How to tie a tent guy line and other useful knots
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Today I'm showing how to use the guy lines and guy line tensioners that come with many tarps and tents. We've seen them used incorrectly and recently had someone ask how those items should be used. Take a few minutes and watch how I guy out my USMC Two Man Combat tent rain fly by tying bowline knot, a truckers hitch and McCarthy hitch. Enjoy the sound of my wind chimes too!
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Oh this guy is a superstar. Great communicator, clear instructions and demonstrations. Legend.
I've been wondering how to use the guy line tensioner for the longest or even know the proper name for it. Also, these knot techniques have helped me immensely. Thank you for this vid. 🙏
I am so glad this video has helped! You are very welcome!
I couldn't figure it out trying to use common sense because I don't realize the knot at the end of the line needed to remain captive at the plastic tensioner, thinking it was pulled away as a length adjustment.
Didn't realize the line was to be doubled up from the stake that way, would have been so much quicker and tidier this way😅
great video, noone ever showed me how to do this when I was a kid. Thanks for the tutorial
Glad I could help with this, Crank!
That’s funny! When I was a kid my dad wouldn’t shut up about the bowline knot lol
Thank you so much for your thorough and patient teaching style! I know this is a simple skill, but one I have had trouble with. The few times people have tried to show me how to tie knots, they always went through it too quickly. This was perfect!
Thank you for stopping by to watch and leave a comment, Susan! I am glad that I was able to help!
Most tent instructions don't tell you how to use these things so I'm really thankful for this.
You are very welcome, righteousrat!
Very nice, easily undestood, slow demonstration and easy to remember. Thanks for sharing.
You are very welcome, 4dzone!
This is such a great video! It was recorded very well, edited very well, you show the process very well, all with no confusing filler in your speaking. It's all concise and perfectly educational. You're like the father we've never had! Thank you!
Well thank you very much, MidnightModder!
Your video is really informative. As a solo lady camper I now know how to use those darn guy lines and a few knots😊 thank you
I've watched more than a handful of these tutorials in the last couple of weeks, and yours is by far the most useful for me. I am a new Scout Mom and first time tent owner. Setting it up in the parking lot of my local Elks Lodge, I could not for the life of me figure out how to stake and guyline it on concrete! This was the only video I found that helped illuminate that conundrum; resolved with a tensioner knotted after going through the tent loop, and secured to cinderblocks (that were attached with ratcheting tie downs to the floor) with the trucker's hitch you've just taught me! Maybe not ideal, but it allowed me to learn how to set up, and check that the tent itself was able to withstand the little Texas thunderstorm that passed by this weekend. Thank you immeasurably, and happy holidays!
PS the chimes are beautiful. Sound very similar to the ones in the kitchen of my RV! Peace and blessings!
Erin, I am thrilled that this video was able to help! A bowline knot and trucker's hitch are two of my most frequently used knots in our camp setups. Keep those two in your pocket and they'll aid in almost any wilderness rigging riddle. Way to go using what was available to you in your setup, that's really neat! I love my little wind chime and hope to get a bigger set of chimes sometime this summer. Thank you for taking the time to watch and leave a comment, Erin. Good luck to you and yours in the scouts!
@@robertsbushcraft I'll admit I had to watch it a few times, and keep my phone on me while setting up so I could reference. But I'm sure that the Scouts will provide plenty of practice and some day it will come as easy to me as it does to you! I did have to chuckle at your reply though, solely for the fact that my husband has been known to call me "Erin Macgyver" after my "junkyard approach" to problem solving. Lol!
Bamboo chimes are my favorite. In larger stalked ones, some of the tones are so rich and gorgeous - they are mesmerizing! And easy to craft yourself - if you have the right stuff lying around 😆😉🤣 Not sure if this will work, but here's a link to a picture of the one I have hanging in our RV
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My wife often says that "if noone else can fix it, you can." I'm a tinkerer and student of the junkyard approach, what else can I say? Those bamboo chimes are really neat! I may try and make a set or two this year.
I learned this knot working on the drilling rigs. It was the knot used on the cathead line to pick things up. It can hold alot of weight and is still easy to untie when you need to change knots. I remember it cause the rabbit comes out the whole around the tree and back down the whole 😂
That's awesome, Jacinto! I think it's probably my most used knot in our camp outings.
I never knew about trucker's hitch before. Even though it's super simple I never bothered to learn how to tie down a tent ⛺ Very informative, thanks for posting!!
It's very useful in tying down gear in the back of truck, trailer, and countless other applications.
@@robertsbushcraft I have always been confused on how to do a truckers hitch when I didn't have ratcheting tie downs. You made it completely simple. I'm taking my 5 yo daughter camping for the first time and looking for resources. Thanks!
A couple of thoughts... if you use white, bright yellow or reflective line, there's much less chance of you or someone else tripping over them; day or night. Avoid red as depth perception of red is lost in the dark. 'Cool' looking camo line isn't worth a busted whatever out in the boonies, and/or potentially being sued. :( Some people even tie little white marker flags or the like to their lines.
Far as the Bowlines, a quick way to ID if correctly tied is to look for the end exiting the knot to inside of the loop. They're easy to tie incorrectly... also leave the tails a couple of inches long.
And for the tensioners, might I suggest using a Fig-8 stopper knot... with an inch or two tail followed by yet another Fig-8 acting as a quick 'handle'. This can be very useful for dealing with the lines in dark/cold/rain/snow... especially wearing gloves.
Cool video, Thanks!
Good points, rwbishop. We do a good bit of stealth camping and use military gear and it's all camo and earth-toned. Those colors speak to my soul :). When we're not stealth camping, but say hammock camping, we'll use the orange paracord featured in the video to rig our tarps and such. Most of the guyline tensioners we have are large enough to allow paracord to pass through. That paracord has reflective tape woven through it and it looks like something from a sci-fi movie when light hits it. I do believe that this is what we're using: amzn.to/2EYTPLi
Very helpful, lots of videos on the plastic doodad, but not on the knot. I'll be using this tomorrow..
Right on!
Great video, very concise instructions and very well filmed. Much appreciated, sir.
Thank you very much!
Thank you sir, educational videos like yours are really being missed on that platform.
I hope to have more like this soon, Konstantin. Thanks for watching and commenting!
This video saved my butt the first time I went camping. Thanks for the great instructions!
Hey, I am thrilled this video helped you out!
Explained brilliantly to a simpleton from England. Cheers mate
From one simpleton to another: you are certainly welcome, Gary! Cheers!
Okay so I have 2 rolls of 550 cord 100 ft each my question was aren’t they both way to long to down my tarp
My personal preference is to cut the 100' length into four 25' sections. 25' is still pretty long but easily manageable. My tarp pitches are never the exact same because each setup is different due to location and I've found that having more paracord to work with is better than not having quite enough. As an added benefit I can tie those four hanks together and still have 100' of paracord to use as well as have a set unit of measure.
Excellent useful demonstration
Thank you Kirk!
Thanks for taking the time to make this clip. I found it very helpful.
That's fantastic news, Dan! I am glad this video helped. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Me too, very easy explanation to follow, user friendly. Well done and Thank you!
Happy I found this. I misused that piece today, I knew it wasn't right, I didn't put it around the stake i just tied a knot in the line instead of using it to create the loop. Will fix it tomorrow, thanks!
Glad I could help, Lenore. Thank you for watching and commenting. Good luck!
1972 Fisher Price Happy Apple chimes in the background.
Im not sure if thats what they are, but, I sure do like them!
Very useful video. Wrapping the guyline around the tent stake, feeding the working end back thru the bowline, then tensioning & tying off with a slippery half hitch ... I've seen that method referred to as a McCarthy Hitch.
That's exactly what that is called, John, a McCarthy Hitch! Nice call! Thank you for watching and dropping that knowledge.
Life saver
Hey thanks for watching and I'm the video helped, Jon!
Or cut them off and use a friction hitch knot 🤷🏻♂️
That's an idea! Thanks for watching and commenting, Krazy Booter!
The Perfect Tutorial! As a complete noob, I learnt exactly what i needed to know as a foundation point! 10/10. Thank you sir.
You are certainly welcome!
Awesome tutorial! Well explained and clearly shown!🙌🥰🙌
Thanks so much, VicSpeed! 😊
Great video! This was super helpful
Glad it was helpful, Johnny!
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Thank you, eXBon!
@@robertsbushcraft 🙏🙏🙏
From Scotland, thanks👍.
You are very welcome, mate!
what kind of knot is used on the one end of tensioner? I have a bunch of tensioners but the line is not tied to it yet.
An overhand knot. It only serves as a stop so the line does not pull out of the tensioner when tension is applied.
Super simple is the boater ladder knot
Well...it can be with some practice, but I'm not sure that one would fit this application as well as a bowline and trucker's hitch.
I’ve always wanted to learn how to tie knots, but was intimidated. This instruction video is very clear and I am looking forward to trying the bowline, truckers knot & slippery half hitch on the bird feeder pole in my front yard to keep it straight this winter. Thanks!
Thank you for this video. Simple and well laid out.
You're welcome, Chris!
Süper useful tips, thanks
Glad it was helpful, Adnan!
Terrific. Well filmed. Slow time talk and knot demo. Probably the best and easiest video to follow I’ve found. Thank you 😊👍
@DartmoorPaul I really appreciate that, and I hope the video helped out in some way!
Best video on RUclips on this subject. Thanks, really useful and easy knot to learn how to tie👍🍺
Well I certainly appreciate that comment, snowymatrix thru-walker! Thank you!
Thanks. Do you have any idea how strong these plastic tensioners are in cases of strong winds? I've seen other vids out there encouraging users to stake guylines without tensioners a(for holding strength reasons) as your video also show, but don't know what to make out it. Also, what's the advantage of a double bowline vs a sing bowline knot?
Very good many thanks.
You are very welcome, jock308!
Thank you so much for this!!!
You're so welcome, Stacey!
Good job, thanks for the video
Thanks for watching!
Great video. Thanks mate. I'm hopeless with knots but I'm going to practice this one and hopefully master it.👏
Excellent tutorial, great teaching pace, and I love the all the practical applications being demonstrated.
Glad it was helpful, MixMeisterChef!
Thank You. It was an excellent tutorial. I was staring at the stakes and tensioners for the longest time trying to figure it out.
I'm glad it helped, Carmie58!
Thank you sir ! A nice clear video for novices like me. I've never bought a nice tarp before so I picked up a beautiful AquaQuest 10 x 13 camo Defender through Amazon. Not cheap but you get what you pay for most of the time and the tarp is beautifully made. With your help now I can half way know what I'm doing ! LOL Thank you !
We absolutely LOVE Aqua Quest tarps. LOVE! Check out what we did this one: ruclips.net/video/D9WXHMMkxvY/видео.html
very helpful
Thank you, Punleu!
Merci beaucoup monsieur ❤enfin je pourrais fixer ma tente ⛺️ correctement et crâner en même temps 😂 kiss
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@@robertsbushcraft oui merci you are the Best for me! Je suis allée camper et j'ai réussi à reproduire les nœuds merci encore ..tellement satisfaisant kiss 🙃
@@robertsbushcraft par contre j'ai eu du mal à monter ma tente cette fois ci ..ah ah ah 😅LOL
Unique on RUclips to learn this!
Thanks for the video!
Thank you 🙏
You’re welcome 😊
I've been coming back to this video for a refresher for a couple of years now.
Now that is AWESOME, Calin! I'm glad this video helps!
Awesome thanks 😊
You're welcome!
Simple, complete, and very helpful; I appreciate that.
Glad it was helpful, Michael! We appreciate the watch and comment!
That was the perfect video with simple instructions of the some essential knots. Thank you for sharing.
Hey thanks, Chris!
Thanks excellent
You're welcome, ruben!
Thanks for making this video, very helpful!
You are very welcome, Lori! I'm glad it helped!
Thanks for share
You're welcome, salim!
Great tutorial!
Thank you, Reece!
Great stuff! Just what I need as a newbie camper
Thanks for watching Charlie Whiskey! I'm glad we could help and good luck on your camping!
Tip for the newbie:
make sure if you use a mechanical line fastener that your Knott is big enough that it won't be pulled through
Excellent tutorial! Thank you. My first video to learn this and I got it. Saved to favorites for review anytime I need to refresh.
Thank you and that's fantastic!
Awesome tvym!
You're welcome, pablo!
Thanks man. You saved me from looking like a clown. 👍🏼👍🏼
Glad I could help, Levi!
Thank you!
You're welcome, Matt!
Thank you!
You're welcome!
What I don’t understand is how far should the stakes be out from the tent?
There's no real set distance, you sort of have to eyeball it and get a feel for it. If I had to guess, I'd within three to five is probably my average line length from the edge of the fly.
@@robertsbushcraft thank you!!! Will try that!
You're welcome! My comment was supposed to read as "If I had to guess, I'd say within three to five feet is probably my average line length from the edge of the fly."
Thanks!
WOW! Hey thanks, @bobwall3! I know cash is hard to come by these days I sure appreciate this!
Great way to tye a bowline after the cord has already passed through/around the fixing point...Thanks...
You are very welcome!
Awesome
Thanks, Haxel!
Nice video but get rid of the bells next time 👍
I think we'll keep them 😃 Hey thanks for watching, Highland Haggis!
@@robertsbushcraft I loved the chimes, super relaxing
Thanks for repeating the bowline Knott
Thanks for sharing.
Some great information 👌
ATB
Tam
You are very welcome, The Munro Bagger!
Thanks for a great tutorial! I was able to guy out my tent for the first time without any issues, just before a fierce hailstorm came through, because I studied your video before my trip. Thanks for helping me keep my tent on the ground!
Oliver, I am thrilled to death this video helped you out! Happy trails!
Very helpful, thank you!
You are very welcome, thank you for watching and commenting!
Putting this to use today! Going to make my first RUclips video: unboxing the OneTigris Rock Fortress. So excited!!
All the best to you, Briar Babe!
It’s simpler to do a bow line on the rain fly, however all the other knots I would not use around my stake I would go for the taut line it’s simple and adjustable to create the proper tension
Taut line is a great knot, but, I prefer the truckers hitch. I find that knot is more versatile, such as tying down gear and such in the bed of a truck or trailer.
Very nice guidance. Thanks! Any recommendations on types of guy lines to replace the original lines? Maybe neon ones or different materials. Thanks!
My favorite guy line replacement is paracord. It's versatile, cheap and available in stores like Walmart as well as online. Paracord come in glow in the dark, high visibility colors, reflective, earth tones and pretty much any color imaginable. The inner strands can be removed and used for other things such as sewing, fishing, gear repair and so on. So, paracord is my go-to replacement for guy lines.
BIG Thanks for the video!
Great demo I need some practice on my knot tying thanks for the video
Amra Survival thank you kindly. On a side note my son is reading Howard's Conan.
Roberts Bushcraft that's awesome you're the first person to make a reference to Conan I used to read all the different Robert E Howard books I did pick the name AMRA from them years ago to tag my survival gear
If you pause the video at 0:14, you'll see how I mark all of my gear.
Last Saturday my tent flew up so I’m learning how to tie it down properly. Very stressful camping wknd.
Hopefully this helps keep that gear secured to the ground!
Thanks for the video, especially the guy line tensioner piece. Not so much the bowline; As a right handed person, it is much much easier for me to go through loop from left to right and create a "b" instead of a "d" as that allows my left hand to hold the rope steady while dominant hand completes the through hole, wrap, back up through hole and tightening down.
Hey, that works for me! Thanks for the input!
Very helpful, I have referenced this video both times I have pitched our tents. I know, if only I would remember I wouldn't need to search knots on you tube every time I see cordage.
In my opinion Bolin knott will be my choice when I need to call a knot by name.
Your choice is mine too!
The chimes are a bit overpowering at times but i still like them
Very handy for noob like me! Been practising various knots lately😎. Cheers from the Netherlands
Missing the taut hitch. Used that to set up my tarp as I had not the wee plastic tensioner thingies
I'm glad to be of assistance, @Laubasss!
Thank you thank you thank you. I’m a beginner and last camping trip could not understand how to use these guy lines or how to secure them. Lol. Bless you.
You are very welcome, @sharrarak115!
Excellent video so helpful for a newby to tenting
Glad it was helpful, thehighwayman10!
The video I've been looking for 😅😅, great video. Do you have the video of how to tie taut hitch as well? If you don't, can you also make one of it? Thank you
That's awesome, @ersent8624! I don't have that video made, but I just might make one!
Kalmyk (instead of bowline) and rolling hitch loop (midshipmans loop, instead of tensioning tabs) makes it possible to make a rope only way to set guy lines in a nice way. Kalmyk has a quick release, so you release the kalmyk and then slide back the rolling hitch out of the end where the kalmyk was and the rope is completely undone.
Excellent suggestions, @armwrestling_nerd!
Hi Robert, thanks for the excellent tutorial. It is clear, simple and straight to the point! You simply nailed it!
Thank you very much, Christopher!
I've been looking for exactly this...thank you so much
You are very welcome, Deborah!
This has everything I was looking for about staking a tent. Great video!
I am glad it helped, Arbiter!
Unfortunately I think you missed the point with the bowline when you untied it.
The bowline is a better option than other loops because of the fact that even if you pull it super hard, you can always untie it easily by "breaking its neck".
Trying to pull one of the strands out like you do doesn't work when it's super tight.
I think at that point the user can figure out if it's easier to break the neck or pull the tag end.
I do a larkshead at the stake and connect the adjuster end at the tarp loop
Thank you so much, this has really helped me on my last camping trip! My lines now don't look like a ball of mess from a noob.
Glad it helped!
I've watched a bunch of knot videos and this one is by far the best, in terms of explanation and demonstration... and even the audio only vibe at the end as I write this. Well done sir!
Hey I appreciate that, Ryan!
Bin using these knots for some time, but have never seen a double bowline. I don't recall you stating it's purpose, advantage or when to use it instead of a single bowline. Thanks.
Double bowlines are advantageous when dealing with a lot weight, they're easy to untie (weight removed) and isn't used too much (in my opinion) unless you are climbing. It's neat to show the double bowline but it's really not needed for small tents and tarps.
Perfect explanation in perfect way…..
A perfect comment, @enjoyinggadhavifamily!
Super little video; perfect pace, too. Thanks
You're welcome, R!
Wonderful video, very thorough and well explained. Thankyou for taking the time it really helped me
Hey thanks, @R-Dub_Gone_Wild!
Thank you so much, for this demonstration. I really needed to know this because I was lost with these strings for the tent
Glad it was helpful, SuzyBeeBuzz!!
Nice clear instructions. Thanks and take care.
Thank you, Quinn! Same to you!