howdy from central AL

**bcauz3y** · 08-25-2010, 19:49

Originally Posted by zoovegroover

$150 for the whole kit. we can meet in town. my office is in homewood.

I'm 220 lbs, it will hold me right?

**eflat7** · 08-25-2010, 20:20

Howdy from NC. You haven't been a member a whole day and are already buying stuff. It only gets worse!

**wirerat123** · 08-25-2010, 20:41

Welcome from a fellow Bama hanger.

We're having a hang at an Island in Guntersville lake that same weekend. Hopefully getting a good turn out.

**zoovegroover** · 08-25-2010, 22:16

probably not - I think it is rated for 200lbs....

**wirerat123** · 08-26-2010, 10:50

As far as I know that particular setup is rated at 200lbs. Now I'm pretty positive it will handle 220 as I have overloaded one of my Hennessys by a solid 50lbs testing it out. But that is a decision you will have to make. All things considered $150 for the whole kit is an outstanding deal. UL ASYM $190, Supershelter $140, including a whoopie sling conversion!

If you get it, just ensure you hang it kinda low and over soft ground until you learn to trust it. If I were you, I would ponder on it hard. If you blow it out overloading it it will be unpleasant and no longer will have a shelter. Not a pleasant experience at 3am in the middle of the woods.

**bcauz3y** · 08-26-2010, 12:40

Originally Posted by wirerat123

As far as I know that particular setup is rated at 200lbs. Now I'm pretty positive it will handle 220 as I have overloaded one of my Hennessys by a solid 50lbs testing it out. But that is a decision you will have to make. All things considered $150 for the whole kit is an outstanding deal. UL ASYM $190, Supershelter $140, including a whoopie sling conversion!

If you get it, just ensure you hang it kinda low and over soft ground until you learn to trust it. If I were you, I would ponder on it hard. If you blow it out overloading it it will be unpleasant and no longer will have a shelter. Not a pleasant experience at 3am in the middle of the woods.

Thats what I'm thinking!
I see that the EXPEDITION ASYM CLASSIC is rated at 250, so that might be the direction I'm headed, but you are right, that is a sweet deal and I think I'm going to buy it for my wife.

**wirerat123** · 08-26-2010, 13:45

Originally Posted by bcauz3y

Thats what I'm thinking!
I see that the EXPEDITION ASYM CLASSIC is rated at 250, so that might be the direction I'm headed, but you are right, that is a sweet deal and I think I'm going to buy it for my wife.

Now yer talking. My gal has her very own Exped Asym. But she could certianly benefit from losing a pound in carried weight, and having the super shelter.

**wirerat123** · 08-26-2010, 14:40

Hey, also check out
http://www.alatrails.com/forum/index.php?referredby=514
if you don't know about the place already.

**fr8pilot1** · 08-27-2010, 23:31

From the Gulf Coast of Alabama...welcome to the forum.

**Jduncan** · 08-31-2010, 20:44

Does Tuscaloosa still smell of mothballs?? It sure did after the all the Alabama fans pulled out their old jerseys and hats to wear in public again after the National Championship.

Ummm.. WAR EAGLE

haha awesome.....war eagle!