Hi Gang,
Cooke Custom Sewing has a new “Ridge Line” tarp stuff sack which is designed for just how I like to rig my tarp between two trees. The stuff sack has a grommet hole on one end for the ridge line, so it stays on the ridge line. The stuff sack has an extension so that it has plenty of room to stuff a slippery sil tarp without wrestling with it, and then the extension tube stuffs into it out of the way. Brilliant design.
I posted a video on Youtube showing how I use the new ridge line stuff sack, and some tarp set up tips, link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqlFP8C_z10
If you have seen some of my TR’s and videos, you know I like to suspend CCS tarps using an external ridge line that slides back and forth for adjustment like a shower curtain, and tightened each end with prussiks, and this video shows that in some detail.
I love this new stuff sack design because it allows me to pack up a wet tarp, solo, without it touching the ground and getting debris and dirt stuck to it, and same with set up. Its quick to set up, quick to pack up. For alternate tarp rigs without a ridge line, the bag is easily slid off the ridge line, so it’s completely versatile.
CCS link: http://www.shop.cookecustomsewing.com/category.sc?categoryId=12
Other gear shown: 50 ft Ridge line is 1/8 inch Amsteel rope in the red colour; guy lines are 2.2mm Zing-It cord. I like this dyneema cord because its does not absorb water, its light, and very strong. Guy lines are cut 20 ft long each. 20 ft gives me a good reach to reach out to get the angle right, and I carry extra coils in my cordage kit for making re-directs of cord pull when I don’t have a good angle to tie out to - that will be another video.
Cooke Custom Sewing has a new “Ridge Line” tarp stuff sack which is designed for just how I like to rig my tarp between two trees. The stuff sack has a grommet hole on one end for the ridge line, so it stays on the ridge line. The stuff sack has an extension so that it has plenty of room to stuff a slippery sil tarp without wrestling with it, and then the extension tube stuffs into it out of the way. Brilliant design.
I posted a video on Youtube showing how I use the new ridge line stuff sack, and some tarp set up tips, link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqlFP8C_z10
If you have seen some of my TR’s and videos, you know I like to suspend CCS tarps using an external ridge line that slides back and forth for adjustment like a shower curtain, and tightened each end with prussiks, and this video shows that in some detail.
I love this new stuff sack design because it allows me to pack up a wet tarp, solo, without it touching the ground and getting debris and dirt stuck to it, and same with set up. Its quick to set up, quick to pack up. For alternate tarp rigs without a ridge line, the bag is easily slid off the ridge line, so it’s completely versatile.
CCS link: http://www.shop.cookecustomsewing.com/category.sc?categoryId=12
Other gear shown: 50 ft Ridge line is 1/8 inch Amsteel rope in the red colour; guy lines are 2.2mm Zing-It cord. I like this dyneema cord because its does not absorb water, its light, and very strong. Guy lines are cut 20 ft long each. 20 ft gives me a good reach to reach out to get the angle right, and I carry extra coils in my cordage kit for making re-directs of cord pull when I don’t have a good angle to tie out to - that will be another video.