After many years of hanging from whoopie slings and ucr's I've decided to switch to continuous loops and webbing from tree to loop. I'm also going to upgrade the webbing for my Blackbird to UHMWPE like maybe Venom. Currently I'm using polyester. I know that my Amsteel loops have a low melting point and that untying a slipped becket hitch with the UHMWPE can create enough friction to melt the Amsteel so my plan is to ditch the Amsteel and see if I can larkshead some continuous webbing loops to the gathered ends of the hammock. I haven't seen anybody else doing this, but I'm sure they are out there. I'm just not sure if it will behave. I'm afraid even a one inch width might want to work it's way over the gathered end. I'd like to try a half inch, but the working load is only about 600 pounds... or is is 1200 since it's essentially doubled over? Can someone offer suggestions with this type of setup?
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