Off-Road Ranger I
I got tired of tightening down my tent cover using the double d-rings with straps. They are too time-consuming and I don't think they're all that effective at staying tight enough over long drives.
Many solutions went through my head, then finally I landed on what worked out to be super simple and pretty cheap.
This is the standard double d-rings arrangement. Not only do you have to feed the strap through both rings and tighten, you have to deal with the leftover strap after it's tightened up. Then if your hands are cold, or the strap is wet, it gets worse. Multiply that times six and it takes a considerable amount of time to just get the cover off the tent.
So, here's my solution:
A simple 1" side-release buckle and about 9" of 1" webbing.
After searing both ends of the strap, feed it through the loop on the female side of the buckle.
Now, this is going to be one of the last times you loop through the rings.
Feed it through as you normally would getting the buckle up as close to the rings as you can.
Then with what's left of tail, feed it back through the ring over itself. This does two things, it gets rid of the leftovers and actually tightens up the buckle more securely.
Now, take the male buckle and feed the other end of the 1" strap that normally would go through the d-rings so you can use this end to adjust the tightness.
Now I have a much simpler and faster way to undo and also re-buckle the cover back down.
I still have to deal with the leftover strap, but I can now trim it knowing exactly how much I need.
Let me know what you think of this simple cheap trick.
Dan
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using OB Talk mobile app
Many solutions went through my head, then finally I landed on what worked out to be super simple and pretty cheap.
This is the standard double d-rings arrangement. Not only do you have to feed the strap through both rings and tighten, you have to deal with the leftover strap after it's tightened up. Then if your hands are cold, or the strap is wet, it gets worse. Multiply that times six and it takes a considerable amount of time to just get the cover off the tent.
So, here's my solution:
A simple 1" side-release buckle and about 9" of 1" webbing.
After searing both ends of the strap, feed it through the loop on the female side of the buckle.
Now, this is going to be one of the last times you loop through the rings.
Feed it through as you normally would getting the buckle up as close to the rings as you can.
Then with what's left of tail, feed it back through the ring over itself. This does two things, it gets rid of the leftovers and actually tightens up the buckle more securely.
Now, take the male buckle and feed the other end of the 1" strap that normally would go through the d-rings so you can use this end to adjust the tightness.
Now I have a much simpler and faster way to undo and also re-buckle the cover back down.
I still have to deal with the leftover strap, but I can now trim it knowing exactly how much I need.
Let me know what you think of this simple cheap trick.
Dan
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using OB Talk mobile app
