Guyline/ridgeline tensioning tool

[spandit]

I designed and made this little tool today. I can supply these at £24.99 including P&P or you could make one from an old tent peg in about 5 minutes...

[video=youtube;sKc53tgmxmQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKc53tgmxmQ[/video]

To make it, take a normal tent peg, the type that is a straight piece of wire with a single bend in it. Clamp in a vice so you can put a further bend in the head (short bit). A bit more than 90º should do. Then put a 90º bend in the long part of the peg in-line with the original bend and voila!

 

[mountainm]

nice one - I make these by accident when I camp. I'll undercut you at £20 per tensioning device!

 

[spandit]

I tried with a straight tent peg but it didn't hold. You could probably just bend it by hand or with a Leatherman

 

[rik_uk3]

Have you not tried guy line runners.

 

[spandit]

For runners to work you need the line to be slack (i.e. you need to take the tension off before adjusting it) - this limits the tension you can put into it. This method can put more tension into an already taut line

 

[the interceptor boy]

any pictures, does it look like a closed S bend thingy??? like that & cheers the interceptor boy.

 

[spandit]

Here's a picture:

Really is simple to make although having a vice helps.