Quote: Originally posted by rochford6 on 21/6/2010
I must be the odd one out, I Peg the corners then pin the poles before finishing pegging out
I'm with Brian on this one, peg the corners down loosley then pin this way if it's windy itstops the tent trying to take off and its alot easier with footprint.
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I always peg the corners out first, then comes the pinning followed by the rest of the pegging, then adjust all ropes, and then the first of many cups of coffee on the trip, works for me everytime.
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Quote: Originally posted by dib-dib-dib on 22/6/2010
Sorry, I wasn't very clear then I wasn't refering to the pins that go in the ends of the poles, I ment pinning out the edges of the actual tent (yes the ones with the webbing straps that you can slacken and tighten)
That's called pegging too. Anything that involves the use of a peg and mallet is pegging, whether it's with the corner tension straps plus V-pegs or guylines and Deltas. Pegging. . Pinning is when you're putting the poles into the ring & pin system.
Anyhow, it totally depends on the design of the tent, given that some tents don't even have the ring & pin system and the pole construction varies in others. With a big tunnel tent though the most usual way would be to insert all the main poles first to give yourself the most amount of give in the canvas, pin them in. peg out the back two corner pegging points with V-pegs, stand the poles upright and walk them forwards in a straight line, peg out the two front corners, tension down the corner straps half way, neaten up the edges, tighten down the ring straps half way, peg down the rings using wire pegs. Etc.
Last time we pitched our hartford L it was soo windy, so we pegged first then pinned. it worked really well, and gave the inner a better shape. We'll probably try this again next time.
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Topic: Pin or Peg First???
I wasn't refering to the pins that go in the ends of the poles, I ment pinning out the edges of the actual tent (yes the ones with the webbing straps that you can slacken and tighten)
