“Look, Ma... No Dutch Bling!” Redux

**Flash Grundelore** · 03-28-2020, 15:38

THIS>>

Has anyone tried this to go "toggle-less"....?
Just rolled up, pinched on edge and poked through a weave-loop.
I can't see how it could ever deform enough to allow the loop to slip over the bundle.

Hang-gineers and Hammock Boffins: gimmie yer thoughts

**Shug** · 03-28-2020, 17:42

It seems you may be the first!
Did you get in the hammock and give it a go?
Make sure to film that.
Shug

**ofuros** · 03-28-2020, 19:16

Very tidy solution...

**Dunckelman** · 03-28-2020, 19:33

Originally Posted by Shug

Did you get in the hammock and give it a go?
Make sure to film that.

This made me laugh. Seems like you are foreshadowing...

**Shug** · 03-28-2020, 21:15

Originally Posted by Dunckelman

This made me laugh. Seems like you are foreshadowing...

I think it will work! Just want to see him easing into the hammock.....worth getting that in video.
Shug

**Grunt** · 03-29-2020, 07:35

It looks clean and seems like it should work fine, in theory. I am not sure I would trust it to hold my big butt up while I thrash around in a hammock. But, like Shug, I would love the video of you testing it out.

**cmoulder** · 03-29-2020, 08:30

I think it'd work fine, but if you simply slipped the CL thru the MSH and then put the strap "bundle" or a single bight thru the CL it would work even better.

Which would be a J-bend!

**Flash Grundelore** · 03-29-2020, 14:22

YeahYeahYeah... like the old "LIFE" cereal ad. "Let Flash try it! He'll try ANYthing!"

I shall give it the old college try, or the old Coolidge trial, or the old Kool-Aid trail, or whatevz...
The real shame is that Shug ain't living close enough to do the videography. I suspects that he and I could work up something worthy of Carl and The Maple King. I don't even know how to add music... it's gonna need the Theme from JAWS at least.

In all seriousness though, I have been giving it a pretty good bouncing around already. Since the "Spider Webbing" is quite soft and flexy, the CL loops pinch down tightly and snug back parallel to each strand. This puts the whole load on the strap itself and solidly "behind the knot".
It might work less well with the fewer loops to tuck back if you had to use very long tree-to-hammock distances.

**Flash Grundelore** · 03-29-2020, 14:28

Originally Posted by Shug

I think it will work! Just want to see him easing into the hammock.....worth getting that in video.
Shug

Shug~ you know me. So you should realize that it is actually the grunting lil' piggy noises I make getting out of the hammock that are the most amusing!

**cmoulder** · 03-29-2020, 14:54

Originally Posted by Flash Grundelore

YeahYeahYeah... like the old "LIFE" cereal ad. "Let Flash try it! He'll try ANYthing!"

I shall give it the old college try, or the old Coolidge trial, or the old Kool-Aid trail, or whatevz...
The real shame is that Shug ain't living close enough to do the videography. I suspects that he and I could work up something worthy of Carl and The Maple King. I don't even know how to add music... it's gonna need the Theme from JAWS at least.

In all seriousness though, I have been giving it a pretty good bouncing around already. Since the "Spider Webbing" is quite soft and flexy, the CL loops pinch down tightly and snug back parallel to each strand. This puts the whole load on the strap itself and solidly "behind the knot".
It might work less well with the fewer loops to tuck back if you had to use very long tree-to-hammock distances.

If you larkshead the CL behind the knot it definitely will not come off, even if your excess webbing 'toggle' is very small. This is handy even with a regular toggle setup where wind can jostle things around and maybe knock the CL off the knot.