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I built something like this for my bridge.

I used wire pulling fiberglass rods from harbor freight for the poles.
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I haven't tested it to failure yet. I have pretty high confidence that they won't put me on the ground, but I would like to know where they fail.

Yesterday, I set up one side of my bridge hammock...

Very cool! It would be pretty neat to have your pack right next to you on that shelf.

Very easy to set and undo. Really liking it.

I drilled the small hole at 3/16". I think it might be a hair too big. I'm going to try 5/32" for the next one I build, and work up to a bigger hole if needed.

Yeah, even with a drill press and a vice, drilling holes in round bar stock can be frustrating!

Haha! It sure does. :)

It looks like a hexagonal rod? Did you ever put them into production, or did the speed hook evolve from this first design?

Hi Rally,

Thanks for the kind words. :)

1. The prototype I made came in at 8.1g. It's a few grams heavier than my first flat version, but seems to put less stress on the amsteel.

2. I...

I just created a version 2.0 of the hardware.

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After I posted THIS THREAD, it was mentioned that Dutch had already come up with something similar he called the speed hook. My understanding is that he recalled them after seeing amsteel strength...

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sorry...

My bridge hammock dogbones used to be larks-headed to steel welded rings. My whoopies were then larks-headed to the rings. Around 2am, I found out the hard way that one of the rings had a bad weld...

Has anyone heard about any failures with speed hooks? All I heard was that Dutch recalled them because the amsteel breaking strength dropped from 1,000 to 700 pound after hanging a bunch of times.

Hehe, No thank you! No plans on risking anyone falling to the ground but me. :)

I can't quite picture what you are thinking. Could you explain in a little more detail?

Hehe, maybe we can call it a "Speed Hole"? Hammock Hole? :)

It still disconnects. Just at a different location. ;) The amsteel is tapered with a heatshrink ferrule on the end. It slips right...

Interesting. Never heard of Dutch's speed hooks before. They do look very similar to BIAS hammock anchors.

Before I installed the hardware on the hammock, I feel like I did some pretty harsh...

Thanks. Really enjoying how much easier it is to adjust. :)

Reading all 41 pages (so far) of this thread inspired me to make my own "Backward Becket" hitch hardware. :)

I wrote about it here: LINK

I've been using 2" poly straps, marlin spikes, and whoopie slings on my bridge hammock for a while now. Recently, my whoopies have gotten a lot harder to adjust. Especially so with the weight of my...

No complaints = no extra $$ = no problem. :)

Hehe, once I got mine, I weighed everything! My $30 scale has probably cost me $1,000 in lighter gear.

Here's a good pic.
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Love the suspension pockets. Great job.

Agreed. The DIY method is no fun.

I use a bishop bag for my hammock, and snake skins for my tarp. I prefer the snake skins for the tarp, because I can deploy it without getting out of my hammock.

Hehe. And for the people out there who don't know what it is, do yourself a favor and avoid googling it. ;)

Cold sleeper. Still bring a lightweight 50 degree sleeping bag, but use it unzipped as a TQ.

I'll typically set myself up to be too warm when I crawl in to my sleeping bag. So I'll unzip it about 2/3 of the way and stick a leg or two out. As it gets colder through the night, I'll move body...

I have used reflectix before in conjunction with a thermarest foam pad down to the mid-30s. I'm a cold sleeper. In a sleeping bag, with thermal underwear, and wool socks, I was comfortable.

I...

I use a sleeping bag and a pad. With temps around 70s for the lows, I remove the pad and sleep fine.

I use my thermarest closed-cell foam sleeping pad that I've modified by adding "wings" to it. It fits in the hammock like a glove, but it's pretty bulky when rolled up. I'm thinking of...

+1 on this.

I would also suggest trying olive oil, wd-40, or goof-off. On scraps first of course.

Wow, you've been busy! Really like the organizer. About how much did it end up weighing?

Hehe, I have more of those nail stakes missing the plastic, than ones with the plastic.

FYI, I've found the nails (minus the plastic) at home depot or lowe's for something like 30 cents each, vs...

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I guess it wasn't funny enough.

I was running out of time for a trip and needed loops in my new straps in a hurry. I looped and figure-8 knotted both of mine with full intentions of sewing them when I got home. Around 15 nights...

Looks great. Congrats.

And 18 posts with no "banana hammock" jokes? :cool:

Cute. Anytime I hang up a hammock in my backyard, I usually come back and find my daughter (or my dog) taking a nap in it. :)

Nice job. You won't have any trouble finding your hammock in the woods. ;)

Very nice job! Great pics too.

OK, I finally remembered to weigh the Harbor freight poles. 13 grams each. They're about a foot long each.

I use a pad in my double-layer bridge. It rarely gets below freezing where I camp, and I have the option to go to the ground if we are not around trees.

No, they are derated.

Life is a risk. Not sure when the day will come that the webbing explodes on me. But when it does, I'll be fully prepared to plunge a foot to the ground. :scared:

Of course it's best to use the correct materials. But I ran the numbers, and it's far from the weakest link.

According to strapworx, 1/2" polyester webbing has a breaking strength of 1800 lbs...

Sleep in the hammock on the ground. Double layer with pad inbetween.

This is what I use too. Anything else (hiking sized) tends to pop out from under my head during the night.

Great writeup. Thanks!

I use 2" polyester seatbelt webbing for my tree straps.

For the bridge, I had trouble finding 1/2" polyester webbing. So I cut some 1" in half with a heated up x-acto blade. It cut and sealed at...

Very nice. If that's your backyard, I'm jealous!