My two kids really wanted to do some camping with me in the back yard before summer vacation ends. However, now that I hammock, I have no intention of returning to ground dwelling. I started looking at different DIY hammock stand designs and settled on the ‘3-person Hammock Stand’ on page 107 of ‘The Ultimate Hang’ by, Derek Hansen due to the $40 price tag and already owning many of the materials. It all went together fairly easily following Derek’s directions.
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I tested the setup with my Warbonnet Blackbird to make sure it could support my weight. I slowly added the kids hammocks and it worked great. As Derek and others have mentioned I had to tighten the top rope several times as it stretched and the knots settled in. Sadly, the weather forecast had several days of strong thunderstorms and heavy rain. I was forced to take the hammocks down for a few days.
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This morning the rain finally let up and I spent some time trying out different tarp configurations. I attached the Chill Gorilla Fortress to the top line of the stand using a Prussik knot and a Nite-Ize mini S-Biner. I hung the tarps over the ridgeline because I plan on using it to hang the bug nets for the kids.
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I tied the outside door to the yellow horizontal structural line.
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I wrapped the inside door around the wood supports and clipped the tie-outs together with a Nite-Ize mini S-Biner.
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Finally, I connected the inside tie-outs on each side of the wooden supports to each other so that the walls of the tarp are pulled out.
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Once the tarp was done, I installed the ridgelines for the two bug nets. I attached each end to the mini S-Biner holding the tarp and wrapped it a few times around the red top structural ridgeline to minimize sag. Lastly, I hung the hammocks.
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Tonight’s storms should give us a good idea of everything is in working order! Trial by fire 🤪
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