How do you tie your guylines?

[cornfedkiller]

Curious your preferred method.. I can't imagine it makes much difference, does it?

Assuming your lines have a loop tied in one end and you are using something like a taut-line hitch - do you run your loop around the webbing on the tent, and then your loose end around your stake, or do you put the loop on the stake and run your loose end through the tent webbing?

 

[PNWGATOR]

This is the system I use. Super simple.

My guyline & tension system for tents, tarps, and hammocks

I use a fast, adjustable, and secure guyline system to tie-out my shelters. It relies on three easy-to-learn knots; it uses no hardware and costs nothing.

andrewskurka.com

 

[Jason Snyder]

^^^I do what flounder head does.

Anchor on the tent webbing so your line is not running through the tent anchor. Over time it will wear through. Run it around your guy out and back to the trucker hitch loop.

 

[Jordan]

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There's some good info in this thread already

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@RyanSeek43...

• sndmn11
• Replies: 46
• Forum: Sleep Systems

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Post #15 is how I run mine, Sndmn11 shows it as well in his review.

I find that it’s faster than the above way, especially if it’s raining or snowing and you gotta make an adjustment in the middle of the night.

 

[TaperPin]

I much prefer to have all my guy lines tied to the tent so they are less likely to get misplaced. Maybe they don’t make it back in the stuff sack and are neatly coiled up sitting on a rock where I last pitched the tent. I’m scatter brained that way. My personal rule is tent stakes, poles, the tent, and any guy lines go in the same stuff sack no matter what. Inadvertently packing a tent with no poles, or the poles from a different tent, is something you only do once, then do whatever possible to prevent it from happening again.

 

[mtnbound]

Curious your preferred method.. I can't imagine it makes much difference, does it?

Assuming your lines have a loop tied in one end and you are using something like a taut-line hitch - do you run your loop around the webbing on the tent, and then your loose end around your stake, or do you put the loop on the stake and run your loose end through the tent webbing?

I prefer to keep my cord attached to my shelter to make setup fast, so I often use a Siberian Hitch around the anchor point.

 

[justinspicher]

I am also in the camp of keeping my guy lines attached to the shelter, a simple loop goes over my tent stake and it’s pulled taut.

 

[thegrouse]

I use a taut line hitch at the stake and a cow hitch on the tent. Backpacking tent guylines stay on the tent. Big base camp tents I keep in a bag