Page 3 of 3 FirstFirst 123
Results 21 to 26 of 26
  1. #21
    Senior Member BillyBob58's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2007
    Location
    Tupelo, MS
    Posts
    11,108
    Images
    489
    Quote Originally Posted by Buckeye Dave View Post
    Following up on FarStar's post, can you attach a structural ridgeline to a Speer hammock with the stock suspension and bug net? Laying inside and looking up, I can't picture how it is done. Thanks.
    Sure! You just replace the stock Speer RL with a structural one. But don't use the same connecting D rings, I don't think they are made for that kind of stress. The net should fit over the new RL OK, unless maybe you are using a ton of sag?

  2. #22
    New Member
    Join Date
    Aug 2010
    Location
    Northeast Ohio
    Hammock
    Speer
    Tarp
    Speer Cat 8X10
    Insulation
    KAQ Lost River
    Suspension
    Stock & JRB Glides
    Posts
    22
    Just starting out, so there is a lot of experimenting going on, but I do appear to be increasing sag to get the sides to relax a bit and get a flatter lay. A structural ridgeline in this scenario would appear to require a wider bugnet.

  3. #23
    MacEntyre's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2007
    Location
    Trouble Ranch on Troublesome Creek, NC
    Hammock
    Molly Mac Gear
    Posts
    7,617
    Images
    6
    Quote Originally Posted by Buckeye Dave View Post
    Following up on FarStar's post, can you attach a structural ridgeline to a Speer hammock with the stock suspension and bug net?
    You just keep the bugnet's non-structural ridgeline, and let it sag down below the structural ridgeline.
    - MacEntyre
    "We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately." - Ben Franklin
    www.MollyMacGear.com

  4. #24
    New Member
    Join Date
    Aug 2010
    Location
    Northeast Ohio
    Hammock
    Speer
    Tarp
    Speer Cat 8X10
    Insulation
    KAQ Lost River
    Suspension
    Stock & JRB Glides
    Posts
    22
    Quote Originally Posted by MacEntyre View Post
    You just keep the bugnet's non-structural ridgeline, and let it sag down below the structural ridgeline.

    OK, I think I get it. Do you agree with BillyBob that the stock D-rings would need to be replaced to hold a structural ridgeline? Thanks for your help.

  5. #25
    MacEntyre's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2007
    Location
    Trouble Ranch on Troublesome Creek, NC
    Hammock
    Molly Mac Gear
    Posts
    7,617
    Images
    6
    Quote Originally Posted by Buckeye Dave View Post
    Do you agree with BillyBob that the stock D-rings would need to be replaced to hold a structural ridgeline? Thanks for your help.
    Keep 'em... but don't use 'em for the structural ridgeline.
    - MacEntyre
    "We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately." - Ben Franklin
    www.MollyMacGear.com

  6. #26
    Senior Member DemostiX's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2011
    Location
    Like Lewis & Clark: Wintrin' o/t Columbia again: PDX
    Hammock
    Clark w 2QZQ mod,Tropical, NX;Nano
    Tarp
    Clark micro
    Insulation
    Major down
    Suspension
    7/64 SK75 +strap
    Posts
    2,322
    Images
    13
    Quote Originally Posted by Just Jeff View Post
    In a hammock, the center of gravity slides towards the lowest spot. In a man, the center of gravity is in our chest.
    Actually, the center of mass of the human male is somewhere down around the navel. But, the point doesn't change. Center of mass will settle to lowest point of the hammock.

    Something I don't know how to find here or elsewhere about gathered end hammock positions is about our assumption that the slopes of the curves of the hammock are symmetrical about the middle. Who says you have to hang the hammock centered between the supports? Hang it radically off-center and you can see opportunities for very different feel, as more of the hammock is one side, depending on which end is the head end. How our legs lay and how they load the hammock is a whole different thing from what our trunks and head do.

    Is there an engineer in the house with software to model this. Or someone with a scale dummy for test hanging?

  • + New Posts
  • Page 3 of 3 FirstFirst 123

    Similar Threads

    1. "Jerry Chair" and "Just Jeff Gear Hammock" combo - is it possible?
      By Bad Biscuit in forum Do-It-Yourself (DIY)
      Replies: 1
      Last Post: 11-03-2014, 13:09
    2. Replies: 8
      Last Post: 10-28-2014, 16:53
    3. UGQ 20*F "Sweet Potato" UQ
      By matthew2000tx in forum Under Quilts
      Replies: 5
      Last Post: 12-15-2013, 10:40
    4. Tarps similar to "Speer Winter Tarp?"
      By FrActOwL in forum Weather Protection
      Replies: 6
      Last Post: 09-11-2013, 15:18

    Tags for this Thread

    Bookmarks

    Posting Permissions

    • You may not post new threads
    • You may not post replies
    • You may not post attachments
    • You may not edit your posts
    •