As I am now living in a 55+ community I needed a portable hammock stand i started to make my own and while it worked great it was extremally heavy 35+lbs and clunky (not very portable) so I ended up biting the bullet and bought a Tensa4 from Tensaoutdoor.
I tried to set up the stand according to the user guide and it just didn't feel right as the "ball connectors" and straps didn't lay neatly and appeared to be loaded unevenly. So I decided to use some of the soft shackles i made for the DYI version to simplify the joints as shown below. With this setup none of the straps or ball connectors appear stressed and appear to be loaded evenly.
So my question is ... does anyone here see anything in these joints that i should be worried about?
With this configuration I am easily able to adjust the hammock stand for my 11' Appalachian hammock set with a 110" ridgeline
foot end apex is 64",
head end 56"
apex to apex 140"
Base is 65" wide
The Appalachian was purchased in 2011 so Its about to be replaced with a DYI 12' 1.8 oz AIRWAVE the current stand configuration should accommodate the 12 footer also 119" ridgeline
Apex Tensa4 apex.jpg
Foot tensa4 foot.jpg
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