When our tent got very wet, it dried fine in the garden. However, the guys too much longer to dry. We have a georgia XL with a ludicrous number of guys. Is there a recommended way of making guys easy to put on and off the tent, other than tying half a billion knots? Would using some sort of carabina or clamp be ok??(suitably rated of course).
although new to this, we had a similar problem getting the guys dry, we had tent draped all around the garden, set up a line and pegged what we could reach to that, the others were just laid out where we could get them. surprisingly it all dried quite nicely.
Quote: Originally posted by mudpaddle on 01/9/2008
When our tent got very wet, it dried fine in the garden. However, the guys too much longer to dry. We have a georgia XL with a ludicrous number of guys. Is there a recommended way of making guys easy to put on and off the tent, other than tying half a billion knots? Would using some sort of carabina or clamp be ok??(suitably rated of course).
Hi
Go to this site and scroll down,you will find what you require,I use a similar one I get from Mole Vally Farmers.
I suspect you'd actually save time by just leaving the tent up for longer to dry out the guylines, rather than add half an hour to both pitching and striking time by clipping 50+ guylines on and off your tent. The b****rs always go into knots anyway. It's very uncommon to take all the guylines off a synthetic tent, though it is still ocassionally done with cotton tents like the ones Rex uses.
Probably would save time -- but its been a bugger trying to get the guys dry in this weather! Tent dry after about 30 minutes, guys still soggy several hours later (and getting several hours without rain has been an achievement!!). Have spent lots of time going around trying to dry them off with a towel...
I tend to 'loop' my guy lines round my hand several times and then just tuck the end through to keep them in a neat bundle. Once they're in a neat bunch you can wring them out to a degree which gets rid of a lot of the water. Leave them hanging for 1/2 hour and should be dry.
Quote: Originally posted by mudpaddle on 02/9/2008
Probably would save time -- but its been a bugger trying to get the guys dry in this weather! Tent dry after about 30 minutes, guys still soggy several hours later (and getting several hours without rain has been an achievement!!). Have spent lots of time going around trying to dry them off with a towel...
You could always change them for nylon guylines, which wouldn't get soggy.
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Topic: guylines
