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Posted by Blackbeard on October 16, 2006 at 7:25:11 pm EDT
In reply to Knotty question! posted by Bill S on October 16, 2006 at 4:25:09 pm EDT

Bill,

I don't really worry so much, really. This was mostly about asking for a better way than just tying a rope to a loop on the tent. They have such neat little gizmos now, and the older tent I have seems to have a lot of tension on the loops. I don't know what is out there, and maybe I'll come up with something inventive if I think it needs it (elastic maybe). My old tent used rubber balls and what looked like shower curtain loops instead of grommets to attach the fly. It was not a full coverage fly, by the way. That really distributed the stess across a wide area instead of a grommet's area. Just wondering about things like that. And this is a 35 year old tent! Now whether is was designed to be that way, or it's just the way the original owner figured out how to use the fly in a better way, I don't know. But why reinvent the wheel, especially when someone may have a better idea to share. Have you tried to find anything on guy line connectors at any of the online stores? Most of these places just have the main gear. It just looks to me that the zippers and guy loops might be the weakest link in a tent.

I've really tried to be quiet on this list lately. Anyway, as soon as I throw together some pots, I think I'll venture out and see how far this all goes. I'm sure once I get started, I'll make up my own ways. Then - no more stupid worrisome-like questions I hope.

Thanks

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• Re: Knotty question! - Bill S 21:00:02 10/16/2006
  • Re: Knotty question! - Tom D 00:06:12 10/17/2006
    • Re: Knotty question! - Blackbeard 05:01:10 10/17/2006
      • Re: Knotty question! - Bill S 11:36:50 10/18/2006

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