[at-l] Re: silnylon

[krk@speakeasy.org (Kenneth Knight)]

If I understand what you're describing you have a setup that looks like an angle bracket. Sort of:

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type shape. Silnylon on the ground is fine as long as you are careful where you pitch the thing.
Just as it is fine to pitch a tent without a groundcloth. There are different grades of nylong and
some are certainly tougher than others which would impact the longevity of the fabric. I'd don't
think I'd be overly concerned. Though I imagine in a windy situation there is a lot of strees at the
angle where floor and wall meet.

I don't use a ground cloth with my Stephenson tent. I wouldn't use one if I owned a Nomad. I don't
use one with my tarp usualy (do others?).

  ** Ken **

On 5/2/01 at 12:06 PM, Richard S. Lubitz <lubitz@alpha.fdu.edu> wrote:

> Currently I use a blue tarp, (cheap hardware store style) as a lean to.  
> Using an 8x10 version I stake about 4x8 and then flip over the remaining 6 
> feet to form a leanto and groundsheet all in one.  I was looking at the 
> silnylon tarps in Campmor and one of the staff said that if I use it the 
> same way, the portion between me and the ground would be destroyed.  
> Therefore, I would have to carry a groundsheet and the resulting weight of 
> the silnylon tarp and groundsheet would not result in enough weight 
> savings, if any, to justify changing my system.
> Is he right?

**  Kenneth Knight    Web Design, IT Consultant, Software Engineer  **
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