Tarp Floor And How To Stake Tight

The a frame shelter is probably the most common shelter one can make.

Tarp floor and how to stake tight.

Hammer in the stakes on each corner making sure it is tightly secured. Do the same thing for each of the other three corners of your a frame tarp shelter. You will also need to tie off some drip lines above the entrance of the shelter to prevent rain from running down the paracord and into the shelter. If you have trouble getting a good pitch try playing around with the following.

Tie a length of cord between the tent stake and the corner of the tarp. Then stake down and tension the pole s guyline at about a 90 angle from that side of the tarp. The 30 degree angle of the tarp s roof will create a ten foot long living area. Tie 1 guy line around each tree roughly 4 5ft from the ground depending on the size of the tarp.

Make sure the line is tight to prevent any sagging. Put a trekking pole angled slightly in the middle of an adjacent side of the tarp. Stake out the back corners and back wall guy lines. The tarp should be about 6 8 inches 15 cm off the ground all the way around.

Here s how to set up your tarp shelter as a wind shed. Stake down one side of the tarp. Draping over the tarp and staking it down are the final steps required to make this standard shelter. The distance apart of the two front corner stakes when you first lay out the tarp.

The corner of the shelter must be faced towards the direction of the wind. The length and angle of the trekking pole. The tarp is draped over the paracord diagonally while the leading edges fold under to form the floor. Place a tent stake into the ground near to the point the tarps corner while it is stretched out.