double hammock hang using spreader bars

[novasquid]

I picked up some aluminum bars to make portable hammock stands using raftingtigger's truss hub kits and used the same bars to hang two hammocks but without any additional hardware. I have short continuous loops on my hammock ends and use hammockfan's strap anchor for suspension. You can see in the pictures how I set up the double hang. Not sure if anyone else has done it this way or thought of trying it. Using 36" bars it was a perfect double hang.

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[Monkeyboy42]

I use trek poles to do the same. Works great.

[novasquid]

I thought about using my hiking poles but I couldn't figure out a good way to hook them into place on either end. I may try to spend more time figuring that out but for now these bars are so light that it's not a big deal carrying them around on a backpack.

[Monkeyboy42]

I thought about using my hiking poles but I couldn't figure out a good way to hook them into place on either end. I may try to spend more time figuring that out but for now these bars are so light that it's not a big deal carrying them around on a backpack.

I've rigged up something similar to your solution for the pointy end. For the handle I larks head a continuos loop to the suspension, and larks head the other end of the loop to the handle. The handle sticks out a bit, and usually rubs the tarp, but I'm not too worried about damage.

[binfordw]

This is how I set my wife and I's hammocks. I use 26" wood dowels currently, I need to buy something light and packable soon I guess. What do you do for a tarp?

I have a roll of Xenon/sil here and some drawings put together for a large tarp, but am hesitant to start cutting just yet. We just setup last night to test some new gear, and I used a friends big poly tarp with decent success, but I still couldn't get the ends closed up much. I also had trouble getting it to clear the spreaders very well.

[novasquid]

we have used this set up only once, and although we brought an 11' and 12' tarp we decided against using any tarp since it was a clear night and we wanted to see the stars. we were spread 36" apart at the head end, and I suppose that may pose some challenges when it comes to pitching a tarp.