Gday all,
I've been playing with 3mm Dyneema (SK75 1400kg rated, I suspect is is made in Australia)and got to making up a UCR for a hammock ridge line so I could play around with the 83% length thing. It all went well and I was following Jeff Myers and Tac blades video. I have ended up with a 26cm/10.23" part that is completely buried. It slips pretty easy as I sit down to get into the hammock. I used 2 colours, one for the ridge line and one for the bury/shuttle. The shuttle/Red Dyneema is quite different in feel to the grey ridge line dyneema. The grey is far more waxy and stiff while the red shuttle is quite supple, not waxy and gets "fluffy"...
This is the red, and I bought the grey from the same place. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/203257446987
What to do to get the 83% right for me? Buy some more grey, impregnate with candlewax maybe. Is this a thing with dyneema. I did ask the supplier and they said maybe different batch but this would be ebay standard cya to stay in business... I may go to a fixed length dogbone but then I am stuck at the fixed length. They also sell SK78.
Thanks for getting me hooked into Hammocking, what a rabbit hole!
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