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No pictures. I just wanted to get a better feel of the general sturdiness of a given tripod and the center-hang point off eyebolts. Since we are both around ~150lbs the weight was also approximate.
WARNING: Use at your own risk! Never hang higher than you are willing to fall. Ridgepoles can cause serious hurt! . . as well as the ground.
Thom
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mine:WB-BB hers:WB-RR, 2xWB SuperFly
I decided to use a spare set of straps and descender rings to hang the rail. My wife didn't like the "clink" of the change and I wanted the ability to easily adjust the height of each end.
Totally! There are so many options to get the job done.
Back at post #68 in this thread I shared my switch over to these little gems I found in the climbing section on amazon which work great too (they are called "Daisy Chains"). BUT way more expensive than what you put together (yea, I am a techno-junkie).
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: ) Thom
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mine:WB-BB hers:WB-RR, 2xWB SuperFly
Here is a close up I just took. The twine is simply waxed hemp and also a wrap of friction tape on RP under it all. There is NO movement with my weight in WB BB.
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: ) Thom
Blogging from the WET! Coast of Oregon - Accrete.com
mine:WB-BB hers:WB-RR, 2xWB SuperFly
I just put a few wraps of electrical tape on either side.
Get lost in the woods and find yourself again. A vacation,to me, is working with your hands and surviving because of the fruits of your labor. In the business world I teach;in the natural world I learn.
Ah, one more thing I should share on our stand set ups (either the DIY or the TATO)... we keep the RP attached to each respective tripod, they are not removed during storage. That may help explain why I go through the bother of the line wrap, it is meant to keep it all together when moved. I also color-code the poles for easy set up; yellow for the foot end, cuz my feet are on the Yellow Brick Road. This color-coding is also carried through on hammocks, we have yellow cord on the foot ends.
: ) Thom
Blogging from the WET! Coast of Oregon - Accrete.com
mine:WB-BB hers:WB-RR, 2xWB SuperFly
I have been enjoying this entire forum. I own 3 hammocks(not sure of brand) and 3 hammock chairs(2 rope ones and 1 canvas one). I have been hammocking for over 25 years now but not usually for camping. I was on another hammock stand thread and found my way here and immidiatly recognized your design, but I use it for my hammock charirs. 1 1/4 conduit, full length(10'). I did the eye bolts a little different. I used a hole saw, the same diameter as the ID of the conduit, and cut holes from 2x4's, removed the "waste" from the hole saw and put my eye bolts through the holes. I uses 3 "waste" holes from the hole saw per each eye bolt. Tightened them down with nuts and washers and they fit like a glove inside the ends of the conduit. Secures with a screw through the conduit into the wood. I then used a easy clip to join them together. Hanging my chair using a wratchit strap. wires strung at the bottom to prevent legs going apart.
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