I think the dealbreaker will be how it performs with a tarp.
If it doesn't play nice, then it's just another lounging stand, of which the world has plenty.
I think the dealbreaker will be how it performs with a tarp.
If it doesn't play nice, then it's just another lounging stand, of which the world has plenty.
Gadget, great summary. I noticed you used brackets.
What do folks think of drilling holes at the ends and using rope?
I think the tarp could work well of you attached it to opposing sides of the stand, maybe a few inches off center.
I am very excited by this design. Even at 10’ it is something to throw in the roof of the car.
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I suppose staking down both ends would prevent tarp stakes from pulling out from any rocking.
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Running a tarp across between the two ends would essentially limit the angle between the poles. If the tarp was too short, this would change the angle of stresses on the poles and would probably result in failure of either the poles or the tarp. Too long of a tarp and it would just sag.
I think the best approach may be to first find the right pole length versus hammock length that would naturally make the poles lean at 30 degrees. Only then, rig the tarp length to match the natural distance between the two pole ends.
This would require a second person to make the measurement while you are in the hammock. Also, I believe that when you sit up, the tarp will sag.
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Brilliant! Just found this. Looks like you are defying gravity! Way cool.
This thing looks pretty cool.
I see a lot of interesting opportunities here.
I like the idea of potentially rigging this up with some cordage and dead wood from the forest. It would be pretty sweet to set something like this up on a bald somewhere like Grayson Highlands, Roan Mountain, Dolly Sods, Shining Rock etc. Finding the proper poles from the forest might be a pita, but it would be weightless aside from the cordage. It might be worth the hassle for a big meteor shower you want to watch from the hammock.
Looking forward to seeing how this mixes with a tarp. If the tarp is not tied into it, I'd have a concern that if you don't get the pitch of the stand wide enough, it could fold up on you which would potentially cause one of the apex points to swing up and damage the tarp.
If the fixed apex were tied to a tree, you could fold the free apex over to it. If you have a tarp pitched over (but not connected to) the stand, you could essentially fold your bed out of the way. You end up needing two trees again at that point though.
It looks like you can customize the angle of your hammock lay. This might be an easy way to do some experiments and figure out what a person's ideal 'hangle' is.
If the whole setup is fixed in a backyard somewhere. It looks fairly easy to drape bug netting over the whole works. Maybe there's too much movement getting in an out.
If you have 1 tree, couldn't you get away with just one side of this thing?
You'd probably need to points touching the ground to be sharpened and dug in a bit so they don't slip, but it seems like that would work.
In terms of hanging a tarp, the trick will be tensioning it but still permitting free movement of the poles.
I wonder if this could be accomplished with the use of shock cord, and possibly spreader bars
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