How long is it... your guy line that is...

[Quixoticgeek]

Am trying to setup the guy lines on my new basha ahead of a trip out to the woods soon, and it got me thinking. How long are the guy lines on your tarp?

Thanks

J

 

[shaggystu]

Take the cordage to the woods and do the guylines there, they're bound to be the right length then

 

[Quixoticgeek]

I was planning on setting the tarp up with guys and ridge before I left, as I don't particularly want to be doing knots out in the cold.

I am leaning towards using 1.5M guy lines with line loks on them. This should give me plenty of options for pitching.

J

 

[Shewie]

If you're on the deck 1m or so will easily do, for hammocks and an elevated tarp I use 3m usually

 

[Mesquite]

About 10ft for mine

 

[Twodogs]

Its Huge ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[rik_uk3]

4m minimum with guy line runners will cover pretty much all your needs. Better too much than be faffing about adding extra when its peeing down and or blowing a gale.

 

[SJStuart]

Each of my guy lines are 5 meters. I carry 4 of them. Always gets the job done for me.

 

[shaggystu]

I was planning on setting the tarp up with guys and ridge before I left, as I don't particularly want to be doing knots out in the cold.

I am leaning towards using 1.5M guy lines with line loks on them. This should give me plenty of options for pitching.

J

Fair enough, I guess.

I've just measured mine, my ridgeline is about 10 metres, the five guylines that are currently attached to my tarp (yes I know, four would make sense, six would also make sense, but five is what I found ) vary from about 400mm through to about 4 metres, but as a rule I generally don't leave the lines attached to my tarp, I tie them on when I set up camp

Sorry for being of no use at all

Stuart.

 

[Quixoticgeek]

Excellent, lots and lots of variation there then...

Thanks everyone

J

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

better to have more than less in my experience. 1,5m might be ok if you are always pitching the same way and staking to the ground but might not be enough if you want to pitch in porch mode for instance. I tend to use 4m guys and 10m ridge line. You can always hank the excess

 

[John Fenna]

I use bungies and can link them together to suit
I also carry a roll of paracord, just in case.
Heavy - but effective

 

[dwardo]

Shorter than I need and always getting shorter...

 

[Lister]

I use a 15ft main ridge with a removable 6ft extension and my guylines are 6ft

 

[ozzy1977]

On my basha and 4x4 they are 10' but I normally carry extra if needed.

 

[lostplanet]

Take plenty of cord this time, doesn't weigh much and that's all part of the fun, finding what works and what doesn't.

 

[lostplanet]

How are you planning on setting up the basha and ridgeline?

 

[onfire]

If I am tying a single line onto the tarp corner I would use 3m but I have just taken my Tatonka Tarp 4 out (which is pretty huge) to find that I had halved the 5m guylines and larks-foot knotted them to each corner ... this gives me two strands to peg out and gives a bit more strength and rigidity to the sheet. My usual practice is a thin line of about 10m which I carry to use as a tarp ridge line., with two short loops of 2 or 3mm cord to make a prussik to keep the tarp taut.

 

[Quixoticgeek]

Have bitten the bullet. My basha is now sporting a 1.5m guy line on the 3 loops along the sides, and a 0.5m length off the ridge ends to use as prussiks onto the ridge line. Which I will add as soon as I find my 100m spool of paracord. It's gotta be in here somewhere...

Thanks everyone for your help.

J

 

[rik_uk3]

Carry spare cord for when you realise you don't have anywhere near enough line