5 hours.
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5 hours ? really ? tell me you are blind , and have no hands....
Not yet. I was planning on doing it this week but the weather is miserable so I'll wait for a dry, still, warm day.Have you done it yet?
Nope. Fully sighted, fully limbed but possessing a degree of incompetence unimaginable to most others.
Yeah but if you wait for perfect conditions you’ll struggle in dodgy weather.
Start off by putting it up as a ridge line tarp then put the four corner poles in. You can then remove the ridge line and adjust it after.
Can you not just use two poles, one from and one back of tent and guy lines, simples.
Having said that, I've had a DD tarp for 8+ years and maybe used it once, it's the sort of thing all rusty tufty camping bikes need to try at least once before they give up and buy a tent with a suitably big porch
... DAMHIK
or exchange for one of those elasticated Vango tarps which just magically attaches it's self to the tent
Anyway, whilst typing this I managed a typo, campimping, maybe that's what camping with a tent and tart is
Having said that, I've had a DD tarp for 8+ years and maybe used it once, it's the sort of thing all rusty tufty camping bikes need to try at least once before they give up and buy a tent with a suitably big porch
... DAMHIKor exchange for one of those elasticated Vango tarps which just magically attaches it's self to the tent
Anyway, whilst typing this I managed a typo, campimping, maybe that's what camping with a tent and tart is
There are some smart McAlecs around …
I’m not Scottish!
It’s just practice. Trial and error to start with but once you get the main idea it gets so much easier and faster. Ideal banging a tarp up first and then pitching a tent underneath. You keep everything dry including yourself and can take your time getting the tent right. Practice, practice, practice!
Even easier if there are trees about. Learn the truckers hitch knot too.
Then a mega tight ridge line is up. A couple of ready made prussic knots to put at each end of the tarp with small clips on and job done. Keep them in the bag with the tarp.By that I mean a couple of loops of paracord with clips permanently on specifically to use for the prussic knots.
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That lawn needs weed, feed and resewing in patches
Not my lawn so not my problem.That lawn needs weed, feed and resewing in patches
That part is directly underneath a huge tree that overhangs the lawn. It rarely gets any water so gets very dry. Plus my dad is 84 and really can’t be arsed too much nowadays.
Would you please video your next attempt and post up here?
We all need a laugh from time to time!
We all need a laugh from time to time!
We all start somewhere. We just have to learn new things.
not to mention the bench seat ...That lawn needs weed, feed and resewing in patches
Again, not mine.
It will all be getting burned / skipped / sold one day so no need to sort it out.
Excellent thread, it's prompted me to hoik out the camping stuff I've bought and not used... yes, the tarp and poles, may as well move them on as I'm never going to use them
I was referring to the member in Scotland …
I'm not sure I have enough storage on my phone and memory card.
Just try what I suggested. Peg out the tarp diagonally, on the ground, from the corners ( but not mega tight ). Then un peg one corner and insert the pole. As you put the pole in you may have to walk backwards keeping the guy line from the top tight and peg it out again. That one should stay up. It may be a bit wobbly to start with but don’t worry. Then go do the same at an adjacent corner. You’ll then have half the tarp up. Go to the next corner and repeat. Once all up you can adjust the poles, one by one so they’re upright and re tension the guy lines. You’ll get best results if the two diagonal poles and their respective guy lines are all in a nice straight line with each other. Same goes for the opposite diagonal.
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