So I just got 50 feet of "red" (more like pink) amsteel. how much amsteel should I have on each side of my hammock for suspension? I want to be safe and have enough, but I don't want to have one tie-out in Europe and the other in China if ya know what I mean. Thanks in advance for the advice.
My rule of thumb is 12' per whoopie sling....so figure on 24' total.
thanks for the info! I was wondering if SC had hangs like I see Shug doing(his videos got me into hammock camping).
Congrats, There seems to have been a post a while back about whoopie lengths we carry being to long. I recently went to the "no hardware" setup by Griz, using dynaglide and am pretty happy, they are about 5-6 ft. I had some 7 footers on a hammock I made for my son and ended up shortening then to about 6 ft. There is an excel spread sheet by opie I think that lets you put in loop sizes and overall lenght and it gives you all the different section lenghts. Just a thought but as I move tested equipment to son and grandson I ran across a post regarding trees straps, I have found it helpful in that it said to stagger strap lengths. A 7 and a 9 or 6 and a 9 is better than carring two equal length starps, just food for thought.Quote:
Originally Posted by FreakMan
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Which suspension system do you intend to use? Amsteel tells us one of the materials but not if you plan to use a trucker's hitch, whoopie sling, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by FreakMan
Check the Southeast Forum for hangs in your area.
I will be using climbing grade rings from REI, still debating on getting a ridgeline or not
I generally shoot for 6' whoopies and then adjust the tree straps based on the trees. For example I know some places where the trees are either huge or spread out so I take 12' straps.
On average I tend to make 6' foot whoopies for either myself or friends. Nice to round off a length at 10' (smaller thae 6' finished) or 12'.
IMHO, I think you'll get more bang for the buck with UCRs. Throw a small safety pin on and your solid.
I also carry a short length of Amsteel (3 or 4 feet) with two loops, one on each end. That way, I can easily lengthen either a tree strap or a whoopie.
Otherwise, I use it to hang my pack off the ground.
Handy and multi-functional.
Rain Man
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