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PhantomJug Voyageur Inukshuk Offline Posts: 2855 Location: 1/2 way there Joined: Feb 12^th, 2003	Tarp trick Apr 19^th, 2014 at 8:50pm	Quote Print Post
	(You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) When pressure is put on one end, the line tightens evenly, keeping the grommets from being torn out.


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solotripper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 8104 Location: clarkston MI Joined: Mar 14^th, 2005	Re: Tarp trick Reply #1 - Apr 19^th, 2014 at 9:59pm	Quote Print Post
	up So simple when you see it used, not so apparent when your dealing with torn grommets.


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Kingfisher Voyageur Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1814 Joined: Mar 8^th, 2004	Re: Tarp trick Reply #2 - Apr 20^th, 2014 at 12:07am	Quote Print Post
	Oh sure PJ, you big strong guys can afford to pack along and carry the perfect tools for every task. Think about us smaller guys who have to count the ounces before every trip. I suppose you think a dozen of those knot eliminators don't weigh anything...Geez. Now my blood is starting to boil.


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Old Salt Inukshuk Offline Posts: 4871 Location: Crossville, TN Joined: Jun 17^th, 2004	Re: Tarp trick Reply #3 - Apr 20^th, 2014 at 1:12am	Quote Print Post
	Looks like a great idea. Wouldn't small wood sticks accomplish the same thing? That wood allow KF to share the genius.


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PhantomJug Voyageur Inukshuk Offline Posts: 2855 Location: 1/2 way there Joined: Feb 12^th, 2003	Re: Tarp trick Reply #4 - Apr 20^th, 2014 at 1:13am	Quote Print Post
	Old Salt wrote on Apr 20^th, 2014 at 1:12am: Looks like a great idea. Wouldn't small wood sticks accomplish the same thing? That wood allow KF to share the genius. Obviously not! Duh. That's the balsa wood model. I'm thinking of developing a graphite version. Maybe titanium filled with helium . . . Only five dollar.


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knafelc Inukshuk Offline Posts: 148 Joined: Apr 22^nd, 2011	Re: Tarp trick Reply #5 - Apr 20^th, 2014 at 11:35am	Quote Print Post
	Great idea! ...And even though that stick in the photo looks ever so slightly as though it might have been green (to increase flexibility), I feel no compunction to call for a dual at sunrise! [(...no wonder grown men seek the solitude of weeks alone in the wilderness... )]


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Mad_Mat Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1548 Joined: Apr 21^st, 2003	Re: Tarp trick Reply #6 - Apr 21^st, 2014 at 12:47pm	Quote Print Post
	I do similar when using tiny prussics on the ridgeline, from the line to the grommet. don't have to have the grommets exactly on the ridgeline that way


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Yellowbird Voyageur Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1239 Location: Soddy Daisy, TN Joined: Apr 19^th, 2004	Re: Tarp trick Reply #7 - Apr 21^st, 2014 at 4:58pm	Quote Print Post
	Kingfisher wrote on Apr 20^th, 2014 at 12:07am: Oh sure PJ, you big strong guys can afford to pack along and carry the perfect tools for every task. Think about us smaller guys who have to count the ounces before every trip. I suppose you think a dozen of those knot eliminators don't weigh anything...Geez. Now my blood is starting to boil. KF, Exchange the wooden model for a sausage stick. Eat them on the last day. -YB


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Westwood Inukshuk Offline Posts: 669 Location: Was Minnesota Now Iowa Joined: Mar 4^th, 2005	Re: Tarp trick Reply #8 - Apr 21^st, 2014 at 10:02pm	Quote Print Post
	It looks like a neat idea. I will have to give it a try. Like a lot of things, it all seems so obvious once it is pointed out to you.


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Gavia Inukshuk Offline Posts: 165 Joined: Jul 4^th, 2011	Re: Tarp trick Reply #9 - Apr 21^st, 2014 at 11:49pm	Quote Print Post
	Very cool. I did that once on a wind tarp at home but never thought of it for out in the field. I use a CCS tarp that has fabric loops and of course I run the line through the loops. PJ's method would be so much easier. It could be done with a second rope instead of sticks. Pull the second rope and the whole thing comes down.


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