I enjoy hammocking with my son but we live in Phoenix, AZ and most stands of trees are about 100 miles north. If I want to hang locally overnight I can't because there are no trees in most state parks, etc. I came up with a solution that involved buying an existing hammock stand and a mod. I have tested it and it works well! It is also easy to set up and takes about five minutes. The stand is the Ceara Hammock Stand from Byer of Maine (https://www.byerofmaine.com/ceara-hammock-stand.html). Great stand but not tall enough to work with two stacked hammocks and a tarp. The hammock stand can manage 400 lbs so I decided to modify. I purchased four, two foot long pipes from a local Metal Supermarket. Two of the pipes are inserted in the outer two pipes (they telescope together) so they will connect to the stock connection elements on the Ceara hammock stand. You can see the result in the pictures. I now have a sturdy stack-able hammock stand! The four pipes cost an additional $30 and the stand itself was about $125 so my total investment is about $150. The top hammock is a WBRR and the bottom is a WB XLC. I am attaching the invoice so you can see the dimensions of the pipe.
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