Quickest Hang Method for Hammock and Tarp

[cougarmeat]

E_Logic, Not sure to whom you are asking the question or which suspension method you are asking about. REI sells a 50 ft hank of 2.5-3mm utility cord and I’d take the whole thing on a kite winder. Sure, there was always some left over. But in the PNW you can get a wide range of tree diameters, though tree selection is also limited by the straps used for your hammock suspension.

Many, many times I’ve estimated … length of tarp + 2 times a little over 3 x the estimated tree diameter (circumference = Pi X diameter). So if I have a 11 ft tarp I want to end about a foot from each tree and figure the trees to max and 2 ft in diameter, then for the continuous ridge line that keeps the tarp in the oval, I’d ESTIMATE, 13 ft between trees and a about 6 ft tree circumference (but the line doesn’t go completely around the whole tree) so that’s 19 ft - say 20 ft. Times 2 because there are two sides and two trees so that is 40 ft of line. the extra 10 ft on the 50 hank is just “spare”.

Using a single line and hanging hammock off that - without the hammock itself being apart of the circuit/oval - eliminates the two lengths of the line coming back to the hammock instead of connecting to itself at the tree, like with a Dutch Hook or Wasp. It also provide a “parking lot” of the skin to side up on - assuming the connection from ridge line to the tarp doesn’t get in the way. It does mean, when adjusting the tarp, I have to move one side, then the other. You know, pluses and minuses.

[Adroa]

Have people run into issues with the snake skin sitting at the end of the tarp? Right now I have been attaching my superfly directly to nama claws and bunching the mesh snakeskin down at one end. Have not noticed any water building up or dripping in.


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[E_Logic]

Thank you for the breakdown cougarmeat very helpful, but I was trying to figure the lengths of tarp and hammock connections to the single point on the suspension in greyhounds352's post (#4 in the thread).

[greyhound352]

I really like greyhound352's setup (image on post #4). I've been trying to figure out what the length ratio should be between the tarps connection and the hammocks connection to the single point on the suspension without putting too much strain on the tarp, or the opposite and have tarp sag. How did you configure your connection lengths?

I did a lot of trial and error test to increase the length to achieve a ridgeline that had successful tension, the pinch and twist test.

As you can see in the first photo about 10 inches from the cinch buckle to the Dutch biner.

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In the second photo a total length of about 28.5 inches. I like the use of the biner to allow for modularity such as hammock swap.
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The tarp has a small continuous loop out of 1.75mm cord with a Dutch tarp fly connected to the tarp, on the cinch buckles is a small length of lash-it with a splice loop larkshead / cow hitch. The lash-it is used to adjust the tarp. Once set I haven't had to adjust the tarp.