Looking for quality 1/8" Amsteel Whoopies. Seems they were around a few years ago.
Looking for quality 1/8" Amsteel Whoopies. Seems they were around a few years ago.
Dutch sells them https://dutchwaregear.com/product/am...hoopie-slings/
I think whoopieslings.com did have them. You can check.
Thank you. I am embarassed. I missed finding it. I've had trouble with Dutch's site lately and my browser, Firefox. Either things don't load and stay grayed out, no response from clicks, or take several minutes to load. Adblockers are disabled.
I was able to order a wide $25 Hexon hammock and some CLs to make a hanging chair this weekend. Something like a Chammock.
Will place my order.
Just curious why 1/8? 7/64 is more than adequate .
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I like more than adequate. Why go for skinnier? There's no real advantage that I can see other than pennies. Both weigh nothing for practical purposes.
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Yes. And let's turn it around: other than saving pennies, why should I use 7/64 for your body-bearing lifeline instead of 1/8? It is easier to visually see an error on 1/8 and easier to note suspicious abrasion. And a little easier to splice because larger. And costs a little more, but realistically, I'm not broke and the wolves and creditors are not at my door. There's a point where frugality becomes silly, or even madness.
I see people here hanging from Dynaglide, a favorite line of mine which I use here for heavy tarps and my clothesline that carries heavy weights at times, such as beating heavy rugs. (That dates me, doesn't it. Beating rugs) But I don't use it to carry me even though others do. Put simply, why not use better? They all weigh nothing. Even for long distance hikers. I've mentioned before in the forum here how I had a hammock suspension break suddenly and drop me on a big root underneath when I was a teenager. It could have paralyzed me. Hurt for a long time, same as when I bruised my coccyx when I went airborne on a huge water slide and landed hard. That took two years to heal.
Not lifeline.
When used correctly even the 7/64ths will have close to a 10 to 1 safety factor when suspending a hammock with a single line on each end.
1/8th is good for about 1000 extra pounds (2500 and 1600) vs 7/64th. Both should be very adequate for our purposes.
There are lots of other weak links that I believe would be of more concern.
But hey, it’s your setup, do what you want. That’s the beauty of a modular system.
When I’ve had concerns with my tree climbing gear, I’ve done confidence testing, trying to break stuff with overloading and added mechanical advantage. This has helped put my mind at ease with true “lifelines”.
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