Hey lads,
I was wondering about the ridgeline. Does the ridgeline rope need to be ale to support your entire weight or can it be just any kind of strong rope? What is est for a ridgeline?
Thanks!
bubbamancub13
Hey lads,
I was wondering about the ridgeline. Does the ridgeline rope need to be ale to support your entire weight or can it be just any kind of strong rope? What is est for a ridgeline?
Thanks!
bubbamancub13
Depending on how you set up yes the ridgeline can cary all of you weight or more. It should be made of something strong enough to handle at least your weight and of a material that does not stretch.
Check out the hang calculator at the Ultimate hang to be able to see how the load and angles affect Ridgeline tension.
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This video may give some insight to your ridgeline queries......
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Thanks guys,
I'll try different stuff out and figure out what works best. Shug, thanks for still bein awesome after all these years, and pgibson, thanks for the great tips!
bubbamancub13
I am new to hanging
I Love hiking and camping and live in Portland Oregon, but have never had an enjoyable nights sleep outdoors in a tent.
Found Shug's video's and those of others who convinced me to start hanging around outdoors.
My wife got hurt falling from a spreader-bar net hammock so had to convince her that a camping, in a fabric hammock would be safe and comfortable.
To do this we would have to set up a couple of hammocks in our backyard, and I to get the process correct to convince her.
When I looked close at many of the "rules of thumb" They did not make since, so I did a little "back of the envelope" figuring.
First the angle the Hammock hangs at is determined by the ratio of ridge line length to hammock length -unless the suspension is at a steeper angle.
This made the issue more complicated so I went a little more in depth. With what I came up with we can have consistent results over changing environments. Here is what I came up with.Attachment 126390Attachment 126405
Last edited by fwbutler; 03-08-2016 at 17:14.
nice, thanks for the help! I'm glad more people are hanging nowadays, and its also great to see people supporting and loving shug so much!
Have you seen this?
http://theultimatehang.com/hammock-hang-calculator/
Babaloo, when I saw Shug's video above where he ripped his green bean, I wanted to figure the approximate force on his hammock. Without a ridge line it came close to 300 Lbs.
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Last edited by fwbutler; 03-08-2016 at 17:44.
Been looking all over the web for the Tear strength,Tenacity, and Tensile strength of nylon fabrics, but found nothing applicable.
So I Looked on the warbonnet web site for their fabric ratings, figuring they would be conservative and already taken into account the 1.5X impulse factor(50% more loading when sitting down or moving around etc.)
1.1oz/yd-30D nylon is rated for 200 lb, 1.7oz-70D nylon is rated for 250 lb.
The double layer 1.1 rated 275 lb, double layer 1.7 is rated for 400 lb.
No wonder Shug's "Green bean" failed when not using a ridge line and a shallow angle produced 300 Lbs of tension.
Hope this helps
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