I started hammock camping when my oldest son joined boy scouts. For most of the past 10 years, whenever, I went along on the monthly scout camping trip, I had my choice of hanging spots. Recently however, many of the scouts and quite a few of the parents have joined the ranks of hammock campers. It has gotten to the point when the number of hammocks often outnumber the available good hanging spots.

I am thinking of creating a portable hammock stand with a central post multiple spoke type design. If I could get 5-6 scouts hanging on a stand, the trees would be free for me. Anyone here built something like this? Anyone have a better plan?

Thanks