Save your fingers!
    Use the cmoulder fold on your tarp. Never have tangles and never have to coil again.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45hKn8ctloQ
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rolloff View Post
    Save your fingers!
    Use the cmoulder fold on your tarp. Never have tangles and never have to coil again.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45hKn8ctloQ
    I'll check out the video, but I use a snakeskin for my tarp (without the guylines attached).

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    Quote Originally Posted by cougarmeat View Post
    I've never put shock-cord on the ridgeline of the tarp, only on the side guylines and doors. I used to put a sacrificial split ring in the ridgeline connection when my tarp was part of the support (like if you used split lines). But now that I just hang the tarp under the ridgeline, I'm phasing out such extras.
    Thanks for the response. I don't use a ridgeline, and hadn't considered using shock cord for the tree attachment -- only for the staked guylines.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Drift Woody View Post
    I'll check out the video, but I use a snakeskin for my tarp (without the guylines attached).
    I used skins too....until I didn't. Then I went to shockcord rings or elastic hairties.

    Being UL, everything is as much about volume as it is weight. This does the trick. In fact. There's so much room in the stuff sack the tarp came in, you can store stakes and a small ground cloth. I always use to go with skins because it was way easier than trying to cram a tarp back in any stuff sack it came out of. No more
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rolloff View Post
    Save your fingers!
    Use the cmoulder fold on your tarp. Never have tangles and never have to coil again.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45hKn8ctloQ
    Dedicated snake skin user here . . . until I went out on an outing using the cmoulder fold. Not easy to break old habits, but Lawson Glowire doesn't tangle and folding is quick & surprisingly easy.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Drift Woody View Post
    Someone recommended that I add 12-18 inches of 1/8 inch shock cord to the tarp at the tie out points to provide some flex in strong winds. Is that common practice?

    Also recommended was #18 braided nylon Masons twine for guylines because they're not as susceptible to tangles when stuffed in a sack. That would be advantageous for me in colder weather, as I quickly lose my fingers when carefully coiling half a dozen guylines. I have been using the 1.75mm single braid dyneema sold at Warbonnet.
    I have and still do use these......https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/...arp-Tensioners
    Keeps my tarp fairly tight. I reckon they have some give with the wind. I've yet to ever have one snap.
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    I use the same as Shug - I do not pull all the give out when I tension my guylines so there is some give in the wind/me stumbling against the tarp at 5am. I made a set a couple years ago and they're still in great shape, which surprised me since I figured the shock cord would need replacing by now.

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    Just a reminder that the feature of the skin is more about the deployment in the wind. Sure, it's handy for some packing issue. But after twice having to deploy a tarp in high wind and failing, I moved to skins and now it's easy-peasy. You just expose a little of the tarp at a time and guy as you go. Much easier than managing an 11 x 8 ft (or larger) "spinnaker".
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