I like the use of two poles. I have seen people setup tents with poles inside and I know it can be done, but I think the setup you demonstrate here is easier to setup with less fuss and easier for beginners or those of us who don't want to deal with a lot of ropes or poles.
Thank you for your videos and more information. I appreciate that you share the knowledge. I have seen a lot of pup tents and tarp shelters on you tube. There is one thing that I do that helps me better on windy days is after the back half is stake and set. I put the front stake in the ground with a loop not. Then make a trucker hitch at the top instead of the bottom. So when I am standing I can hold my shelter next to the body and then tighten the cord downwards to the ground. This will give more control. Because one hand can still hold the top of the shelter until your tension is needed with the other hand pulling away towards the ground. Thank you for helping us.
BRILLIANT!!! I keep cordage attached at the opposite long edge corners so i would probably tie the front line into a figure eight to the front stake. thanks for sharing, J.
I think I might try this tomorrow but leave the fraps loose till I get 3-4 and then try to pull them tight with a toggle and see if it's just as tight as pulling each wrap tight as you go. Might make it easier to get the cord in between the poles.
Many thanks for all the videos you put out and just being honest here, but out of all the "how to videos" I love the simplicity of instruction block as well as the fact all the content is tried/tested and honest equipment reviews with no agenda just the facts with pros n cons. Anyways love what you do and its awesome to see a wilderness survival channel that focuses on the skill building and not product pushing of gear/equipment that the average person can't afford anyways. Love the channel, it's like the Mc Guyver of woodsmen don't change brother God Bless
I do have what I consider a smaller share of gear videos and that ranges from inexpensive to expensive and everything in between, but I am trying to keep that limited to 20% or so of the channel. The majority love the gear videos so I have to take that into account, but I prefer to keep it mostly skills videos. It seems to be well received if I show gear/kits up front and then show how to use that gear in skills videos. Seems like a good balance from what I am seeing.
@@GrayBeardedGreenBeret Oh don't get me wrong brother I love the gear reviews also, I just wanted to say thank you for the honest reviews. Looking forward to hearing more about the cache system. The trapping kit videos still some of my favorites and after trying the automatic reels, well I am totally "hooked". Thanks again for what you do
@@GrayBeardedGreenBeret worth more than gold, you can multi task or turn a single fishermen into several. Haven't gotten anything big enough to break the line yet but hey the year ain't over.
Great video Enjoy the knowledge you spread in every video you make they are very useful information!! Thanks for all you do and have done for country!! GBGB!!!!
I love this* I am at the beginning of learning &have bought myself a poncho as a practice/start out shelter.I also love the coast,so this kind of set-up you have demonstrated-to me seems perfect.Thank you so much for sharing & I have now subscribed to your channel.Sending Best Wishes from Scotland :-)
Great video, actually learned another great proper shelter assembly with minimal gear. Bet that clay greound resists having things (tent pins) jammed into it
really really cool .. 6 wraps 2 fraps not counting the running bowline.. got it.. what you can do with at tarp or amazing.. collecting tinder and a couple of saplings as you go and BAM.. your livin' the dream ... mosquitoes i hate mosquitoes ... looks like there was a fish hook on the bank like or something.. could be mistaken..
With the mentality that shelters should both be quick to deploy, and quick to take down, is there a viable way to use this set up without lashing the poles together? I think I'll try this tonight with a modified highwayman's hitch and see how it holds up.
I’m sure it can be done. What we teach the military is a lower profile version and the bipod is lashed separately and is just propping up the shelter from underneath. That way it can be slid down from inside and the shelter drops down and offers some concealment.
As long as the stakes (and tarp grommets) hold, just attach both top points to the lash point, and stake the rear of the second tarp in the same, straight line. The opposing tension should hold everything in place.
Nice setup. I could see it being helpful in some areas. I also like how you turned me on to Hunt Primitive. You cost me $60 when you put that picture on Instagram haha
The Gray Bearded Green Beret oh yeah! I’m really looking forward to seeing the video he’s releasing this evening about hunting the buffalo with an atlatl. His stuff brings me back to what I enjoyed doing in my free time as a kid. I was all about primitive skills and I had forgotten how rewarding it was to practice them.
Thank you for the video! I saw you were using black plastic stakes but could not find them on your Amazon page. Could you please tell us who makes them or where you got them, or add them to your Amazon page? Thank you!
Hi Josh I'm Mark a subscriber and i want to ask you if you have a ust tube tarp and if you do could you show a video on a way to set it up but fully enclosed, i only have that and I'm not to good at it other than the standard way , Thanks in advance
The Gray Bearded Green Beret just a way to set it up with top and bottom and enclosed with one way in and out basically a true shelter from wind and rain
I'd have to play with it. I think off the top of my head if I didn't want it to be a tube like designed I would probably configure it in a sort of Foresters Tent. Check out my Instagram post from June 15th instagram.com/p/BywCWliB2UK/
Cardinal Outdoors they are slick in the mud and on leaves if it’s steep, these are slick bottom, just buckskin with zero tread. You learn to walk differently after wearing them for some time. I don’t wear them when teaching since I al usually in a time crunch and don’t have time to choose a certain path. That and it’s almost always raining when I teach for some reason. Boots allow me to just barrel right through everything without thinking
Excellent Josh! Thanks for sharing this! Seeing you use your ridgeline setup for this is another awesome less! Do you find that 25' for a ridgeline is almost always enough in most wilderness settings? I learned the ridgeline system from Corporal and he always said to keep a minimum of 50' and I'm curious of your take on it. Not splitting hairs, mad respect for you both, just curious.
The Corporal is off his meds sometimes. Kidding, we both teach the 25’ ridge line at physical classes so I’m not sure why he would do 50’ for videos, never noticed that. Generally 25’ is all that is needed in the east, but he lives out west where trees can be more sparse so maybe that is the reason.
@@GrayBeardedGreenBeret maybe it was just his suggestion for having the 10 C's minimal kit instead of just setting up a ridge line kit. Thanks for the feedback boss!
AG Survival anytime brother! That I can see. 50’ was the minimum paracord length we carried in the Rangers also so I bet that’s his USMC shining through
@@GrayBeardedGreenBeret rumor in the comment section warrior clan is you werent really a ranger... bahahahahahaha! having said that, thank you for your service and the great content of these vids man! Enjoy your night!
Constructive criticism: Zoomed in a bit too far, on the wraps. You do capture all of the essentials but lost some of the things in the periphery. Plus, for the longer shots, it is worth using a wearable microphone. It helps keep the sound level consistent when traversing from a close up scene to a mid or long distance shot. Still a very useful video mind, which gets my thumbs up. Love the channel too, and am a subscriber.
I appreciate the constructive feedback. I filmed this on the fly with my phone thirty minutes before editing and releasing it so that I would have something for the channel subs to watch today. Definitely not my best work, but better than missing a video altogether. I’ve just come off of spending a few days with my family that I have been separated from for 134 out of the last 140 days, with 24 of the last 48 hours spent driving to make that happen. I just didn’t have much time to make this one happen.
If you want a cheap mastika repellent Go to any Dollar stole you can buy The ingredients ther purchase Dryel sheets and rubbing alcohol Put all the dryer Sheets in two a Two liter bottle then put two liter of water in the bottle then in 24-hours Later then put it in two a spray bottle Half-and-half with rubbing alcohol
By what definition? Free standing as in standing independently on its own without trees. What you’re describing I would describe as a free standing tripod shelter. Supported by stakes or supported by a third pole makes no difference. Bottom line is the shelter stands alone independently in a field or desert or forest.
@@GrayBeardedGreenBeret language exists for a reason, words have a meaning. And if that is a free standing shelter than I am the free floating emperor of China and not yours sincerly couchcamper ;-) In all seriousness, free standing means it does not need to be staked out or tied to anything. it can stand on its own. it's a sound definition in the outdoors market, no company could sell your idea as a free standing option, because it isn't. look at the "Wechsel Pathfinder Tent" or its chinese "Recom" copies, for example. those don't need pegs. it doesn't matter if it needs two, three or 6 poles. it just doesn't have to be fixed to other things to stand tall.
couchcamper I understand words have meaning and language exists for a reason. One thing I dislike more than a pedant who argues things like this that don’t matter, is someone who takes a condescending tone with me like that. By definition, and in this context, this shelter stands independently. Unlike the other shelters I have shown that require trees and a ridgeline. That is the real definition of “freestanding”, regardless of what the outdoor market says it is and I’m not trying to market it.
@@GrayBeardedGreenBeret you don't have to believe a condescending pedant, read a book on tents instead. (now THAT was condescending, wasn't it?) basically it's not a biggy: The definition of "free standing" related to tents is not the same as "lonely house" or free standing building. I can't help it, it is like it is.
couchcamper since we are being pedantic, this isn’t a tent so your book or definition (which you still haven’t cited the source for) isn’t applicable. I feel like your time would be better spent on your own channel maybe gaining some subscribers who value your opinion rather than spending it on mine trying to sharpshoot me (see, THAT was condescending).
Hey man, thanks very much for the shout out! Very much Appreciate it
No problem! I really enjoy watching your channel so I figure others would also. Looking forward to the Bison Hunt video
@@GrayBeardedGreenBeret thanks very much. Just a few more hours til that baby drops. Very curious to see how it does
Nice set up. Simple but effective. One more to put in the tool box...................
I like the use of two poles. I have seen people setup tents with poles inside and I know it can be done, but I think the setup you demonstrate here is easier to setup with less fuss and easier for beginners or those of us who don't want to deal with a lot of ropes or poles.
Thank you for your videos and more information. I appreciate that you share the knowledge. I have seen a lot of pup tents and tarp shelters on you tube. There is one thing that I do that helps me better on windy days is after the back half is stake and set. I put the front stake in the ground with a loop not. Then make a trucker hitch at the top instead of the bottom. So when I am standing I can hold my shelter next to the body and then tighten the cord downwards to the ground. This will give more control. Because one hand can still hold the top of the shelter until your tension is needed with the other hand pulling away towards the ground. Thank you for helping us.
BRILLIANT!!! I keep cordage attached at the opposite long edge corners so i would probably tie the front line into a figure eight to the front stake. thanks for sharing, J.
Josh Enyart, Grey Bearded Green Beret.
Josh Enyart, also apologizes to sticks when bumping into them. 6:36
Great video!
Force of habit, I have 4 children and usually if I step on something like that its one of them underfoot
Man gotta get back the basics, been away from them for a long time. Thanks for the inspiration.
Absolutely love the rapid ridgeline setup and this is a good quick easy setup. Keep on keeping on brother.
looks like you've been sandbar camping.....that set up comes in handy....great video
I think I might try this tomorrow but leave the fraps loose till I get 3-4 and then try to pull them tight with a toggle and see if it's just as tight as pulling each wrap tight as you go. Might make it easier to get the cord in between the poles.
Nice simple set up, and much more stable than a single pole rig
Many thanks for all the videos you put out and just being honest here, but out of all the "how to videos" I love the simplicity of instruction block as well as the fact all the content is tried/tested and honest equipment reviews with no agenda just the facts with pros n cons. Anyways love what you do and its awesome to see a wilderness survival channel that focuses on the skill building and not product pushing of gear/equipment that the average person can't afford anyways.
Love the channel, it's like the Mc Guyver of woodsmen don't change brother
God Bless
I do have what I consider a smaller share of gear videos and that ranges from inexpensive to expensive and everything in between, but I am trying to keep that limited to 20% or so of the channel. The majority love the gear videos so I have to take that into account, but I prefer to keep it mostly skills videos. It seems to be well received if I show gear/kits up front and then show how to use that gear in skills videos. Seems like a good balance from what I am seeing.
@@GrayBeardedGreenBeret Oh don't get me wrong brother I love the gear reviews also, I just wanted to say thank you for the honest reviews. Looking forward to hearing more about the cache system. The trapping kit videos still some of my favorites and after trying the automatic reels, well I am totally "hooked". Thanks again for what you do
weDONOTconsent ohio those yo-yo’s are awesome aren’t they? 5-10 of them are an easy dinner for not very much weight.
@@GrayBeardedGreenBeret worth more than gold, you can multi task or turn a single fishermen into several. Haven't gotten anything big enough to break the line yet but hey the year ain't over.
That is a very clever mod, will try it out!
Great video Enjoy the knowledge you spread in every video you make they are very useful information!! Thanks for all you do and have done for country!! GBGB!!!!
Another awesome tip! Thanks for expanding our knowledge. Keep the videos coming.
Great change up for a free standing
Hey Josh... was wondering if you could perhaps zoom out a touch when doing knots... cheers.
Great info as always.
Back to front
Never seen that configuration before. Great video
Perfect setup! Keep doing what ya do brother.
Good idea, always. Set up was quick and easy. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and expertise.
What a great setup, a free standing version of what we call a "Lone Wolf" in the Swedish army!
Nice set up Josh. I like that simple lash.
Nate
I love this* I am at the beginning of learning &have bought myself a poncho as a practice/start out shelter.I also love the coast,so this kind of set-up you have demonstrated-to me seems perfect.Thank you so much for sharing & I have now subscribed to your channel.Sending Best Wishes from Scotland :-)
Welcome to the channel!
Nice set up ....thanks your the man.keep the videos coming brother.
Very good. I never would have done it that way. GREAT!!!!! Thanks!
Pretty cool setup. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome stuff! I really need to up my knot game.
Solid video. Great content for the community
Very clever, yet so simple. Thanks for sharing ATB
Nice setup, ill try that next time! Thanks Josh
Nicely done. This is simple and easy.
Outstanding
Yep, going to use the heck out of this configuration this summer, thanks for sharing :-)
i like that it looks simple and easy to put up, which one a good shelter from the elements.
Quick and easy, I like that.
Thank you, Josh!
Excellent video. Thank you
Joshua. Thanks for sharing, that was great information 👍
Thanks Joshua!
Awesome set up, I cant wait to teach my daughter this one. God bless
Great option. Thank you, sir.
Outstanding.
Quick and simple. I like it!
Brilliant! Thanks Josh!
It's fast. Can make it lower to the ground too if you want more coverage. Great effort Josh. TYFYS.
Thank you for the video of how to do this.
Thanks for this great tip!
I got to try this I love it
Looks good. Take care.
Great idea as always..
Another great video thanks
Wish I'd known about this one sooner :/ Thanks Josh! I'll be using this simple, sturdy set-up for sure 👍
Nice set up enjoy your channel.
Thanks! I learned a couple of things.
Love it very cool.
Great video, actually learned another great proper shelter assembly with minimal gear. Bet that clay greound resists having things (tent pins) jammed into it
Nice setup nice and simple.
Josh, this is nice! Simplicity😉
Good job there Gray Bearded One, I like this shelter 👍🏻😎
Watching some Dave Canterbury but your notification popped up! Soooooo Ya I'm here
Awesome video, thanks! N.E. Ohio here.
really really cool .. 6 wraps 2 fraps not counting the running bowline.. got it.. what you can do with at tarp or amazing.. collecting tinder and a couple of saplings as you go and BAM.. your livin' the dream ... mosquitoes i hate mosquitoes ... looks like there was a fish hook on the bank like or something.. could be mistaken..
I think just a gray spot on the bank line from being worn out
Great video. Cool set up. Unfortunately where I live if there are no trees it means no poles either. So unless I’m carrying trekking poles...
Neat setup
Thank you.
Great video!
Nice!
good stuff
With the mentality that shelters should both be quick to deploy, and quick to take down, is there a viable way to use this set up without lashing the poles together? I think I'll try this tonight with a modified highwayman's hitch and see how it holds up.
I’m sure it can be done. What we teach the military is a lower profile version and the bipod is lashed separately and is just propping up the shelter from underneath. That way it can be slid down from inside and the shelter drops down and offers some concealment.
You can use a single pole if you tie onto it with a clove hitch in the center of your ridgeline. This gives you two tie out points.
Always great content. Thank you!
Good stuff.
I do this when I can’t hammock. Providing there’s a couple poles laying around.
That was cool. Must of missed it the first time around
Love the shirt !!
awesome. i am learning so much from your videos..... but why do you have a fishing hook in the line?
Could you put another tarp on the opposite side of the sticks also ?
You probably could. I’ve not seen it done but I’m sore it could be figured out
As long as the stakes (and tarp grommets) hold, just attach both top points to the lash point, and stake the rear of the second tarp in the same, straight line. The opposing tension should hold everything in place.
@@CarolinaDruid thats kinda what I was thinking too.
I like it.
Great info
Thank you for sharing :-)
Nice setup. I could see it being helpful in some areas. I also like how you turned me on to Hunt Primitive. You cost me $60 when you put that picture on Instagram haha
Ryan is doing some great stuff, isn’t he? Really enjoy watching him
The Gray Bearded Green Beret oh yeah! I’m really looking forward to seeing the video he’s releasing this evening about hunting the buffalo with an atlatl. His stuff brings me back to what I enjoyed doing in my free time as a kid. I was all about primitive skills and I had forgotten how rewarding it was to practice them.
Thank you for the video! I saw you were using black plastic stakes but could not find them on your Amazon page. Could you please tell us who makes them or where you got them, or add them to your Amazon page?
Thank you!
I’ve had my own website for two years now. I don’t really keep the Amazon page up.
I wish I learned this earlier in my career.
KISS at its best.
Hi Josh I'm Mark a subscriber and i want to ask you if you have a ust tube tarp and if you do could you show a video on a way to set it up but fully enclosed, i only have that and I'm not to good at it other than the standard way , Thanks in advance
I may have one in a box somewhere in storage. I’m not sure I’m following what you mean by fully enclosed? As in no doors, 4 walls, a roof and a floor?
The Gray Bearded Green Beret just a way to set it up with top and bottom and enclosed with one way in and out basically a true shelter from wind and rain
I'd have to play with it. I think off the top of my head if I didn't want it to be a tube like designed I would probably configure it in a sort of Foresters Tent. Check out my Instagram post from June 15th instagram.com/p/BywCWliB2UK/
I dig that shirt.
GBGB, love the channel! You're a true American
What does it mean to be a 'true' American?
Portable hunting blind when glassing on top of ridges.
Your still in the buckeye? Good tips as usual 👍
I am, might be basing out of here for a bit visiting family
I see you ditched the Salomons you were not having a good experience with... haha. Btw, love this new shelter system setup Josh!
I did! Just picked up a pair of Keen's that I have been running now but still prefer my moccasins when I can
@@GrayBeardedGreenBeret What kind of grip do you get with your moccasins?
Cardinal Outdoors they are slick in the mud and on leaves if it’s steep, these are slick bottom, just buckskin with zero tread. You learn to walk differently after wearing them for some time. I don’t wear them when teaching since I al usually in a time crunch and don’t have time to choose a certain path. That and it’s almost always raining when I teach for some reason. Boots allow me to just barrel right through everything without thinking
@@GrayBeardedGreenBeret Right on man!
Excellent Josh! Thanks for sharing this! Seeing you use your ridgeline setup for this is another awesome less!
Do you find that 25' for a ridgeline is almost always enough in most wilderness settings? I learned the ridgeline system from Corporal and he always said to keep a minimum of 50' and I'm curious of your take on it. Not splitting hairs, mad respect for you both, just curious.
The Corporal is off his meds sometimes. Kidding, we both teach the 25’ ridge line at physical classes so I’m not sure why he would do 50’ for videos, never noticed that. Generally 25’ is all that is needed in the east, but he lives out west where trees can be more sparse so maybe that is the reason.
@@GrayBeardedGreenBeret maybe it was just his suggestion for having the 10 C's minimal kit instead of just setting up a ridge line kit. Thanks for the feedback boss!
AG Survival anytime brother! That I can see. 50’ was the minimum paracord length we carried in the Rangers also so I bet that’s his USMC shining through
@@GrayBeardedGreenBeret rumor in the comment section warrior clan is you werent really a ranger... bahahahahahaha!
having said that, thank you for your service and the great content of these vids man! Enjoy your night!
AG Survival man, if folks are saying that 1) I haven’t seen it yet, and 2) I have no doubts that somewhere it’s happening.
Constructive criticism: Zoomed in a bit too far, on the wraps. You do capture all of the essentials but lost some of the things in the periphery. Plus, for the longer shots, it is worth using a wearable microphone. It helps keep the sound level consistent when traversing from a close up scene to a mid or long distance shot. Still a very useful video mind, which gets my thumbs up. Love the channel too, and am a subscriber.
I appreciate the constructive feedback. I filmed this on the fly with my phone thirty minutes before editing and releasing it so that I would have something for the channel subs to watch today. Definitely not my best work, but better than missing a video altogether. I’ve just come off of spending a few days with my family that I have been separated from for 134 out of the last 140 days, with 24 of the last 48 hours spent driving to make that happen. I just didn’t have much time to make this one happen.
Damn, dude, that's legit dedication to your channel!
@@GrayBeardedGreenBeret Awesome dedication on getting out informative content under those conditions. Respect.
Uhm... Just have to ask, where did you find that teeny weenie tarp, were you shopping in the baby section of Walmart? :p
Baby Gap, same place I buy my t-shirts
@@GrayBeardedGreenBeret Ha! Didn't know that place still existed. Thanks for the laugh, I needed that.
Shane Needles those shirts make me look huge and I don’t have to work out. That’s a solid tick mark in the win column for me.
👍👍
You said 5 shelters ?
Three others from another video, this one, and there are actually a couple more on this system I haven’t filmed yet.
@@GrayBeardedGreenBeret waiting to see the others brother . Keep up the good work
What is it about hunting? ...
I don't understand what you are asking here.
The Gray Bearded Green Beret sorry mate just ignore me I’m being an ignorant twat lol ...
Eleven viewers gonna call TH-cam for a refund! Hahaha!
😂😂😂
If you want a cheap mastika repellent
Go to any Dollar stole you can buy
The ingredients ther purchase
Dryel sheets and rubbing alcohol
Put all the dryer Sheets in two a
Two liter bottle then put two liter of water in the bottle then in 24-hours
Later then put it in two a spray bottle
Half-and-half with rubbing alcohol
I kind of like the less perfect camera work here. For some reason it adds a gritty, almost surreal aspect to it. Just sayin.
very good setup, but not free standing. that would need no stakes and one more stick.
By what definition? Free standing as in standing independently on its own without trees. What you’re describing I would describe as a free standing tripod shelter. Supported by stakes or supported by a third pole makes no difference. Bottom line is the shelter stands alone independently in a field or desert or forest.
@@GrayBeardedGreenBeret language exists for a reason, words have a meaning. And if that is a free standing shelter than I am the free floating emperor of China and not yours sincerly couchcamper ;-)
In all seriousness, free standing means it does not need to be staked out or tied to anything. it can stand on its own. it's a sound definition in the outdoors market, no company could sell your idea as a free standing option, because it isn't. look at the "Wechsel Pathfinder Tent" or its chinese "Recom" copies, for example. those don't need pegs. it doesn't matter if it needs two, three or 6 poles. it just doesn't have to be fixed to other things to stand tall.
couchcamper I understand words have meaning and language exists for a reason. One thing I dislike more than a pedant who argues things like this that don’t matter, is someone who takes a condescending tone with me like that. By definition, and in this context, this shelter stands independently. Unlike the other shelters I have shown that require trees and a ridgeline. That is the real definition of “freestanding”, regardless of what the outdoor market says it is and I’m not trying to market it.
@@GrayBeardedGreenBeret you don't have to believe a condescending pedant, read a book on tents instead. (now THAT was condescending, wasn't it?) basically it's not a biggy: The definition of "free standing" related to tents is not the same as "lonely house" or free standing building. I can't help it, it is like it is.
couchcamper since we are being pedantic, this isn’t a tent so your book or definition (which you still haven’t cited the source for) isn’t applicable. I feel like your time would be better spent on your own channel maybe gaining some subscribers who value your opinion rather than spending it on mine trying to sharpshoot me (see, THAT was condescending).
Outstanding