I went to a local sheet metal dealer. He has steel, and aluminum.
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:) So now I am gonna check with the door and window factory down the street! They always have lots of aluminum scrap, nothing there I can use but maybe they have something inside to use on new products that I can use.
Will let you all know :)
Was using my TDS last night. All went well. I may need to rethink my hammock suspension to see if I can shorten it, to raise the hammock a little more. I wasn't on the ground, but lower than I wanted. I also found out what happens when you leave the stand up, with hammock and tarp and a little wind. I have a Guide Gear tarp that I was using, and I think it would have held fine, but I added a pole mod (2 poles, inside). With the pole mod, the sides of the tarp really don't pull down tight. It held for a while, but I was teaching a class at BSA Leader training, and when I finished, I looked over and one tripods was on the ground. Luck for me, nothing was damaged. The only 2 things that I was worried about was the poles in the pole mod and the hinges. Both were unhurt.
The worst part was that I had extra amsteel for anchoring the stand, but didn't use them, as I was hoping the tarp would hold it. And it would have if I didn't have the pole mod.
On a good note, the pole mod was a success. Had plenty of room. The night cooled off and even before climbing in to the hammock, there was a heavy dew on the outside. Waking up this morning, I had condensation on the inside, and plenty of water on the outside, almost looked like it rained (but it hadn't). The only thing I have left for the pole mod, is finding a way to keep the poles upright, in the center. I didn't have too many problems with them falling over, and not at all when sleeping. I don't want to sew anything to the ridge and chance a leak, so I'm thinking about adding a length of zing-it, from end to end along the ridge, with two loops lined up with the pole mods. Then I can attach mini carabiners to the loops and my poles. This should keep them from moving, or at least enough to not cause any problems...........Thanks.........RR
...So I am in my rescue vehicle today, driving between stations when something catches my eye. A local church had a fall festival and apparently there was a large scout campout in the field next to the church at the same time. I almost drove off the road (which would be really embarrassing for me at that point) when I saw two TDS stands with nice warbonnet hammocks hanging from them. I spun the truck around before I really thought about what I was doing and pulled in to the lot. Then I realized there was no one around them and I was beginning to attract some worried looks. I decided to drive off without meeting the TDS owners but I really wanted to chat with them.
The TDS stands were made with 2by wood and were really nice.
If you are out there TDS owners- sorry I missed you.
-Sarge
Resqsarge, you do realize we hammock hangers are allowed more leniency in such situations!
That is what I was telling myself but the supervisor part of me took over and I realized it was probably more responsible to get back to work than to insinuate myself into the apparently well organized scouting event as the weird cop-looking dude who wanted to meet the hammockers. (For the record I am not weird, at least not to HF folks anyway) LOL
I saw "threats", but no "proof". So has anyone tied two hammocks to a shared tripod?
I'm wondering how to rig up the Clark Vertex. Sounds like two tripods for the head-end, two ridge poles, and a shared tripod for the foot-end might work.
How strong are the tripods - Can they support double the weight?
It took me awhile to find this but I knew I had seen it somewhere.
http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...ad.php?t=55422
Painted my TDS the other day. Hunt Club Green.Attachment 40480
I also weighed my TDS. It weighs in at 16 pounds. Pretty light! I did not Include the ridge pole in that, as I am playing around with different poles, and have not decided which one to use yet.