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23/8/2019 at 12:00pm
Location: Hampshire
Outfit: Hypercamp Rosas 4
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Perhaps a rain cowl on top of the king pole would prevent the loop from slipping down?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/W4-Rain-Cowls-Clear-Pack/dp/B007EDMN56/ref=asc_df_B007EDM........
Otherwise you could press a brass eyelet into the webbing where it is sewn onto the tarp material. If you do this ensure the eyelet is solid brass, not brass plated.
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23/8/2019 at 3:47pm
Location: Derby.
Outfit: T6 Hi-Top & Karsten
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Obviously once everything is up, and guys are tight, those loops won't slide down off the pole spike, due to the shoulder of the actual pole.
However, to make things easier to handle, particularly if pitching alone, those loops are usually long enough to keep doubling them over, like a figure of eight, but more than once, so they tighten up and "grip" on the pole spike, as effectively the loops gets smaller.
I'm not saying that's the right way, but it's what I used to do. It worked well, and didn't cause a problem nor damage the tarp/loops.
Hope that makes sense... much easier to do, than to explain!
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27/8/2019 at 10:25am
Location: Derby.
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I have had the yellow nylon Delta's nudge a little in very soft earth. Certainly not coming out as such, but maybe a good half inch gap/hole behind it, where it had pulled forward.
I found the stainless version held better in these conditions, as they can be hammered well down into the soft surface, whereas the yellow ones sit more on top of the surface.
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