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Don't forget the official Hammock Day Chant/Song
*to the tune of row your boat*

Hang, Hang, Hang your sling-
Tie those lashings tight-
Else you may come crashing down-
We're Hammocking...

yea- when i was 6 my mom bought a bolt of that fabric and covered the ceiling in my bedroom (it was a jungle themed room). eventually i grew older and out of the jungle theme but my mom kept the...

No. or more specifically, not yet?

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we had to stop and get beer for the lake this weekend and i picked up 5yds of $1 1.9oz nylon from the walmart in the tiny lake-side town where the houseboat is located. score!

i also found a 3/4yd...

I'll be @ the houseboat all day today, but when i get back tomorrow I'll go hang the hammock and snap some pics. My mom made me some snake skins as well that i want to try.

So i was thinking about hammock insulation and integrating a hammock and a store bought sleeping bag together to eliminate the need to buy a hammock, an underquilt and an overquilt for use in cold...

the straps are about 6.5ft long and i have no idea how much they weigh but there is narry a tree i can't lash to with these.

(i didn't sew them, my mom did. but now that i have a machine i hope to...

I'm what most people would refer to as obsessive and once i get an idea in my head i will act on it come hell or high water.

so tonight i decided i wanted to buy a sewing machine so i did:
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awesome, thanks for sharing!

yea, i was trying to keep it @ or around $100 but that may be an unrealistic number.

I may be able to borrow a machine from my MiL. I don't know what type of machine she has but in 8 years i dont...

no husq 4 me. *sad face* even the "entry level" models would be $400+.

thanks for all the info! My mom agreed to let me use hers to see if i like it, and i think my grandmother has a machine that she doesn't use anymore (although i'm told it could be broken)

@ lunch...

if i wanted to learn to sew but didn't want to drop a metric arse-load of cash on a machine what sewing machine would you DIYer's recomend?

specific models would be great but even guidance on what...

I voted "ring buckles" but i may not have understood what was meant by this-

I made some homemade "tree huggers" out of 7' pieces of 1" nylon strapping with rings installed at one end. i wrap the...

i'd forget i was up there and botch the exiting of my HH. ouch.

nice write up. i'm glad it worked out for you.

how long are your 2x4's? i was using 8 footers with the bolt hole drilled at 7 feet it seemed high.

Don't put your picnic basket in you hammock or Yogi will eat you!

http://images.wikia.com/uncyclopedia/images/thumb/3/39/Yogi_Bear.gif/180px-Yogi_Bear.gif

can you set up one of those motion activated (hunting) cameras? we want pictures if the whole thing comes crashing down in the middle of the night!

that said- i certainly hope it works! (the...

I'll keep that in mind. I was accually just thinking that a lot of members here would probably be coming through knoxville and i was going to post up that we could carpool or at least caravan there....

I might come. i live in knoxville so it isn't too far away.

/new owner of a HH Explorer Deluxe A-sym

it finally came in and i went over to my office (closest place i could think of with suitable trees) and set it up.

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heck yea!

i...

I'm glad you guys liked the pic. feel free to use it for whatever.

here is a second one i made:

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Edit: forgot to crop out the...

I got to play with the hammock tonight and although i need to go study up on knots to tie that can be untied after laying in the hammock, i did make a graphic to express how i feel about my new...

how hard is it to learn to set up a hammock in the dark?

/if not tonight- at first light tomorrow!

do you have any smaller or darker pictures you could post? lol.

just messin' with you- it looks like it worked swimmingly! thanks for keeping us updated.

I just recieved word that my hammock...

i think we know as much about each other as two people can. we started dating when we were 14 or 15 (sophmores in highschool) and dated for several years. we broke up but remained friends and dated...

This post is worthless without pics.:D

Hopefully my HH will be in today and i can get some pictures of the stand i built. I think I'm to fat for 2x2's (even hardwood) but i'd imagine for someone...

I just found this forum and started posting but i realised i never formally introduced myself.

My name is Ryan, I'm 22y/o and i live in Knoxville TN. Although my dad is an avid hiker/canoer i...

Edit: it works now

i really like that warbonnet stand. clean and simple yet very sturdy looking.

fold up (commercial):
http://s7ondemand1.scene7.com/is/image/Hammacher/10932A?wid=180

and one more:...

http://www.devonokedesigns.co.uk/grafix/images/hammock-full.jpg

here is another design that looks like it would be pretty easy to replicate in your backyard.

/and- yea, that baby hammock is...

I wonder if this could be adapted to fit a full sised adult hammock?
It would be big/heavy but honestly i think most of the people in this thread are more interested in the...

i weigh 260 lbs to i can almost certainly say 2x2's will not hold me. if you are lighter and want to try them, i'd use a VERY steep angle on the V so most of the pressure is pushing straight down.
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I ordered a HH Explorer Delux Asym as my first hammock. I have done a bit of tent camping but this will be my first hammock tent so i don't know what to expect.

90% of my camping is done when the...

Cannibal, thanks for the link!

wowie wow wow...

I don't think you'll see me sleeping with just one pole anytime soon but it does look like a cheap/easy meethod if you are in a pinch.

i...

I'm waiting on my new HH to arrive so i can hook up a real hammock and not just the weight testing that i've been doing. I'll post pictures/results if it works or if it fails.

I'm blessed/cursed...

http://www.byerofmaine.com/images/lrg_amaz-hamm_moskito.jpg

here is a pic i found on the byer site of another wooden a frame.

I thought about that but the upside down V allows the wood to "dig in" a bit as weight is applied also works well if the ground is not perfectly flat/level. unless you put some type of "cleats" on an...

I doubt i am the first person to come up with the idea of using an A frame. there is a flimsy commercial unit that uses 2 wood posts and a stake but i was only able to find one stock photo of it. ...

the trick is to have the stake far enough out that the force pulling on it is sideways and not pulling it up out of the ground. (having heavy red clay mud here in east TN doesn't hurt either)

if...

here are some better pictures of some of the parts.

if you have specific questions please ask. you can post here or email me directly. (email: my screenname @ caraudio.com)
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That hammock stand is nice but bulky. I designed and am in the process of testing a simple, cheap design.

I expect it to cost less than $30 and will require only a drill to manufacture with pieces...