I had pretty much the EXACT issue you are having, tighten, loosen, adjust the suspension on my UQ til head exploded. No joy, then I went on a hang and I saw these http://dutchwaregear.com/ridgeline-quilt-hooks.html on someone's rig.
These are super cheap, but I did a test first, I took four micro biners (spelling). Took two and tied the side UQ shock cord to them so that I could hang them on my hammock just above the gathered end, just like you see in Shug and many other videos. I then used a small continuous loop and tied them to my structural ridgeine with a prussic knot and hung the two remaining biners from these loops. So now I could slide the Micro biners back and forth on the SRL. I then took on each side the section of the shock cord suspension up and pulled into the biners. both head and foot end. This allowed me to slide the tension of the suspension back and forth from head to toe.
BAM LIFE WAS GOOD
Then I bought these, http://dutchwaregear.com/ridgeline-quilt-hooks.html, and these http://dutchwaregear.com/quilt-hangers.html, the second because they are also cheap, color coded for head/foot, lite, and actually make adjusting the shock cord easy peazy.
Plus I seem to have formed an addiction to Dutch Bling.
Edit: I tried the Triangle thingies as well, but I found they did not give me the adjust ability I wanted. Note I ride in a 12 footer and my triangle thingies would have to pretty large.
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