In an earlier post someone state with with SLS the 30* rule of thumb did not really apply. I'm guessing that's due to the drop from the rings and the fact that the majority of the hangers weight is not transmitted thru the hammock. I'm thinking that the physics of the SLS is much more like a clothesline, i.e. the clothes or weight hanging from 2 support point from the weight bearing line and the traditional hammock hang method with/out a ridge line would be like trying to hang a wet shirt from a broken clothesline. The weight of the wet garment would not allow the use of clothes pins and require a more secure method of attachment since the weight is being transmitted thru the garment.
I did that by a couple of inches and I think I gained a fraction of that in clearance. And since I found a very comfortable channel and I was so close to the floor I thought that would be a good place to leave it since a flaw in my workmanship would only drop me a few inches!!
Is there a rule of thumb as to how much higher?
5) tie little tails onto the ridgeline, outside of how you're connecting the tarp to the RL, to direct water away. But this shouldn't happen much with a tarp line as it should be fairly straight, the hammock suspension will trail water a lot more.[/QUOTE]
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You're right with SLS for your hammock, the line will sag. No idea how to get the proper angle other than by trial and error, or measure the angle of the attachment point to a parallel from the ground. Another thing you could do is keep a ridgeline attached to the two ends as a "guide" for your angle, this would be useful for SLS and traditional suspension.
No rule of thumb for the gap. It depends on your angle of hang. Some people hang at a higher angle, or if you use SLS you will need to anchor higher to compensate for the sag, etc. The length of the space between anchor trees will impact this as well. It's a bit of trial and error to figure out your specific setup.
Hammock Gear List: https://lighterpack.com/r/cwjf0g
Yep...that's smaller. I think it could work, but I would be concious about what knots you use. I might recommend checking out the double dragon knot for making loops- I think it weakens line less than other knots.
Keep in mind too the load sharing quality of SLS. Not sure what your set up is, but with my SLS, I have "two" lines on each side of the hammock sharing the load (one going from hammock up to treehugger, then its coming back down to hammock before crossing over). More food for thought
Actually I've found both constrictor & klemheist to work quite well on sls.
http://www.animatedknots.com/klemheist/klemheist.jpg
my constrictor based sls with klemheist backups
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quite nice!
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