I’m looking for plastic rings like the ones found on Hilleberg tarps. I have only been able to find D rings, triangles etc. Anyone have any sources or suggestions?
Hilleberg tents use acetyl rings – you don’t want to use nylon o-rings found at hardware stores, their strength is pretty low.
Try a search for “acetyl tent rings” – they are used in the industrial tent market as well. “titanium sail rings” may be an option as well (but more $).
I too was going to suggest the titanium sail rings – Bob Moulder used them to rig up a block and tackle setup for pulling up a group of food bags. It required some futzing and a lot of line, but it sure did make it easy to pull up six food bags all together.
Thanks everyone. I ended up finding some plastic rings from a place I hadn’t heard of before The Rain Shed. I would’ve liked to try titanium sail rings but I couldn’t find any with a narrow gauge, they all seemed to be nearly 1/4” thick or so
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