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Pole feet.
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 12:29 pm
by Bearbonesnorm
If you're setting a shelter up on soft ground there's a chance your poles may sink a little overnight. This can lead to your shelter becoming a bit flappy or on removing your pole you find the tip has vanished into the earth never to be seen again.
To combat the problem, I've just made 200 of these. 3mm acrylic (pretty much unbreakable) in an 'easy to spot' bright orange colour. Foot will accept both tipped and domed pole ends.
Re: Pole feet.
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 12:32 pm
by Zippy
s8tannorm wrote:
To combat the problem, I've just made 200 of these.
You use a lot of poles to setup your tarp
Re: Pole feet.
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 12:53 pm
by FLV
how much do they weigh?
Re: Pole feet.
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 1:03 pm
by Bearbonesnorm
how much do they weigh?
9g ... although they could have a few extra holes added to reduce that.
Re: Pole feet.
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 1:34 pm
by FLV
too heavy
Re: Pole feet.
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 3:12 pm
by Ian
I use a stem cap. Got plenty knocking about in my spares box.
Edit; if you were really concerned about weight, you could remove the stem cap off your bike at the bivvy spot
Re: Pole feet.
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 4:24 pm
by Zippy
Ian wrote:I use a stem cap. Got plenty knocking about in my spares box.
Edit; if you were really concerned about weight, you could remove the stem cap off your bike at the bivvy spot
I was thinking what off my bike I could use to stop a pole sinking if required. Probably my shoe would be the answer, or maybe some cutlery or something.
What's the diameter of that Stu? I reckon you could get away with considerably less, "soft" ground conditions allowable bearing pressure is like 30kPa.
Re: Pole feet.
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 4:47 pm
by Bearbonesnorm
What's the diameter of that Stu?
60mm O/D Zippy ... you could get away with something smaller but I figured smaller = easier to lose.
Re: Pole feet.
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 8:22 pm
by Ray Young
I use a couple of pop bottle tops.
Re: Pole feet.
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 5:40 pm
by polarcherry
I was thinking a pair of these would do the trick and only 4g each
http://www.ultralightoutdoorgear.co.uk/ ... -pair-p406
Re: Pole feet.
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 9:06 pm
by ScotRoutes
They have a hole right through the middle. I guess they might work if your pole was thick enough.
Re: Pole feet.
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 6:41 pm
by polarcherry
They do have a hole through the middle but I'm going to order a pair anyway as the hole looks small and Stu's custom carbon poles are quite thick so I'm hoping they fit nicely in the hole.