Happy New Year, everyone! Checkout Joe Price’s channel In Forests and Lands youtube.com/@inforestsandlands

I think Dave C. has been teaching the quick deploy ridge line for 20 years but I do like the toggle pre-attached at the bowline end. Happy New Year!

You show everything in detail, the knots seem easy 👍

Short, simple, efficient!! Thank you, awesome setup! I'm gonna use it in my own!!

Excellent 👍🏽. Cuz who, in a rain storm b it lite or heave ( snow 2 or hail ) Wans 2 b creating wood pieces to set up in darn hurry. You've already shoved your pack underneath the tarp after removing it from your pack spread out to keep the area underneath is dry as possible. And now you want to get it set up as darn fast as you can !!!! Great job amigo 👍🏽👍🏽

I like the refinement of the permanent toggles added, godd idea, especially in winter

Nice - thanks for sharing. You mentioned to use paracord750 - I'm not fond of paracord, cause it has a lot of stretch (>25% due to MIL-spec) and use polyester or Dyneema instead and don't need to readjust the tension after putting load to it. These Prusik-loop toggles work awesome - highly recommend it, it makes lif so much easier. With the DD-tarp you can premake a complete 'super shelter' with the ridgeline run through the outside center loops and a drop-cloth with taped on Mylar blanket hanging from the inside loops. Except the raised bed your super shelter is set up in two minutes! Stay safe and have fun outside

This is great, just what I need to set up for sudden UK rain! Thanks

Great tips. I’ve often thought the old style round clothes pins would make great ready made toggles.

Great upgrade, definitely a time saver.

Hi Jess .. 👍👍👍 .. toggles work great. Attaching them to the ridgeline means less to have to look for when in a hurry .. good idea. And a Good, Blessed, Prosperous and Healthy 2023 to you too my Friend, K and W×2. Take care .. Tommy

Came here for the ridgelines, stayed for the beard. I can guarantee this channel would triple it's following if you had heard related content. Interesting. I generally place my toggles on the item I'm attatching, not the ridgelines. I'm sure this works great, and it looks awesome, but this is one of those simple, overly complex items that we create, when we're sitting around camp thinking of ways to diy improve our kit, and subsiquently make it appear more bushcrafty. I'm sure this works great, but it's so much more simple to have the toggles attached to the item you're hanging. If the togles are attached to your tarp loops, you can literally attach your tarp to anything, via looping through itself. If you're bored, and desire to improve this, carve out some matching guyline quick clips, adjusters, etc. There's so many damn names for them.

I love the toggle idea. Main reason Kiss, keep it simple safe. If anyone has had a carribiner go bad will appreciate the simple toggle. If carribiner malfunctions your SOL and still need to make a toggle anyway. I also don't like carrying extra stuff. If I can make it when I get to my destination. The more you know the less you carry. You can not carry a lot so you better learn how to do things you need and save your back. I remember going through survivor training in the military. Makes you think outside the box. My grand dad and father we're wittllers and my grandfather made a violin with only a pocket knife. It inspired me when I went in the military. Thank for sharing.

GOOD TO KNOW. Thanks for sharing.

This is an awesome quick tip!!! Thank you for sharing it with us! I did the basic class at the PFS last October (I patched) and I wouldn't be surprised if this eventually becomes part of the curriculum. It's always evolving, and since we already had to make a pair of toggles for the tarp set up, I think this falls right in line. It's "bushcrafty" too, so there's that! 😃

Great idea! It sure beats making them when it's cold and wet!

Thanks for sharing. It seems everyone has a twist on rig lines.and everyone sharing just makes it nice

I really like the idea of having the Marlin Spike toggle attached. I'm definitely going to add that my my currently ridgeline set up. Thank you.

Excellent mate...always great to pick up little tips...best wishes from the UK 😉

Great setup😊 Thanks and take care.

Nicely done.

Great Idea, thank you for your video.

That was so good i subscribed, thanks for showing. After a while of not doing any camping & setting up tarp , the knots are sometimes hard to remember , but that set up seems so simple even i should be able to do. Great tip about the remaining cord acting as the toggle.

Thank you for sharing this cool idea Jesse Appreciate the heads up on Joe's Channel. Have a Joyous New Years Celebration May you and your tribe thrive in 23 !

Those are great additions

HI. Just stumbled onto your channel. Great info. Hope to see many more. Happy New Year Sir.

Hello there. I have been using this setup for years and it has never failed me day or night. The only difference with mine is with the initial bowline. I have extended the tail in the bowline and attached the toggle to it (instead of it being on a prussic attached to the line). No chasing it down the line or adjusting the prussic. It stays with the knot You can put this system up in complete darkness or blind folded.

good effort

Great idea! I am now going out and using this method until I have the process retained in my memory. Thank you...

Great idea!!! Thanks for the video!!!!!

Hey Jess ... For you and your Familie , a very nice and Healtey New 2023 !!!! and also thxs For sharing For the Awsome video .... grtz. Janneman from The Netherlands ....

Great now I've got to some more experimenting. I've been using toggles and prusucs to hold my tarp and speed up the process this year. Now I feel the need to replace as many carabiners as possible. Thanks.

Great information Jess, thanks for sharing. Happy New Year!

Really like the marlin spike at the base point. Simple and effective. Thanks for sharing this great video

Nice to see one more video before the year is over! You and your loved one have a wonderful New years as well Brother... May 2023 be the greatest Blessing for you guys ! Be Safe!!!!!!

I like it! Thanks for sharing!

That toggle thing is pretty neat, I'll be sure to add those.

simple clear and good time length. thank you

Thats is it bro...gracias hermano you have your self and the miss. A happy new years

I loved Joe’s, but I must say I love your minor but very nice improvements. Thanks to both of you gentlemen.

I love when you offer these little tips from your experience that provide big gains for our efficiency 😁 Thank you 👍🏻 Stay sharp my brother. This new year will bring harsh times. All my best to you & your family 💞

Great idea I like it and going to try to use it myself

Thanks for sharing. New to your channel. SUBSCRIBED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BINGO! You and I are singing from the same page in the hymnal. I vary some from you a bit because of different conditions. My tarp is a 10’X10’ from Cooke Custom Sewing, with loops around the perimeter and across the centerline. I have 2ea ridge lines, both of 25’. May not need both, but if that tree is just a wee bit too far out, I’ll join them. On the way to camp, one of those lines will be in a diamond O hitch, to secure some gear to a pack frame I made. (Prussic knots will be on the pack frame as tie down points). The other will be either the bow line of my canoe, or helping to secure gear to my motorcycle. I’m thinking of 6-8 prussic knots, some for securing the tarp to the ridge line, some for hanging headlight or dirty clothes bag under the tarp or outside of the tarp, some for securing the ridge line to kayak paddles, and some for securing gear onto tent poles. They are so handy and lightweight and versatile, that I plan to take along more than I think I’ll need. Fair winds to you. Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

Thanks great tips .

Happy New Year😇👍🇺🇸

Ha in the future there will be ridge lines with 16 toggles & 8 loops tied, bungees & carabiners plus ratchet straps! Bring it on. Nice one dude I will try this out.

Awesome. Not only works great but I love the look as well. Subbed.

Excellent tip! And very well demonstrated brother!

Happy New Year Great video All the best Clive 🤠

Nice Jess. That 4th toggle is a great addition. I think Neil over at Greencraft has something similar as well. Nate

Thank you I finally understand the truckers hitch

Just subscribed to him. Your channel is absolutely fantastic.

Great idea and yet so simple and effective. Thanks for explaining and showing it. I'll definitely incorporate this into my system and play around with it.

Awesome tip!!

Ridgelines: exist for as long as humanity can remember. Some cool dudes on the internets: But wait! There's more! I like this idea. Going to have to employ it soon. Great demonstration. Thank you for this. Prost, from CT.

Good idea Jess Happy New Year!! Looks like we "survived" another one!!!

I think this is the first of your videos I've seen. Good content. If you add a fifth prusik loop, you could use that as a faster trucker hitch. The loop would already be there. Get really quick deploy, prusik loop with a toggle on the ridge line. I got both ideas from Blackie Thomas.

Very Cool!

Happy new year. I’m a toggle guy. I really like using and making them.

Nice to know multiple ways thank you for sharing 👍

have a great 2023, Jess and family

I too have just gotten into carving toggles and then using my awl/reamer to make the hole in the middle and then run the line through the hole it works well and leaves nothing to be desired. Thank you for your time. 👍👍👍

That's perfect! I do something almost like that except I just throw the extra line to the side where it could get snagged by someone walking by the tree. I'll do this from now on.

If you want a fast setup: stake down 2 corners of your tarp, then you stake down the other 2corners on one point. Now you shoult have a triangle. Go in (at this point with the 2 corners) and in the center you place your trekkingpole/ stick. Done. Time: 2min. (A 10x10ft tarp means a 4.5ft stick, this is mostly the height of your biceps or armpit😊)

Great tip. I agree that this system will be most helpful when you're in a hurry to set up shelter quickly. Inspiring indeed. Happy New Year to you and your family

Just found your channel i liked that very nice , it was also good to see the knots done twice thank you

Brilliant!

I use a prusik loop near the 2nd end with a U shackle (the size you sometimes find on paracord bracelets) for the start of the truckers hitch, saves wear on the paracord and then you just sinch it up as usual and tie it off like you have. Can also use a U shackle without the pin for the toggle on the first end, again the metal is less wearing than wood on the paracord

Cool jacket!

Solid ideas, great video! 😊

I use a similar ridge line. What I do is simply tie a bowline knot around the first tree. No spike needed. Trucker on the other to tighten it all up.

Great idear & great vid many thanks

Thanks Jess, have a Happy New Year to you and your family.

Very good thanks

What I use instead of sticks for that purpose, it's the screwed finish part of plastic bottles. I cut them out, smoths and round out the sharp rough edges that gets produced for the cutting, with some fire out of a lighter... and BOOM... That plastic ring it's not only useful that that purpose but also for many other things like friction saver, hooking stuff, etc...

Good morning Jess

Great idea! Happy New Year!

brilliant, thank you

Love the marlin spike toggle idea

Thank you for this video. Looks like a great ridgeline technique. Happy New Year!

ps. love your prosek loops, nice idea with the wood sticks

I've done your old way before with the "plain" bank line prusiks. This looks way better with the toggles added. But... I am now into my Jungle Knots with a toggle set up. It'll be nice for mixing it up during the coming year though and as you say, "keeping it all bushcrafty!" Wishing you and yours a healthy and happy 2023 😉👍

Great video! Would like to see how you made the toggles exactly. 1. For non experienced among us... we would learn it to do so as a basic 2. For the "more experienced" among us... I would like to see how you finish the camp 🏕 (that includes the tarp) with the toggles. But... Good 👍 video. I will try it out for sure!

Farrimond Friction Hitch to the tree, allows for quick release, prusik knots for sliding and tension on the tarp, and soft toggles to replace carabiners, a strong truckers hitch is a beautiful thing. Recently found some antique wooden thread spools at a flea market, perfect for the Marlin Spike Hitch backpack toggle mount, they have these sweet flared ends. Cheers! To much fun !

Happy new year’s 🎉

I’ve started to use what I believe is called the Siberian hitch for your first anchor. I haven’t tested it through a storm or anything yet though. There sure is something to be said for having your line ready to go though.

You could also add 2 jute larks head line for A drip line at both ends of the tarp to keep water from running down the para cord into the Shelter and could use it for a fire starter if you’re in a pinch.I guess the only negative is the weight of the toggles but that is Minimal !also just purchased some Paracord with Extra lines monofilament some fire cord stuff that’s easy to light and some sewing light weight thread that might make a Great addition to a already good system. I got it from Creek Stewart for $15 plus shipping100ft it looks just like regular black Paracord .well done,!

Personally I chain loop my Ridgeline rope, I set up my tarp on it one time to see where to put my edge loops and that's it. Because of the chain loops the edge holders stay put even in the worst wind instead of sliding on the line or requiring a stopper knot.

You can even add a toggle to the carabinier on your hammock ends and just put that thru the rabbit ear that your webbing or rope goes thru been using for years like this .. and that one that you showed I have been using it for years too but do I do not use under tarp only need 3 toggles or 3 small carabinier .... Just have a ridge line on you hammock instead and use small carabinier to hang up your stuff .... For tree straps buy cheap tie downs 12-15ft and make one end a loop the other end straight ... Pass the web thru carabinier on your hammock then tie one buy bunny ear pass toggle thru bunny then pull tight this what i use have been for 5 plus years ..

Alternatively, a Siberian hitch is nice for the first tie-off. I do like having the built-in toggle if using the spike hitch method 👍🏻.

Run the free end of your cord twice through the slipknot before cinching it down. That way you can tighten your ridge line and the line locks into place. Then you can easily add the knots to secure it down. This can be done with winter gloves on so no frosty fingers.

I do something similar I make my bowline with a larger loop and a long tail to which I attach the " marlin spike " tent stake I wrap the loop of the bowline around the working end and insert the marlin spike into the loop the bowline wrapped around the line acts like a prussic and slides remove the stake and the bowline releases the working line. It is very easy to pass the line around the tree wrap the bowline around the ridge line and back through it self and insert the toggle with cold hands and with the toggle on the tag end of the bowline it's always ready.

Good video, Jess! Toggles are just way cool to use, especially when you make them yourself or the kids make them. I never thought of keeping one attached for the Marline hitch. Joe gave you a shout out on his FB and I believe on IG, too.

Great idea. Thx! All the UL hikers be like, “omg those pegs will add 3oz to my fragile body!!”

Corporals Corner is a good one to watch also. He has many videos on bushcraft.

Greetings and Happy New Years- I am familiar with the standard ridgeline with 3 prussiks, bowline and truckers hitch. I usually always have a few extra toggles with me, however after watching this, I think Im going to make this setup with some extra poplar toggles I whittled last year. Thanks for the video and Ill check out the other channel you mentioned. You and yours be safe and prosperous-

Your mountain hardwear jacket has a great pattern

Man i need to build one of these. I thought just adding prusiks was high speed 😂. Great video!

I've started carrying my toggle loops separately. Too often I would find my ridge line in a tangled mess.. I tie the ridge line at both ends, use the prepared loops with the toggles attached and tie them to the ridge line with a prusik knot. Takes a bit more organizing (a small bag for the loops, that I use to wrap the ridge line around) but I don't have to untangle the mess in the rain/cold/dark.