The toggle! I learned a great tip today.

When it comes to the topic of tarp config hacks, you got it "covered." Thanks for sharing, Prof.

Dude I love your practical bushcraft tips. Everything just makes sense

For carrying dirty clothes, I use a small-medium bag, made of mesh netting. If stuff isn’t sopping wet, just add it to the bag & hang it from a line, a bush, etc. Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

Once again, ya get more teaching done in seven minutes than most can share in 27:00. Thanks !

ok, I know this is off topic, but I'm digging the minimalist intro.

The benefit to that last one with the ridgeline above the tarp, you can drape a 2nd tarp over it to help slow and trap air--heating the shelter in winter--or allow air to flow between the layers, cooling the shade underneath it in summer...as well as hanging up wet clothes from bathing, washing, rain-drenching, etc. The best summer tents have an air-gap between two layers of covering (tarp, rainfly, etc) where wind can flow between them.

If your tarp shelter doesn't have a loop in the centre you can make one by pressing a marble/cork/stone/mud etc from the inside and tying it up from the outside using a short piece of cord (say one foot/300mm) with a simple knot (clove hitch?), and it will remain secure and above all water tight, which can then be attached to your Ridgeline.

The DD tarp has a reinforced pocket for a pole right in the center. I can't believe no other tarp maker does this.

Single Ridgeline setup = BRILLIANT!

That was awesome Dan. Thank you. Can’t wait to practice all of these variations.

Thank you for sharing this with us,,,I do appreciate your time and knowledge, can't wait to see the next vid... straight to the point,short and sweet...

I knew and used the last one but never tought of your 2nd way of doing it! I like these type of tips. Thanks man!

Dan I watch other bushcraft videos, like Black Hat, and they are good. But your videos are AWESOME. I know it's a lot of work to put out a video, but I want you to know I really appreciate it. Thank you.

I just stumbled across you channel and your hacks. All the years of serious camping, I’m 66, I have never used a toggle like that. BRILLIANT! Im now a new subscriber!

The plow point is my favorite. Thanks!

The plow is my go to shelter. I like the simplicity of this ridge line set up. Gonna try it out. Thanks Coalcracker.

Dan, I really have to thank you for your great videos. I've been away from camping (backpacking) for years, but your videos have gotten me inspired to "reconnect with the woods". These videos are giving me some great "tools" (that I never tried in my past) which I am now excited to use. I’ve ordered a few items from you already to refine my kit. Wish I lived a little closer to the woods, but Nebraska has more farm land than woods, however I plan to hone my skills by camping at some nearby state parks. Thanks for your videos, knowledge, honesty and great sense of humor. You are the "Mayor" of the woods!

I love. How Quick and to the point you share wisdom you have acquired with your followers. Thank you for sharing .😊

Like the short and to the point tips. Many YTers have to show how to tie every knot, every time, etc. So many are redundant but yours are straight to the point. Two thumbs up.

Well explained Dan, you have some of the best teaching videos I have seen on KZfaq. Cheers!

Thanks Dan. Simple as it comes. God bless.

So glad i found your channel, your tips are straight to the point and easy to follow! Love the second camping hack, definitly gonna try that next time !

These are great suggestions Dan! Thanks so much.

! Dan, I really have to thank you for your great videos. I've been away from camping (backpacking) for years, but your videos have gotten me inspired to "reconnect with the woods". These videos are giving me some great "tools" (that I never tried in my past) which I am now excited to use. I’ve ordered a few items from you already to refine my kit. Wish I lived a little closer to the woods, but Nebraska has more farm land than woods, however I plan to hone my skills by camping at some nearby state parks. Thanks for your videos, knowledge, honesty and great sense of humor. You are the "Mayor" of the woods

Great stuff!! I would just add that it is good to check trees where branches can fall.

Hello my outdoors friend, thank you for sharing this valuable information. You're a wealth of great ideas. 🤗

thanks Dan. love the quick tips

Hey Dan! Well look at you, using your big brain and doing the thinking! Very cool!

I know its am older video but i love the content! And as someone from pa its nice seein someone on YT doin this!

I like that tarp. Easy set up! I like that Filson mackinaw jac shirt too! Nice!

Good use of toggles, gonna try that. Also like the 3rd set up with the 'washing line' . A pair of my well- skidded boxers hung inside out should keep all but the most determined of camp intruders away ! Great video, thanks 😎

Good scoop, Dan!

Good to know! Thanks!

Good stuff! Thanks Dan

Ingenuity and beauty combo.

Terrific vid. My attempts at plow point shelters always ended up a floppy mess. Followed your instructions and damn if it didn't come out nice. Thank You.

Terrific tool for the toolbox, absolutely one I will use. A clothes line to hang things on, close to the tarp, is out of the way, easily avoided in dim light because of the tarp. Your ease and facility with the truckers hitch shows practiced skill. Well done lesson. Thank you, again. I wish I had a woods craft teacher like you when I was young. I so enjoy the outdoors. We need you for our young people NOW, to get them into the woods, away from their other gods, the tv, and computers (as I text this on a computer). Your advice at the end of all your videos is right on target. Would like to see your son again. As I remember, he was quite the chip off the ol’ block, a fine boy. Texas

Thank you for this video! Great tips, techniques, tarp configurations.

Your videos are simply outstanding 👍

I like that first option. Very clever!

If you put a couple pruisk knots on your ridge line all the time, you can slide it around as needed, if needed, when needed.

Clear and concise teaching. Another for the memory banks. McIntyre.

Great idea..... the last one in particular

I’m telling you, I enjoy your how-to videos. Subsequently my time outside fishing and hunting has improved. Keep up the great work. Also your store is very nice , but I keep my plastic behind plexiglass.

Very cool hacks!! I like the multifunctional aspect of it.

Great tips! ThanQ

Thanks for the video Dan. Good stuff.

Great Tips! Thankyou!

Great thanks, so simple when you know how.

Tarp camping with the king! Great video!

Middle prusik knot with toggle.

Really good and practical hacks. Thanks.

Really good, Dan! Just pitched my first plow point today.

👍🐺🧙‍♂️ Thanks!!!

A couple of hacks I haven't tried yet. Looks like I'll get some tarp set-up fun when I camp next week

Loving the videos :-) Learn the bowline knot for your tarp endpoints - it uses less line, is easy to open after tensioning and eliminates the need for toggles. And you can use it in a MILLION ways. Just a tip from a sailor to a land lugger ;-)

Great and helpful video on the survival shelter. Keep the great and helpful videos coming.

CPL Kelly told me to check out your site, very informative. Keep up the good work.

Love your work,man!!

Solid video. Great content for the community. Excellent hack

I just made a couple videos where I actually camped in one of these in the wind. They’re not nearly as useful as they seem when setting them up for a video. Dan is awesome btw, I’m not knocking him. I’d just like to see more videos of these in use in adverse conditions.

You made it so simple and easy. Subbed.

Good job

I've been subscribed and live in the Pittsburgh area. I thoroughly enjoy your channel and tips

Amazing!

Thanks Dan good tips !! Besafe and keep your fire lit . Konrad

Good points thanks

Seems like it was just the other day I learned this great trick on tying a truckers hitch.

Good stuff

Good ideas.

Nicely informative

great video.

Thanks for the video!!!

This is nice, I like it!

Great Video... Thank you for the Knowledge... oh corporals corner sent me here...

Nice job Dan. I see you are over 100K on subs. Congrats. Keep rolling-full steam ahead.

I use a 10’X10’ rain fly from Cooke Custom Sewing. I’ve rigged it over 25 different ways, all of them useful at that time. I understand the lure of getting by with only a simple piece of equipment. I also understand the lure of crawling into my bed, and knowing that I’m going to be the only one in it. Permethrin repels and kills pests lke ticks and mosquitoes. My tent zips up and keeps out other pests like snakes, spiders, rain, etc. It’s a privilege for each of us to be able to choose what we want. I choose a tent that keeps stuff out; others choose tarp shelters that freely circulate stuff through. I’ve learned how to quickly set up a plow point shelter using an 8’ pole, And place my tent next to it for a sheltered relaxing area. Thanks for helping with that.

A DIRTY CLOTHES BAG In the past, whenever I happened to change clothes after a few days, I used to put the dirty clothes in the drybag with the clean clothes. Well, that’s not necessarily the smartest way to do it. So, I snitched one of my wife’s mesh bags used for washing delicate items in the washing machine. Stashing my smelly clothes in that mesh bag, and hanging it up to get dry BEFORE I sealed it into the dry bag made a noticeable difference!

A Preisk loop and toggle Would Work on that straight Ridgeline Would be sweet too! Enjoy your channel!

Yo, I love your content, I must say that your AF(auto focus) seems to have a mind of its own in most of these videos...

I love that shirt-jacket that you're wearing.

Good video. I just found your channel not long ago, and you produce some great content. Thanks for your effort.

When you have trouble undoing knots that have tightened hard, the pliers of your multitool will undo anything quite easily. Always carry that near your hand.

Very good ideas, Thank you very much

Great video thank you for sharing this info!

Good video

Tnx man

Yep!

Cool thanks.👍🇨🇦

Three triangles tarp setup😊

Nice hack.

What a killer video

If you don't have a fancy tarp with a loop in the middle you can take a small smooth stone or a little handful of duff, bunch your tarp around it and tie it up from there.

Loop knots and toggles, I use them more than anything, wether it's shelter, my trotlines fishing, or tying stuff down in the back of the pickup! I keep a collection of sticks about 4-8 inches long and about 1/2-3/4 of an inch around in bed of pickup

I like - and trust - what you say. Thanks. Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

Must be nice to have all those trees. Seeking more info on desert tenting. Poles I guess?

Nice

Nice hacks, found the tarp at your web site.

Love the short tips!