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    Senior Member Detman101's Avatar
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    I just took a chance and made a pair of whoopie-slings that adjust out to 15 feet each.
    They still roll up lighter than my strap/cinch buckle and carabiner setup.
    I get the feeling they will last longer too since the straps I use with them will be shorter and only used to grip the tree. They seem to hold way less water than the tree strap setup I've been using for the past 5 years. No more soggy mess dangling from my ruck after hanging in the rain.

    I don't think I'll ever use them at their maximum length of 15ft until I get a portable ladder, but they adjust down to about 1.5 feet short so anything between that distance is usable. Remarkably strong grip too...that was completely unexpected. My coworker and I couldn't make them slip with each of us pulling on the ends of the whoopie sling.

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    I am using UCRs, total length is 6 feet and always take with me 3.2 feet dogbones for each UCR . With help of dogbone, you can extend UCR or Whoopie and will be surprised how it useful as standalone item.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Detman101 View Post
    ...they adjust down to about 1.5 feet short ...
    Given the lengths of backsplicing needed, I thought whoopies couldn't get much shorter than 6'...??

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    The length of the fixed loop, bury for the fixed loop, and bury for the adjustable loop determine the minimum length. So about 2”, 6” and 10” respectively for safe builds.

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    That 2,6,10 is a linear run. You can half that by doubling up if you have a tight hang or skip the whoopie altogether and hang right off the end of your continuous loop

    ETA: I've never had to do that. Extend yes, but never shorten or my tarp is too long.

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