Quote: Originally posted by rexgrant on 29/8/2008This is what you need if it happens to you again Clingons
Regards
Rex.
Rex, any mileage in adding extra guys in the centre of overly flappy tent panels ?
... though the problem of course it that you can't have guys inside the tent if the wind direction changes.
I'm thinking of it mainly to stop the fabric pushing on the table on one side of my tent, and the larder unit on the other. Otherwise, apart from putting everything in the middle of the tent, my only option is to attach foam pipe lagging to the edges of things.
We have returned to camping after a break (due to children) and I assumed it was me (used to non synthetic guys in the distant past which were affected by wet and dry etc.) due to it being just two guys going, the others being sound. I like the idea of the clingons as an emergency measure. I was able to easily fix the guys back due to the way they came off and they did not have any effect on the rest of the tent.
You are quite right of course we were experiencing extreme weather for the time of year, more like their usual October/November weather, and the tent is not designed to take such a prolonged bashing. The thing that amazed me was how stable it was without the guys with us only finding out they had gone by looking, there being no difference in tent movement before or after they had gone.
Once again thank you for taking the trouble to reply with some very valuable information.
Quote: Originally posted by Sam Coleridge on 29/8/2008
Quote: Originally posted by rexgrant on 29/8/2008This is what you need if it happens to you again ClingonsRegards
Rex.
Rex, any mileage in adding extra guys in the centre of overly flappy tent panels ?
... though the problem of course it that you can't have guys inside the tent if the wind direction changes.
I'm thinking of it mainly to stop the fabric pushing on the table on one side of my tent, and the larder unit on the other. Otherwise, apart from putting everything in the middle of the tent, my only option is to attach foam pipe lagging to the edges of things.
Hi Sam
They could be very useful if your tent starts to go but as to were to to fix them for affect, you would have to know the tent.they are better fixed on to a seam as the thin nylon material,if you don't get it on correct it may slide a little and put small holes in the material that you could cover with a 10p.better than the whole tent going over. as I have never done it on polyester or nylon
I would not really know. but I have used them to hold my sun canopy in wind with no problem and often use them with a tarp and poles for a BBQ cover when it rain and blows to cook under.
Ever camper should carry at least one pack with guys already attached,You don't want to be fastening guy ropes on while you wife is inside holding up the tent
Rex.
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Quote: Originally posted by Sam Coleridge on 28/8/2008
My Khyam is relatively under-guyed at the back - to the point of bagginess and the bedroom was a refuge ... it was the corner knee joint facing the wind that broke first.
excellent diagram :)
just checking as in 'is it plugged in' .. did you have the bedroom joints the right way round ??
i am sure you did and apologies for suggesting you might not have... but it has been known
looking for the posts about it i am reminded that you know about stresses and strains so it is a daft question! sorry!
and anyway you said it was a corner knee joint that went first.
Yep, Sonja, I'm pretty sure I did. You get the lovely taut roof, but then it all goes wrong. It didn't help that I wasn't sure how to arrange the tent on the 9 x 9 metre pitch.
I didn't take nearly enough photos of my tent - I got so disheartened so quickly.
One embarassing thing I've failed to mention is that I had to move it the second day as I'd misunderstood the directions of the camp staff and pitched it on the right numbered pitch but on the caravan club side of the rope "hedge" in the middle of the field.
If I hadn't had to move to the other side of the ropes, I would have been able to report on sleeping in a bedroom facing the wind ...
... looking at that photo, it's so clear that that front left joint would end up popping - and the guys weren't over-tight ...
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Topic: Breaking wind
