Tarp Mods Addendum

[@TripleNickelOutdoors]

I use the mitten hooks too for the doors... they’re worth their weight in gold. I cut the hook part out and sanded down the edge. Works great and a lot easier to hook and unhook!

[@FrozensAdventures]

I was debating on doing that. Any problems?

[@TripleNickelOutdoors]

Outdoor Adventures none so far. As long as the shock cord doesn’t have slack they stay locked into one another. Same thing when hooking them into the hole on the d rings. It’s like they were made to fit right in there!! Lol. Sanding the rough edge is a good idea to protect the tarp.

[@stowe18]

Did the same thing with my mitten hooks, cut the part off that “secures” it, and sanded it down.. never an issue and makes it so much easier with attaching/detaching.

[@N1Buoy]

Many thanks for this video Jason. I just recieved my HG DCF tarp and applied most of these mods and they work great.

[@FrozensAdventures]

Great to hear!

[@JohnPetrie]

I just set my new HG Winter Palace up using your specs and it worked great! Thanks for the awesome information.

[@lylebrooks1308]

I truly appreciated your original video, and this one makes the set even better. Great topic and great job explaining what you do. Thanks!

[@oldunion]

THANK YOU JASON! I just basically re-recreated this setup, thanks for all the effort and time you took to spell it out. It really helped. PS, got the 12' tarp ;)

[@FrozensAdventures]

Nice! Enjoy it!

[@DragonRoams]

I've been using the side pull out mod and love the amount of room I have under my tarp.

[@JPerry-hv8os]

Great vid! I rigged up my new thunder fly with this set up after your first vid. Love it!

[@davidson_oldbull_sectionhiker]

My knowledge is increasing. Thanks

[@ChrisfromFL]

Another Great teaching video. Instead of mitten hooks which I found harder for me to clip together, I found some mini-parachute clips at Hobby Lobby and they work better for me, an old man with with less dexterity than you younger whipper snappers!

[@FrozensAdventures]

Nice I'll check it out.

[@alexwbanks70]

I need to tweak my setup a bit. I love my HG 12' w/doors. Thanks Jason.

[@NostalgicLink]

Definitely need more than 8.5" of line to make a 4.5" loop... RIP the 8.5" of line I just cut, which made a 2" loop. I made a guess that 12" would be good and it was.

[@rmoran113]

Thx again for taking time to do this video...I just need the nerve to put my sharp poles over the $$$ cuben tarp...😬

[@gilbertmcnew1340]

Awesome video. I am going to see if I can do the same to my tarp.

[@cottontalesfromthetrail5474]

Thank you for the specific information Frozen! Happy Hiking!

[@arcana1973]

Where was this video an hour ago when I was making tie outs for my tarp!?

[@stowe18]

Ever consider adding prussiks to the stake guylines for securing the tarp door? I feel like that would take some of the slack out of the doors.. give it a better angle getting it down a little lower.. I haven’t tried it myself, but have been considering it.

[@FrozensAdventures]

Could yea but I think I would just shorten the shock corn an inch or so. Usually my doors overlap I pulled them out a little too far in the video.

[@michaelvancini4616]

Awesome video Jason most informative for us less experienced or someone whos looking for new ideas. I just got a new Darien 10 ft and I am thinking about pulling tje trigger on a cuben fiber tarp. Not sure if I should go with the 11' or the 12' do you find that you have plenty of coverage with the 11' what are your thoughts?

[@FrozensAdventures]

Personally I like a tarp 1 foot bigger than my hammock. You can use the same size hammock and tarp but I wouldn't want to get stuck in a bad storm.

[@biggiefrye45]

Great video!

[@CampfireKodiak]

Nice video! The fisherman's knot is generally recommended for the prusik loop however it's not a big deal. It just looks nicer. I just found your channel!

[@EricSki064]

I have a hex fly from Hennessy and I’m going to upgrade the stock guy lines to 550 paracord. My question is, do I remove the D rings and tie a bow line in the guy line in its place or just keep the D rings in place? I’ve seen both done on several videos. Love your instructional videos. Keep up your outstanding work!

[@FrozensAdventures]

I'd keep the drings and tie the bowline onto that.

[@EricSki064]

Outdoor Adventures Thank you. Love your channel. The how-tos and content for beginners has helped me a lot!

[@stephenhiker9807]

thanks

[@geech08]

Jason, have you found any real disadvantages to the cuben tarp vs the Sil other than cost? Would you ever go back to sil or are you 100% sold on cuben?

[@FrozensAdventures]

It's been great for me. You can't be rough with it by any means but I don't think I'd go back to a silnylon. The simply fact that it doesn't soak up rain water makes it worth the price for me. I have heard good things about silpoly. Maybe I'll do a video about it at some point.

[@geech08]

Outdoor Adventures cool, thanks for the reply. Have a superfly silpoly and like it other than the increased weight over cuben.

[@FrozensAdventures]

I guess the only disadvantage I found is that it is not as pack-able as sil products. It does take up more volume.

[@TanukiParis]

have you ever try to use it like a tent ?

[@FrozensAdventures]

Nah not for me. My back doesn't feel good on the ground or on a pad.

[@rmoran113]

Have you tried leaving the hookworms and guy lines attached when it goes in the mesh snakeskin? They turn into a birds nest w the zing it unless I wrap them individually around stakes...

[@FrozensAdventures]

Haha that's why I have hook worms and not tarp worms.

[@rmoran113]

Outdoor Adventures assume you remove them...I recall you saying you wrap all 4 lines around the 4 ground hogs together...when I tried that ended up a big rays nest..any advice

[@FrozensAdventures]

I wrap each line around it's respective stake.

[@TheKingdomChef]

Frozen do you think shock cord is necessary for guylines?

[@FrozensAdventures]

I trip over my tarp lines enough to day yes to that question. The shock cord will break before the zing it lines or tarp do.

[@TheKingdomChef]

@@FrozensAdventures what about for ridge line?

[@sdlopez83]

Ordered 1/16th but to weak and stretches too much. What width is that shock cord for the tarp doors?

[@FrozensAdventures]

I believe it's 1/8 but not 100 sure on that. Definitely larger than 1/16th. Though. So 1/8 should work.

[@1averageamerican]

Think the 3/32 from HG works very well.

[@alexwbanks70]

I need to tweak my setup a bit. I love my HG 12' w/doors. Thanks Jason.