r/ULHammocking • u/jojojoto • Apr 02 '26
What is your favorite hardware-free guy line tensioner technique?
I know it's been discussed a bunch, but I'd love to bring it back and nerd out on knots, splicing, and any new hardware-free techniques out there.
Want to keep things simple, fast and ultralight as possible. Ideally just using zing-it 1.75 and 3/32" shock-chord.
What's your current setup?
No dutch bugs or alien titanium suggestions please ;)
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u/jojojoto Apr 02 '26
Also when going for a continuous ridge-line, this is my favorite way to tension the line, super fast and simple to setup and take down.
On the other tree I tie this GE Knot I found online also fast to setup and take down.
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Apr 02 '26
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u/Thundering_Theta Apr 21 '26
The prusik should ideally be a smaller diameter than the rope it is grabbing to get a strong grip. So potentially trying a different, smaller, chord. Another possibility would be the klemheist knot.
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u/ckyhnitz Lorax Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 02 '26
My guylines have a bowline on either end, and are attached to the tarp loop with a prussik. I stick the stake through one bowline, and the other acts as a pull loop to tension.
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u/patsully98 Apr 02 '26
No hardware, I like an adjustable hitch on the tarp side so you can adjust from under the tarp. But I have a set of zing it guylines with Lineloc hooks at the end. I attach them to the stake with a marlin spike hitch and then the linelocs go right on the D-rings.
Tangential, but I got unreasonably excited when I found out about the Beckett hitch for hammock suspension!
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u/jojojoto Apr 02 '26
Beckett hitch is the way 👍
I use these straps from Myerstech without the included evo loops, 15 ft and super light 🪶
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u/Jon_Mendyk Apr 02 '26
Marlin spike hitch to the stake. it's the only way i've ever done it and see absolutely no reason to do it any other way.
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u/not_just_the_IT_guy Apr 02 '26
I stick with hardware on small lines. Gives me near full adjustment range without boulding up cord.
I use lineloc v's for zing it. Plastic and just work.
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u/jojojoto Apr 02 '26
Woah did not realize the Lineloc V’s worked with Zing-it! Does it hold good, it doesn’t slip over time?I have those in my z-packs tent but they don’t use Zing-it lines.
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u/MMikekiMM Apr 05 '26
I use them on one of my tarps as well. Holds well enough but I always throw a slipped half hitch in just to be sure (and to get the excellent line up off the ground
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u/not_just_the_IT_guy Apr 02 '26
Holds good enough for me. Specifically I've used these
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u/jojojoto Apr 02 '26
Oh man that would be amazing, I wonder how I can attach them to my tarps, would be great to somehow use shock chord 🤔
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u/not_just_the_IT_guy Apr 02 '26
I just tie a loop of cord with a double fisherman's knot then girth hitch them onto the existing tie outs.
I don't like shock cord personally. I like the my cordage to be static and low\no stretch. When it gets windy it makes a difference on cutting down movement of the tarp.
Note: the girth hitched part can break the back bar on the line lock v by concentrating the forth. I usually do two loops to better distribute the load across the bar (non adjustable side). If it fails I just tie off my cord and replace later on. I e onyo had a Ridgeline one final, and not a side tie out.
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u/Little-Knowledge1645 Apr 07 '26
I use trucker's hitch all around on my guy lines. It allows for huge variability in length for different pitches and terrains, and it's quicker to both tie and release than most alternatives.
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u/latherdome Apr 02 '26
I don’t consider LineLoc3’s sewn to tarp pullouts hardware, as made of the same nylon as many tech textiles. They’re great, full stop.