Tarp Floor And How To Stake Tight

Draping over the tarp and staking it down are the final steps required to make this standard shelter.

Tarp floor and how to stake tight.

Place a tent stake into the ground near to the point the tarps corner while it is stretched out. If you have trouble getting a good pitch try playing around with the following. It can be made by stringing the paracord between two trees. 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.

Tie a length of cord between the tent stake and the corner of the tarp. Tie 1 guy line around each tree roughly 4 5ft from the ground depending on the size of the tarp. Hammer in the stakes on each corner making sure it is tightly secured. The distance apart of the two front corner stakes when you first lay out the tarp.

The length and angle of the trekking pole. The corner of the shelter must be faced towards the direction of the wind. Stake out the back corners and back wall guy lines. The tarp is draped over the paracord diagonally while the leading edges fold under to form the floor.

Stake down one side of the tarp. Here s how to set up your tarp shelter as a wind shed. Do the same thing for each of the other three corners of your a frame tarp shelter. Then stake down and tension the pole s guyline at about a 90 angle from that side of the tarp.

Make sure the line is tight to prevent any sagging. Make sure this cord is tight and holds the tarp securely to the ground. The a frame shelter is probably the most common shelter one can make. Throw the tarp over the line so the middle of the tarp meets the cord.