Quick Tarp Setup

You only have 30 minutes until sundown. You have a tarp, 20 or so feet of cordage, a trekking pole but no trees around to tie the tarp to. Can you get setup in time to spend a comfortable night?

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[grayghost1031]

Dave I love the videos you and your family post here . I have a question for you, I was in training at Ft. Knox during a down pour we put up our tent but then due to the unlevel ground had to dig a trench around the tent due to water running inside. I have never seen a video that addresses this issue and was wondering if you had run into this problem and if how you dealt with it.

Take care my friend,

Gray-ghost

[BushcraftOnFire]

@grayghost1031 Absolutely Bro.. If the ground is sloped at all.. you will need to trech out. One thing people don't think about is that it doesn't have to be a trench 6 feet wide.. simply a few inches wide.. and the same deep

[mogges1]

you know David the more I watch you build this tipi the more I understand why the native American used it. I can be set up any where.and you can build a fire inside it.with all the other shelter types you can build a fire inside.With a lento you only get half the shelter covered..

I'm woundering what would be better a canvas tarp are the vinal tarps.I would think a 8x12 canvas tarp would be kind of hard to pack due to weight.

[BushcraftOnFire]

@mogges1

Remember Bro.. The natives didn't carry things. They use a travois or carried it on horses. Kinda like our modern day truck.. If you had to pack out a teepee on your back.. you probably will want a vinyl tarp. Canvas is VERY heavy for the same size. HTH

[mogges1]

David could I use that same size tarp to build a tipi tarp shelter.If I have this right I would need polls 8 foot long.then I would have an area 10 of space in side right

[BushcraftOnFire]

@mogges1

Whatever the height if your circle.. from the middle point on the flat edge to the middle of the circle.. make the poles about 2 feet longer.

[billyjoedenny]

hey dave,you know sometimes i forget about staking my tarps down. i always go straight for the lean too style.that is wye i like watching your videos. thanks dave

[69Phuket]

Practice makes perfect. No end of vids can match going out there and doing. I admit no tarp and not done it so need to address the problem. Thanks

[mogges1]

Also I have look all over the enter net for those tarp clip like you show in the videos. but all I keep finding are those gator looking clip.I have used them and they suck.those you show seem to hold good.

[BeldakSwordhand]

this will be great for when it starts raining or snowing and we need to shelter up quick