Setting Up a Ridgeline and Guylines on a Hammock Tarp

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This is a really long video going over every step of making a split ridgeline and guylines for your hammock tarp. My new tarp is a 12 foot DCF tarp from Dutchware. I've used this same guyline system on my older hammock tarps and it has worked out really well.
For this setup you'll need 100 feet of Zing-It or Lash-it. You can get that several places online but its easy from Dutchware. The titanium hardware is also from Dutchware. I use Dutch's Fleas. They are super lightweight and make it really easy to hang your tarp up quick.

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30 апр 2022

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@ToddStull Год назад

Fleaz are the ticket for the stake out points on the tarp. I order those with the shock cord attached. For my ridgeline I actually prefer the Stingers. I got those where dutch mended the zingit to the hardware. I use one set and unclip to a different tarp if I switch. Great tutorial, I never thought of the fleaz for the ridgeline. Definitely cuts down on the gramage

@marklarson596 Год назад

Thanks. Very detailed. You are a pro at this!

@CameronHall88 Год назад

This has worked well for me. Thanks, Mark. I appreciate you watching.

@jeffswayda993 Год назад

I set up my 2nd tarp (Winter Tarp) . And I mixed up the ridge lines of different colors , and also the corner tie outs. It's easier to untangle , if the cords gets mixed up together . I like the Dutchware Fleas.

@CameronHall88 Год назад

That's a great idea!

@tangenttrails 2 года назад

Very nice!

@cougarmeat8803 Год назад

I understand that you prefer a split ridgeline rather that one "...going through [as in "under"] the tarp." Two schools of thought. But you do expose the tarp to any external pull forces that happen along (tree branch or person falling against the tarp). The the weight cost, near zero, of about 13 feet of Zing-It, you can have a continuous ridgeline ABOVE the tarp and it will take all those forces while the very expensive tarp hangs safely below it. I wouldn't have commented except you said "through the tarp" and that's not how a continuous ridgeline is normally set up (maybe under in the winter to support a potential snow load). You don't KNOT Zing-It or Lash-It. They are designed to be woven - the end is pulled inside the cord itself to make an eye. But you have the courage and effort to make a video - I have none. So I appreciate your sharing. But do investigate the ways of working with Amsteel, be it 7/64ths, Zing-It or Lash-It. Snakeskins win their purpose for being when you have to deploy the tarp in high wind. Rather that expose the whole tarp to the wind - were it acts like a spinnaker - the snakeskin allows you to expose a little of the trap to the wind, guy that, then expose a little more.

@CameronHall88 Год назад

Hey, thanks for taking time to comment. I did misspeak on the ridgeline. I have used a continuous ridgeline before. I just prefer the split. But that is a good point about the extra forces a tarp with a split ridgeline has on it. I've never had any problem tying knots in zing it or lash it. I do know what you mean about splicing them and how them constricting on themselves holds like a knot. I have made whoopie slings and adjustable hammock ridgelines in this way before. It's a fun cord to mess around with.

@ChucoHiker 2 года назад

Nice tutorial, and nice multiplicity reference haha! I’ve fallen for that in the past where each line gets shorter and shorter, whoops. Do you like using the snakeskins? I always wondered if they were really helpful or more finicky than just a stuff sack.

@CameronHall88 2 года назад

I could go either way. They're alright because they're already on there. But I'm fine without them. I wish the tarp was as wide as my Cloudburst. That's my only real complaint.

@ChucoHiker 2 года назад

@@CameronHall88 It’s a nice looking tarp. I hadn’t thought about how bridge hammocks have more tarp overhang until this video.