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    Very nice work and thanks for sharing

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    That is "Stickey" worthy!
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    I always like going SOBO; somehow, it feels like going downhill.

    ...and as it harm none, do what ye will.

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    Ridgepole Length & 3-Stand Configuration

    Thanks guys, glad you like it.

    There's more to come too.

    It seems I didn't need 4 stands to accommodate 2 hammocks after all. (3 stands can hold 2 ridge poles). In fact 3 stands (with 3 ridge poles) MIGHT be able to accommodate 3 hammocks.

    Since I made 4 stands, what will I do with the extra one? Stress test to find out how much weight the system can support. :-) More to come on that.

    Also: Is anyone interested in a price / materials list?

    ufdigga — I wondered the same thing too. gmcttr's right — TurtleLady's Bamboo stand, and the TurtleDog design get credit for that clever design.

    darkknight0667 — The 8' ridge pole works for me b/c I prefer some sag in my hammock, so I can lay on the diagonal. It's just my comfort preference. I use ENO DoubleNests. Maybe other hammock designs are longer? An 8' ridgepole works for me.

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    About $105 to Suspend One Hammock.
    7 $8.46 Premium Pine 2"x2"-8 foot Boards $59.22
    2 $3.68 Eye Bolt 3/8" x 7-3/8" $7.36
    6 $2.67 Galvanized Steel Frame Hinge 1-3/8" x 5/8" $16.02
    1 $3.14 3/8" Cut Washers (25 qty) $3.14
    1 $2.68 5/16" Cut Washers (25 qty) $2.68
    6 $0.20 1/4" x 2-1/2" Hex Bolts $1.20
    1 $2.70 3/8" Nuts (25 qty) $2.70
    1 $1.47 1/4" Nuts (25 qty) $1.47
    1 $6.47 Blue Thread Locker $6.47
    1 $5.10 Screw Hooks (50 qty) $5.10

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    1000lb Test with Two Hammocks & Three Bases

    Intent on learning how much weight these hammock stands can support, I bought 1000lbs of decomposed granite.

    At the same time I wanted to try suspending two hammocks with three stands. if this works, Three hammocks might work on three bases.



    The left side has two hammocks (Eno Doublenest and a cheap hammock under it). I hoped this would eliminate the Hammock as a failure point on that side.

    The right side is an ENO Doublenest.

    I added weight in 50lb increments.



    After 1000lbs, I conducted a swing test. Rocking the hammocks side to side. The stands swayed rhythmically. The brackets allowed them to move organically. It looked incredibly flexible and strong.

    Then I started shifting weight to the left hammock. I ended with 800lbs on the left and 200lbs on the right.

    A few more swing tests.

    Nothing cracked. Nothing broke. The left ridgepole bowed some, but it was already bowed when I bought it.

    I'm going to leave it overnight and see what happens.

    Here's how everything's attached. I used a Karash Double Loop, no problems.




    If it doesn't break overnight. I'll buy some more granite this weekend and see what happens.

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    Really nice. Interested to see how much weight you can get in there before a failure.

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    What a great tutorial. I'm subscribing to this one because a need a hanging solution for our family's place up north. Any thought on using a metal fence post for the ridge pole for longer length?

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    Longer Ridgepole

    Hi darkknight & MichiganDave,

    You mentioned a longer Ridgepole.

    I ran across a curious item at Home Depot. Interlocking 6' (or 7'?) poles near the cement mixing / spreading equipment. After shelling out $30, I took two home. Connected them, and made a couple prusik's on each end. Here's the result.









    It worked fine for my 200 pounds. However I did not perform the weight test with this setup.

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    I am looking to come up with a portable option - what about making the tripods out of 3 48" 1 1/4 sch 40 PVC, each with a 42" 1" sch 40 PVC nested inside {fits like a glove} and then extending them and locking in place with a trailer coupler safety pin with say about 8" overlap for strength at the joint and then the ridge pole made up of 3 48" sch 40 1 1/4" with say 16" sch 40 1" pieces used to join them....I'm not an engineer but it seems that it would be pretty strong - your apparatus that holds the 2x2s would work for the pipe as well since they're made for fence post - it all breaks down to two 48" tripods, 3 48" poles, 3 42" poles - fits in trunk and easy enough to make a bag for it all if there isn't a surplus option already available - would be fairly light too - what do you guys think?

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