Thanks. I've done some DIY gear, but have given up on the idea of really sewing anything. I'm thinking a Jarbridge UQ to start. Maybe buy a used one and use with my current sleeping bag as topquilt and my Grand Trunk UL, just to get an idea of how it feels. Then add on a good topquilt and a BB or some other hammock in the coming months.
Somebody told me how frightening it was how much topsoil we are losing each year, but I told that story around the campfire and nobody got scared.
- Jack Handey
Is that Dr. Hammock on Youtube? I think he may actually live in Illinois.
Somebody told me how frightening it was how much topsoil we are losing each year, but I told that story around the campfire and nobody got scared.
- Jack Handey
Thanks. That's good advice. Probably my biggest frustration with my Chrysalis was trying to use it with a pad inside the hammock. I'd just figured out how to get it held into place last fall. And now this has happened. I don't like fiddly and getting my hammock, pad, and bag to play nice was like trying to stack three marbles! I'm going to try an underquilt.
Somebody told me how frightening it was how much topsoil we are losing each year, but I told that story around the campfire and nobody got scared.
- Jack Handey
Oh! Not the guy I was thinking of--if I was thinking of anyone! Hope his MIL is feeling better...Hasn't posted for a while.
Somebody told me how frightening it was how much topsoil we are losing each year, but I told that story around the campfire and nobody got scared.
- Jack Handey
I also am 6'1" 250lbs +/- 10lbs. My 60lb +/- 5lbs Drahthaar (hunting breed dog) sleeps in my hammocks with me. Grand Trunk Skeeter Beeter-Pro is my go to during bug season. Trek Light Gear Double and Infinity Leisure the rest of the year. None have failed yet (SB-Pro is 4-5 years old, TLG is 3 yrs and showing some wear, Infinity is 1 yr). No shoulder squeeze, many comfy hangs in four seasons in each of them.
Never tried a bridge other than naps in the usual yard hammocks most nonhangers use. With the above 'mocks I put a rolled up flannel shirt or such under my knees. They're getting old (but I'm not! lol) and sometimes ache after long hikes, which hanging can sometimes exacerbate. That could be more the condition they are in after a lifetime of stompin' the woods than hanging. Easy fix at any rate. YMMV.
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Nice, Dux. I think the first hammock I ever bought was a Skeeter Beeter knockoff...never used it because I could never figure out how to keep the netting up properly! Then bought my Chrysalis. Probably around here somewhere... What do you use for an underquilt? I think I am going to buy a Jarbridge--new or used before--I buy another hammock.
Somebody told me how frightening it was how much topsoil we are losing each year, but I told that story around the campfire and nobody got scared.
- Jack Handey
I am alittle over 400 lbs and have a diy bridge that holds just fine,, if the spreader bars are your only real issue and your willing to give your hammock one more try then do what i did,, go to Quest and buy a set of the bigger poles, al, .742 - 2 piece pole, then go to Lowes or home depot and pick up a piece of pvc that's just big ehough to slide your pole into, it may be a hair loos so you may need to do one or two wraps of duct tape just at the very end of youe pole, then once you slide it in it wont move.
My bars are 42 - 44 inches wide and hold my 4-- lb butt just fine in my bridge.
Y ou would be surprised at how much stronger the bars are once inside the pvc,,, you wont break them.!!
Now THAT is an interesting idea. I don't want to get rid of my hammock, but that can't happen again. But I still can't figure out why it happened the first time...Originally Posted by Zilla
Somebody told me how frightening it was how much topsoil we are losing each year, but I told that story around the campfire and nobody got scared.
- Jack Handey
Just curious,
How does your GT UL work for you?
It's only rated up to 200 lbs...
I bought a couple of them for my daughters and I've been afraid to even look at them for fear of instant explosion :-)
You and I are about the same size, more or less...
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