It's been so long since I've been on here. I'm pretty sure I went a little heavy on my suspension. Sorry about the quality
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It's been so long since I've been on here. I'm pretty sure I went a little heavy on my suspension. Sorry about the quality
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Better than underkill. Plus you’ll always have a nice tow rope with ya when you’re campin
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Used 3/8 amsteel for s&g. Two six ft sections and made some whoopie slings. It works but definitely overkill.
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“If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.” ~ Gen. George S Patton
Oh I am well aware that's why I did it for s&g that's not salt and garlic
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I bought a length of the “big stuff” to teach myself the last (for me) of the Amsteel techniques - creating an eye splice using only one end of the line. Not only was it easier to follow YouTube examples and create the loop, it was easier to pull it apart so I could do it over again a few times. Buy yeah, you have yourself a section of “multi-purpose line. Hammock suspension and pulling boats out of the lake.
In order to see what few have seen, you must go where few have gone. And DO what few have done.
You don't say how you plan to use your hammock. Overkill is very much a relative term. Something that is overkill for one person might be perfectly reasonable for another. I regularly hike for days at a time with my kit. I want my suspension as light as possible and still be strong enough to hold my 250 lb mass and anything extra that I want to hang (e.g. insulation, pack, boots, wife , etc.). I use 7/64" Amsteel whoopies on UHMWPE straps (no hardware). But if I were to rig a permanent set up in my yard or in my home, I might go with a heavier, sturdier, and long-lasting suspension. Weight usually isn't a worry in that situation and long-term reliability/peace-of-mind would be much more important to me. I once knew a guy who hung a hammock in his basement with vehicle tow chains and was very happy with it. In short, whatever works for you in your situation is not overkill.
~ All I want is affordable, simple, ultralight luxury. That’s not asking too much is it?
I have some just like that . I bought 3/8 instead of 7/64. My bad. Makes great tow gear.
Mostly hang in the back yard with the HH and the wife and I like to "camp" in the florida keys every year for our anniversary. I have a much lighter set up with 1/8 continuous loops with buckles and webbing when I go back home to southwest virginia and hike through the Appalachian mountians.
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