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PersonValk_scot
25/8/2014 at 2:03pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Bob61 on 25/8/2014
A thought has just occurred to me. The guy ropes on the front pole of my tent go through purpose made eyelets in the pole sleeve then round the pole. It might be possible for the OP to put small eyelets in his front pole sleeve (or just a neat little hole) for the guy rope to thread through and tie round the pole.



Bit of duct tape wrapped over the pole sleeve (to prevent any fraying or ripping), stout bradawl and a short loop of guy line, well knotted, to give a fixing point for a long guy line? That would work. Once the pole was threaded through in such a way that the loop of guy line was fully round the pole it would be a sturdy fixing. Actually Tenacious Tape would be better, duct tape would look ugly.

People on the whole don't like punching holes in bits of their tents though...I'd probably do it, yup, but I'm always fiddling around "improving" things. I'd rather have an ugly bit of duct tape or J-cloth than my tent on the ground anyway. I cut an entire panel out a tunnel tent once when it got torn in a storm, sewed the two ends together and ended up with an entirely functional but somewhat shorter tent. It's only sewing and tape and reinforcement after all, there's not much that a Far East factory worker can do with a sewing machine and eyelet tapper that we can't.


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25/8/2014 at 2:20pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Valk_scot on 25/8/2014
Once the pole was threaded through in such a way that the loop of guy line was fully round the pole it would be a sturdy fixing.


That is how mine is. The eyelet goes through the sleeve below the pole. The guy is threaded through the eyelet then over the top of the sleeve with the pole inside and tied back onto itself with a loose loop. When the pole is threaded through the sleeve next time it also threads through the loop of the guy, it if that makes sense.



PersonValk_scot
25/8/2014 at 2:55pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Bob61 on 25/8/2014
Quote: Originally posted by Valk_scot on 25/8/2014 Once the pole was threaded through in such a way that the loop of guy line was fully round the pole it would be a sturdy fixing.


That is how mine is. The eyelet goes through the sleeve below the pole. The guy is threaded through the eyelet then over the top of the sleeve with the pole inside and tied back onto itself with a loose loop. When the pole is threaded through the sleeve next time it also threads through the loop of the guy, it if that makes sense.




Yes, that's how it works on my Vangos too though on one Gelert I used to own I had to be quite careful when threading the poles past the eyelets to make sure the eyelet didn't end up on top of the poles rather than the underneath where it needs to be. Not much point tying a guy line through an eyelet that's only held in place by a pinch of pole sleeve.




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