The last one, the Bivy, was what most of us used in Vietnam with our poncho and poncho liners. Even getting soaked in the monsoons, as long as we stayed wrapped up, we would be warm, wrinkly by morning, but warm.

Camping with a group as a kid, there was one girl my friends kept making fun of. We were all sleeping outside in our bags, but a heavy rain caught us off-guard, and we only had one small tent. The girl's dad, without a word just pulled out a tarp and made an A-frame with a ground mat. I shared it with another kid and it kept us warm and dry. We learned mad respect for that guy...and respect for his kid by association.

Awesome video for a camping neophyte like me! 0:30 Plow Point 1:23 Plow Point Diamont Fold 2:01 Lean-to 2:53 C-Frame Lean-to 3:37 A-Frame 4:19 Coffin A-Frame 5:03 A-Frame with Fly 5:49 A-Frame with Ground Mat 6:36 Fly 7:01 Bivy

I don't see how people discount a tarp's usefulness as multi functional piece of gear. Thanks, Prof.

Holy crap Batman! I can’t believe I watched this great video again but each time I get something new. I’ve been setting up and sleeping under this Coalcracker 8x8 for over a year now and I thought I would give you an update. It’s getting better and better the more I use it. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and expertise and producing a great product.

I’ve used tarps from Cooke Custom Sewing for a tad over 25 years. No grommets, many tie down loops around edges and across center, color and material options, I like them as a good choice. Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

I'm partial to the plow point. So simple with very good coverage.

Need To Get Me One Of Them Tarps

Finally 100k subscriptions - You deserve it....

That looks like a nice tarp Dan. Thanks and take care.

Great information to know. Appreciate you showing all the different setups with one tarp! Thanks a lot! 👍👍

That was great. Thanks so much, Dan. Time to get out and practice!

This is the best shelter demonstration video I have seen. Thank you Dan!

This was a super cool video. I really like how you layed this out and clearly demonstrated how they were setup. I will have o do something like this in the future.

Best video in months. Huge bounty of knowledge condensed down in a nice format

So glad I stumbled across your channel. Love learning with you.! Keep the content coming, please.

Love your videos!!! I love making primitive tools and such!!! So happy to see others enjoy all things bushcraft!!!!

Hi Dan. The best I have yet to see - thanks. ATB. Stay safe. Nigel

I've been watching a lot of videos concidering tarp setups. Yours is one if not the most efficient, quick and informative video without any BS. I love the setup Variations and how you mention the Ups and Downs to every single one of them. Compressed and important Information. Job well done!

With a rectangle tarp, create a 3 sided pyramid and the excess few feet becomes a dry tarp portion inside the pyramid. Need a 9x12 tarp, pole about 4ft , 4 tent spikes minimum but 6 is better . Totally closed and wind/rain protected. Best for cold conditions to maintain body heat. Great video ,thank you!

Damn, that was a lot of information presented in a very concise manner. Found your channel from corporals corner and I'm glad i did!

Man, I love this channel. Thanks.

Tarp looked very well constructed! I also like the Adirondack shelter, the Diamond fly for hammock camping and the tarp tent using a trekking pole or tying one of the middle loops. Square tarps are indeed super versatile!

Thank you for posting today.

I've been using tarps for long as I can remember..I love them and super easy to put up and especially when the weather turns for the worst. I loved this video, gave me a couple of new ways to use them.

Hello my outdoors friend, thank you for sharing this very informative video. All the best to you. 🤗

Finally, my incessant refreshing of the Coalcracker website can subside a little, now that the tarps have been posted!!! Looking forward to that mail call in a few weeks!

As someone in this niche with spinal cord injury tarp camping is where its at! Easy setup and half or less the weight of a tent!! Great videos Dan! Love the channel!

One of the best videos I have seen on Tarps..........................

Very nice, thank you! Can't wait to get a tarp and start experimenting.

Love that tarp. Will last a good long time if looked after

Congratulations on 100k subscriptions!!!!!!

Thanks for making gear that actually lasts!! That tarp is the real deal

Very nice! I love the videos! I have a lot of training, but I still learn something new every time I watch a video.

Tarps are the best. Thanks for demonstrating some of the configurations. Very nice tarp.

Thank you for all your knowledge, I will look at oil tarps and get a couple. Love your channel be safe thanks again..

I keep one of the pos blue tarps in my van. put it over the hatchback and got a sick shelter! Camping with steve sent me.

Added this to my liked vids. This presentation combined more useful information, more efficiently and effectively than any other KZfaq video I can recall! Hats off to the professor!

Thanks for walking thorough these options and rationale for each.

New to your channel! I am a fan of tarp camping...this is a very informative, straight to the point video. Well done! -Justin

I'm so happy to have found your channel to learn so much.

All the essential info w/o a lot of chit chat. Thanks for lots of info and examples in just a few minutes.

Darn, Dan ... 10 possible life savers in 10 mins. Outstanding. Thanks. God bless. And right now I'm too old at 72 to stay in the woods. I'm doing chemo and radiation. But still trying to prep some for SHTF. So thanks.

Fantastic resource! Thanks for the DND, fast motion info.

Great info and clear, concise presentation. Nice work.

Great video as always! A couple of approaches/mods that I hadn’t tried before, so thanks! My go-to from younger years of backpacking is a variation of the flying wedge , i guess. Simply stake the back corners of a square tarp, then secure midpoint of the elevated side and suspend it about waist high. (Tree or hiking staff work fine. )This leaves two triangles flapping about. On starry nights I flop them onto the top with cordage attached to the corners. I can then have a fire to front or either side depending on conditions. If I need covered, I just pull the flaps together by pulling the dangling cordage and join them at the base of the hiking staff then stick a peg in the corner grommets. I don’t even have to get out of my sleeping bag! Seals out wind and rain from any direction. On your 8x8 it gives 32 sq ft even buttoned down. Either flap can be adjusted from fully stored above or as a fly or anything in between. Thanks again for your incredible videos! I never want to miss them.

Nice demonstration great job. I made my own tarp. Love it!

Wow your plaid game is strong, that's one beautiful shirt.

I like that you put so much Information in such a Short Video. Greetings from Germany!

Thank you my life in the bush can be so much more comfortable when I learn these set up I will be back Kevin NZ

Just wanted to say thx for all the videos and sharing your wealth of knowledge, I've been meaning/wanting to learn this kind of stuff for quite a while, as someone who likes to spend time in the outdoors and wants to be able to be self sufficient and prepared for a potential survival situation these videos are extremely helpful and informative.

As always, really great tips. Thank you.

a commercial that does not seem to be a commercial? Very effective!

Thanks for the video Dan, very informative. I’m new to your channel, found it watching a video you did with Townsends and fairly new to bushcraft. Just started last year, before that I was a survivalist, now practicing the old ways of bushcraft. Really enjoy all of your videos I’ve seen so far. Keep up the good work brother. - Steve

Third time watching this. I had to because I just got my 8x8 tarp from you guys. The first time I watched it I checked out the tarp. Hmm. The second time I watched it I ordered one. I just got it today and the quality is amazing, so I had to watch it again. And again and again! Thanks Dan

Might actually try out that A Frame w/ Ground Mat. I'm a shorter guy so it should work pretty well. Also, congrats on 100k!!

To quote Huey Lewis, "It's hip to be square."

most excellent examples on trap uses and their names. Thanks so very Much.

Thanks Dan.

Great video. I’m thinking of making one like yours for my students (i’m a teacher). Of course with a shout out to your channel, that I love👊

Sadly, this video is not going to get the views or recognition it deserves. Fantastic video and info!

Very cool. I learned a couple of new configurations!!

Nice one , a tarp is so versatile, as you showed excellent video , as usual 👍 take it easy Mr Coalcracket

I like doing a really low plow point. It conceals well and I like how your basically covered all around except for one side

Thanks, Dan.

Awesome video. Lots of setups to practise! New subscriber here! Cheers, from the Netherlands

TARPS, my personal choice since giving up tents 20 yrs ago...very versatile....Thnx my friend...👊💯

Good stuff Dan👍 Saved to playlist

CONGRATS ON 100K DAN!!! :>)>

Thanks, Dan. This is a great video

The best part about that last one is it's extremely fast and effective. In fact the reason I got into tarp shelters is because I've been rolling up in tarps for a few years and decided to take things more seriously.

Great video and really nice tarp!

I’m a tarp guy. You’re a good teacher. A square tarp is best, in my humble opinion. Texas

10/10 - comprehensive + mercifully succinct

I'm gonna go check out that tarp... Thx!

Thanks Dan ! Very informative.

I monitor your channel to learn things from you, that sometimes, ur not discussing directly, while explaining other things in detail. I like that u told th weight of this oil cloth, also, that it could be a bit darker, for camo. Needs. But all in all, u gave a good presentation for th different tarp/tent setups. Thanks Dan.!! Good job. Good Educator too.

I went solo backpacking in the Rockies last summer, and at first I used a lean-to configuration, but I found that it didn't do a good job of retaining body heat when the temperature dropped in the thin mountain air at night. (Fire use was heavily restricted, so I couldn't rely on radiant heat from that.) I switched to an A-frame with ground pad configuration for the latter half of my trip and was way more comfortable!

Awesome video man!!

Good video dude. A tarp is an awesome bit of kit

As always, Dan - great video! Love this channel. My 10X10 Aqua Quest just arrived yesterday so I'm looking forward to breaking some frozen ground and setting it up this weekend. I originally wanted to get canvas/oilcloth tarp but the added expense (depending), and weight? This 10X10 is half the weight, roughly. I'm pretty happy with what I have. Maybe down the road I'll get an oilcloth. Either way, tarp is the way to go for versatility, ease, and expense. I carry a 9X12 cheapo tarp ($6.00), as well, which is nice for doing a communal area (drinkin', guitars and fire nonsense!), a complete ground cover, or as an off-set fly to reflect heat and precipitation. The versatility is endless!! PEACE, Man!!

Excelente video irmão! Obrigado por compartilhar seu conhecimento! Vc me ensinou muito! Obrigado! Abraços do Brazil!!

When I was in the army by far the most common I used was simply a sleeping bag right on my tarp with the tarp rolled over me. It saved me many times by keeping my sleeping bag dry while every one else had a wet sleeping bag.

After decades of 3x3m tarps I’ve loved the added floor with 3x3 room of the 3x4.5m tarp .. worth every gram

I’ve learnt so much from your channel mate ! Hope to incorporate some tips and advice into my own channel - love from Australia

OUTSTANDING! Thank You!

Very good info! Happy 100k!😉

Loved th eVideo, Just called our tarp shop in town, Going with a 5x10 Waxed tarp and grommets!

That tarp would be great for car camping. My favorite tarp is a 9 x 9 made of sil- nylon.

Nice video.. Congratulations on reaching 100k subscribers

Great video. Tons of great info.

Great tips! Great tarp!

Love my oilskin tarp from Coalcracker Bushcraft

Now! That is a proper tarp!

Great video as always

For extreme weather, I like the pea-pod tarp/ hammock bivy.

Excellent video!

Great set ups...

Great suggestions.

Love your videos. Informative and to the point. This particular tarp though... I would want something made of a lighter material. 6 lbs is heavier than most tents I’ve seen and is a lot to carry around. I’d go with a Dyneema option that weigh around 5 oz