Hey I'm Shug .Today we're going to go back in time we're going to take another look a revisit
to the Tensa Trekking Treez you see my hammock is hanging on Two Poles right now those are actually
carbon fiber hiking poles called the trekking trees that convert into a hammock stand in the
woods there's a couple of updates we're going to look at today that make these a little bit better
while we're thinking about this I'm going to go lay in there for a second and think about my next
move maybe some of you purchased these and don't know about these updates yet
that are going to improve particularly the part you see sticking out at the top
which is the end of the trekking pole and that converts into your tarp lifter but
tenza has done a new little update so we're going to look at that maybe put some tarps
on specifically today we're looking at this new little update and this is called a TLC
what this is is a piece of carbon fiber in a heat shrink tube with a screw on the bottom and that
will screw to the top of your tenza tree when you convert to hammock mode in hiking pole mode this
is called the trekking foot but you can see right there there's your traditional little end of it
the rubber knob and that you can use to put on the end of your pole and you can see it on that pole
down there to extend the height of your tarp boom there's been a couple of uh breakages in the past
the wind blows it puts a lot of stress on this you can bend the screw on the end of the Pole the
actual carbon fiber in a couple places have split this little item called the TLC your trekking foot
will slip into that this will screw into the end of your trekking trees on the top screw and what
basically happens is if the wind blows or you get stress on this the rubber tube right here
will bend and in a serious case it'll just bend and that's going to happen instead of breaking
your triking foot they'll be offering them on the site get in touch with 10 uh for previous
owners I don't know how much these are going to be or how they're going to do it but I would get
in touch with them and this is just going to give you a little bit of safety out there in the field
a lot of us hammockers man we'll do anything anything to use our hammock right here we're
looking at the foot end of my hammock and I have one of the trekking foots which is now called the
tarp lifter put onto the TLC right here they do recommend just in case case that you add a couple
of guy outs here and I've just taken some line got a little Loop right around there and what
I've done is just tied a prussic knot right down here on my guyline to my trekking trees off the
Hub the main guidelines and they do recommend this take heed the tenza crew recommends guying these
out even if using the TLC just for a little extra protection now it's up to you with you want to do
you don't have to and I have actually before I figured this out before I really thoroughly
read the uh instructions and directions I had it on there and um I had no problem and in the past
I've even had the you know the trekking foot just you know just on there and I I guess I got lucky
a lot of times it's high winds that tend to force these to as you can see again right here take my
hand and do it with the TLC on there it gives it a little you know a little safety all right here
we're looking at my head end now foot end head end I just have the TLC that new attachment on
there and what you do usually if you want your tarp up higher is just take this and
put that in there like that and your tarp will go over that and that will also protect your
tarp the other thing take that Knob Off let's take that trekking foot out here's the TLC part
with the rubber tubing the heat shrink tubing right here this is what I've done I put my knob
right in there so my tarp sits on this part and for me I like my tarp low so that would probably
be my preferred way and you don't have to guy out or do anything with that again if you're
going to use it in this mode with the extenders they do recommend guying out and again you're
the one who purchased it it's up to you whether you want to risk that or not it's not really as
complicated as it looks once you do it a few times but the key is really staking it out
well all right boom Stakes on this end and I'm using Peggy pegs for the first time on
this end so really uh study up go to their um go to the link on their site about anchors and read
the information there because it'll talk about different kinds of soils these are really good
for for hard soil and you screw them in with this little hex key right here but you got this little
tool and you don't want to really tighten them more than you have to they say to the minute
it quits turning quit tightening cuz the they will break this weighs nothing and this is your
little way to tighten them up I kind of just put my whole hand on there but it's as tight as it'll
go and the boom Stakes I've shown you before I use a 14-in titanium steak
that goes into the ground there with this piece of aluminum and the pressure comes
pulls from here instead of pulling on the steak to pull that out but this works for
me and I really like it because I want to sleep in that hammock when I'm in
the woods cuz I want that 10 12 hours of sleep yes I do I'm going to take the TLC
off of the pole all right and this is the screw and let's just say you're going to put your
trekking foot on there this is the way most of us have done it in the pth screwed it right on
and see it has no give here at all so this can break and what might break can happen is it can
bend the screw at the top or it can break this component right here this insert which can be
hard to fix that goes right there now this little part is called the Hub right here and what this is
is this is what holds your hammock on by using a continuous loop which is an am still Loop and that
could even be shorter but uh this is what comes on warbonnet hammocks and a lot of hammocks do these
days and if you don't have one you can order these to add to your hammock but you know it's going
to take a little tinkering Tinker on so you carry these hubs with you and you just add these on I'm
just add putting this on top of the other one so I don't have to take it apart you put that on when
you go into hammock stand mode when you're just in hiking mode you take the hubs off and stash it
away or you can even do this in your in your mode for hammocking is just put put your top knob back
on which would which would be there on your hiking pole when you hike but you would remove the Hub
and it has a Groove in the top groovy that your tarp Ridge line could sit in or even your tarp
line for me I rarely use this I tried it a first couple of times I thought that's
what you needed I really end up not using it much cuz I like I say I like my tarp low and
I think I would either just use the T see by itself on my foot end or what I've done before
is just put my knob on there and RAM my tarp right here cuz I wanted my tarp down nice and
low and to protect me you can kind of get your hammock sewn Ridge line to sit in there I had
to kind of push it in the first time but it's really it's really held I'm going to
go pull one of the poles off right now and show you what it looks like in hiking pole
mode just in case you've never seen any of this just for a little bit of clarity
tends to send you this really nice soft hiking pole straps you know most hiking poles have a
strap that goes around your wrist and I most people use them I tend to not use them but
they come with it and that will just you put line up two holes put that over the top and then you
take your top knob which is nice that they made it orange because you can find it on the ground
and this way you can use this in your sort of traditional hiking pole mode like that it's
nice and wide which is kind of cool on this end see this flat tip do we want to hike with that
oh no this is called the foot this you carry with you in your bag on the trail which goes
on when you go into your hammock setup mode all right that simply unscrews from there
what we're going to do now is add the trekking foot which is also used as a tarp lifter back
in and then you have an adjuster right here and this nice there a
little adjuster which when you go into uh just want to remind you so you can pull
that up to adjust your length and there's some markers there like that's the limit
I usually go to the one right right before the limit the first orange marker lock that
in all right now I'm converting this back into hammock Stam mode one thing
you want to do you do not want to leave it extended here you want to collapse
that down back to there so now we're back into what is the trekking trees hammock
mode I did want to mention that you know tenza recommends 250 lb you know that's probably a
safe limit anything past that is up to you but about a body weight in the hammock of about 250
lb all right on the foot in we have the foot the extension here we have the coupler which
stays on my pole the rest of the trees we have the TLC protector the new piece right here that
we're really covering and the trekking foot or tarp lifter in this mode headend TLC the
trees hiking pole I always carry some tape I do that on all my poles just in case something
breaks I got some duct tape or Gaffers tape with me got the coupler and the foot is
on it's guide out you have ucrs as your guy outs here I tie a little slippery half
hitch just to ensure they don't slip that goes down on this end to my boom Stakes
foot end same thing UCR they have added on some of the new ones a little keeper right
here because ucrs are very important once you get your length set you want to it's kind of like you
can see this orange line and you can actually see it through this Gray Line and this is the end you
Titan and when you get it set you want to run your fingers it's called milking the
berry like you do with a Whoopi sling you want to spread it out and then what I like to do and
they recommend just tie a little slippery half hitch just to help keep it from slipping but
he sugar I always hear people talking about a slippery half hitch but I don't know what
that means well a slippery half hitch is a little knot you tie what's nice about it
is to untie it and just pull it right out to tie it you're just kind of do doing a just a
regular little half knot I'll take the tail here I'm just going to make a little Loop I'm going
to reach my fingers through and I'm just doing a little just a little half knot like that and
it's called slippery cuz I can just pull it right out slippery half hitch Superior gear tarp hooked
up it's a longer tarp we have a little overhang this tarp has a 12T Ridge
line I often like to go into a quasi porch
mode stake your tarp down right between your two
stakes for your your tenza tree you want everything lined up really nice so that
your trees are lined up nice and straight between these two guy outs and your tarp has to be staked
out to the ground like this there's that extender down there doesn't seem to be moving much this
end we got just the just the TLC and that's holding without any supports there you go so
what I found out from Cheryl and Todd who are the inventors and the tenza crew is most of the
damage on these trekking feet or tarp lifters thus the invention of the TLC which holds it
without braking has come from when you're in this setup it gets really windy and the wind
just is pushing on your tarp like that and you can see right there it's going to move without
break breaking and the guy outs are supposed to give it just a little more support well what
have we learned we've learned that there's some updates here to the tenza trekking trees uh for
those of you that own them again get in touch with tenza for a guy like me who wants to be in
his hammock I tell you I don't want to go camping if I can't be in my hammock I'm one of those guys
and there's a lot of us out there but for a backpacking stand where you can use the pole
or poles or two which I wanted to show in this video because I was asked last time yes you can
use two and hang your hammock um that this is an option it it's simply an option for those
of you that just insist on using your hammock like me that said all secure in sector 7 wo
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