Seekoutside guy line connection mod

[skaldugwas]

I like the guy line kit you can get from Seekoutside, but connecting them to your stake points always seemed sloppy to me.
After a little of fiddling I came up with this method. Same concept as a D loop for your bowstring, but I used attwood cord and made sure to get a good melted blob at the end.
They go in easy, stay locked in, don’t budge but come out in a couple of seconds if you don’t need them.

I guess most folks are moving to the gate keeper system seek outside is offering, but those are kind of spendy, a little heavier, and I already had their OG guy line kit which I never had a problem with.

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[weekender7]

Slick, thanks.

 

[nodakian]

Very interesting idea. I've been thinking about adding line locks to my TiGoat tipi, so I'm curious how this works.

Have you tested that in a good stiff wind yet? Dead calm here in ND means 10-15 mph, "breezy" means 25-35, "windy" means more than that. It will definitely give tents a workout.

 

[sndmn11]

I am really curious how you worked the webbing through the lineloc? Why couldn't you just do a handshake type knot then and leave off any paracord?

 

[skaldugwas]

I am really curious how you worked the webbing through the lineloc? Why couldn't you just do a handshake type knot then and leave off any paracord?

Didn’t seem as cohesive just paracording them on. Probably makes zero difference in the long run but I feel like this looks and operates a little cleaner.

All I did was get the webbing started with a pair of pliers.
The webbing is just a little wider than the slot on the line lock and gives just enough resistance to keep my string with knots in place when there is no tension.



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[skaldugwas]

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Have you tested that in a good stiff wind yet? Dead calm here in ND means 10-15 mph, "breezy" means 25-35, "windy" means more than that. It will definitely give tents a workout.

I haven’t had this out in any winds yet but it holds together and doesn’t budge with me reefing on it as hard as I can.



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[sndmn11]

Didn’t seem as cohesive just paracording them on. Probably makes zero difference in the long run but I feel like this looks and operates a little cleaner.

All I did was get the webbing started with a pair of pliers.
The webbing is just a little wider than the slot on the line lock and gives just enough resistance to keep my string with knots in place when there is no tension.



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I meant could you leave off the paracord stubby you have in the picture, push the lineloc against the tarp, and then put the lineloc through the loop so that a handshake or larks head is made around the lineloc with only the webbing on the tarp. Is the webbing loop big enough to do that?