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I wouldn't think 2" would make that much of a difference

I have one for the back yard. Its ok for the occasional use. Problem is if you try to use a hammock with a structural ridgeline you'll be laying on the ground. The stand isn't quite high enough.
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thank you. 60 more to go.

I'm still pretty much the same diagonal, just laying much flatter. Mainly cause my feet don't ride so high on the side. Makes a big difference. Maybe I was trying to get...

Im 6'2" tall, 310lbs(down from 370lbs) Decided I wanted to try a lighter material hammock. Been using 2.4 Hexon for years and wanted some 1.6 to try out. So I head over to Dutch to order some and I...

yeah, asked him for an update since then. Said he doesn't go anywhere without trees. LOL......oh well

Ive been researching the Solo and the no ground trekking poles by raftingtigger. Almost nothing out there about either one. Been trying to prod Shug into doing something, but I don't think he's...

never tried them with rope. I personally like using descender rings, but they always tore up my webbing. Do you attach the rings to huggers and run rope off hammock?

what kind of straps you using?

I was really hoping to hear from more people. So either theres only a few of us over 300lbs or no one will openly admit it. Then again, theres not really many options for plus sized hangers unless...

I'm a big guy, 315lbs down from 370lbs. was a bit stretchy for me. Made another with 2.4 hex which I sleep in every night. :)


Forgot to mention I rigged an old sleeping bag under my hammock for...

personally, ive used this for years. I find this an awesome summer quilt cause u drop the sides and raise them back up from inside the hammock. Drop the sides when its hot, raise them back up in the...

omg….exactly how I started. I did try whipping the ends of my first hammock. Slept in it 1 night, sewed channels the next day. But yeah, taffeta table cloth, probly cost me $10, 1" poly straps with...

If I ever went back to a webbing suspension, I would go with the Warbonnet 1" buckle.



So your familiar with myerstech? Check out Jeff Myers videos on youtube… Evo Loops rock. I use them and...

wow, descender rings? I used rings for years before I found the hammock forums. Had to swap out webbing every year cause it would tear it up. actually not sure if it was the rings, or the slippery...

id go back to a webbing based suspension before I ever used a whoopy again. There ok to tighten(shorten) but to loosen them is a little more fuss than im willing to do. Specially if there over...

Being a plus sized hanger, ive always had issues with webbing suspensions. But ive recently heard the Warbonnet buckles are easier on webbing. May have to givem a try.

Do you have to pull all that webbing through or can u double up and just use enough for the knot?

Your good now, but when you were 370lbs?

Ive always gone with work load being 20% of average break(probly over cautious). Don't know the whole safety factor stuff. But like I said, not like your...

I don't like Whoopies, to hard to loosen. My UCR's on the other hand. Love them. Minimum hang on them is less than 18". Still more than webbing suspension, I know. Only close call ive ever had, hung...

hoping to meet you at the hang in July. Still working on switching things around. Supposed to go St.Louis that week. If nothing else, I'm gonna try to make the last day before you pack up and meet...

I love them!!! Easy to use, versatile, light weight.

Is this the set up you used when you were 370lbs?

Not that you were hanging from this in a life or death situation, but the working strength of this(7/64 amsteel and UHMWPE webbing) are only...

oh yeah, UCR's.LOL. I just made a couple today with the whipping on constricter. plan to try them out Monday and Tuesday night

it wasn't exactly easy to untie. especially when I was over 350lbs. that's why I stopped using it

I used to tie my CL onto my webbing using nothing but a slippery half hitch. Don't know how I never ended up on the ground.

So.....I'm 50 years old, 6'2" tall, 315lbs. Down from 370lbs. Just wondering what other "heavy hangers" are using for suspensions. Most hardware sold has a 300lb or less weight limit. Are people...

made an asym tarp last winter. used it during the hot days of summer. mainly for shade. lol. definatly would rethink using this for any kind of multi day hike. Spent a couple days in the rain, but it...

check out evo loops, cut out the hardware.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3c4rgetTtU&t=3s

I don't know if it's just me, but I don't find whoopies easily adjustable. I always found them hard to loosen. specially if u have anything on your hammock. And forget it if u accidently over tighten...

For ease of adjustment and space savings in my pack, I use Evo loops on my hammock, UCR's, and 6' webbing(That I'm thinking about cutting down to 4')Becket hitch my webbing to UCR

being a Hefty Hanger, I cant use the light weight straps. Beetles and what not don't move so well on regular webbing. Not good at all on 3000lb webbing. UCR's are so much easier to adjust than...

so.....Its been 6 months. I've had this stand at work. I set it up, sleep in it for 2 nights, take it down. once a week for the last 6 months. It's still awesome and working perfect. Top rail is a...

I would just like to be able to talk hammocks with someone. people start talking camping here, and I mention anything about a hammock I get looked at like im crazy.

Anyway, seriously thinking of...

I have the whole month of July off, have lots planned but may to move stuff around to make this. sounds like fun.

I really thought you guys were nuts with these whipping knots, but im starting to see the light. LOL. I went with a stopper knot on mine to make them shorter. but the whipping would go a step...

I too use the becket hitch. I use ucr's cause they are so much easier to loosen. specially when u have stuff in your hammock.. I only use 6' of webbing, simply because webbing takes up a lot more...

I could see where tbat would make it a bit shorter. if it works

I have a stand, don't even need trees. :)

I'd be happy just to get together for a cup of coffee and talk hammocks. LOL

Still seems like a lot of work to me when you could of just done this...
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hope it works out for ya

This type have never worked for me.

These have worked for me at 370lbs. 2 years at 370lbs. I'm down to 315lbs and they still working.
I have 3 sets of these, well tested.

set 1 - hangs at...

a whipping knot is easier than a simple prussik? Not in my book, but hey...they look cool.

Dunkirk, hell yeah. I'm in!

ive gone hardware free for the simple fact I exceed the weight limit on most of it. Besides, I'm a firefighter and knots are right up my alley. The more knots I learn and know, benefits me in more...

The OP's knot, what we were calling the x bend, originally posted as a reefer knot. didn't realize we were talking about anything else

speaking of Jeff Myers, I just spoke to him about this knot. He says its also called a slipped larks head and it does not hold well with dyneema webbing. which he uses a lot.

so im thinking ok...

oh yes, Jeff Myers. very familiar with his videos. I figured that's what u were talking about. I will test it out over the next couple days. hopefully not so busy at work tonight

I'm only trying to figure out if we are smarter than everyone else....or lazier?

lol, I leave everything on and pack it all together. fronkey net, hammock, and uq all stay connected and get packed in 1 bag. tq also. tq goes in first then the rest gets packed in all together....

I have always used small zingit cl's prussik'd onto to my lines.