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Here is a link to another thread about sap removal. Some good info here.

http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/showthread.php?t=49296&highlight=tree+removal

I have had good success using liquid hand sanitizer. The alcohol in it works to remove the sap pretty good.

I would go with the 30D Silnylon Hex Fly. That tarp will give you pleanty of coverage and is great for those rainy days you need to hang out under your tarp.

I am assuming you are talking about the HH Hex Tarp. I do not use it but both my boys have it with their hammocks and it is a nice tarp. A little on the heavy side but a good tarp with great...

I emailed Tom at HH a while back and asked if they were planning on making a SS without the slit in the bottom for the Zipper hammocks. I was told by the folks there that they have no plans to...

I made one myself using some paracord and a $5 pack cover from Walmart. The pack cover has cord locks on the top and bottom so I just tie cord to each end of the pack cover and then attach it to the...

Welcome from Irmo / Columbia, SC. We are getting a lot of hangers from the Palmetto State.

Welcome from Irmo, SC. There are quite a few SC members here.

I now use a HH Super Shelter but I used a pad and sleeping bag for about a year or more. When I first used the pad system it was a pain to get in the hammock, onto the pad and into the sleeping bag....

+1 on what Gargoyle said. A tautline hitch will work well depending on what line you use. If the rope you are using slips with a tautline hitch you could always try adding in and extra loop or two...

UB,
Here are the links to the post I used.

SlowBro Tutorial on making Whoopie slings.
http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/showthread.php?t=9349

Ken's Video on attaching sling to HH...

I use the super shelter on my HH Expedition model. My setup consist of the under cover and underpad (I don't have the overcover). I have used it in sub 20 degrees F with a space blanket between the...

If you want a loop with a little AT Mileage you could look at the Standing Indian area near Franklin, NC.

Well the Amsteel came in and I picked it up yesterday during lunch. Got home last night and couldn't wait for this weekend so I went ahead and made the whoopie slings and put them on the hammock. ...

Coleman I believe makes 2 different versions of these. The one you show is the larger of the 2 with more poles. I looked at these about a year ago but the weight scared me away from them and I...

I checked the Bull Line this weekend and discovered that it was the WP25 class webbing. The WP25 is 7/8" wide and has a minimum tensile strength of 2500 lbs. I tied a loop in the end of it usine a...

bigbamaguy,
Thanks for the link.



timabababluka,
The stuff I have is pretty wide. I'll have to campare it to the chart on the link bigbamaguy sent me. I agree with you that I will have to...

I have some webbing material I was wanting to use for tree straps but do not know what the rating is. The webbing is printed with distance markers and has the wording "Bull Line" or "Bull Tape" on...

Well I finally broke down and orderd some 7/64 Amsteel. Ended up getting 100' to make whoopie slings and nacrabiners. This sounds like a lot of line but my 2 sons want me to make slings for them...

+1 on what Grizzly Adams said. This is how I hang my tarp now. I had a hard time keeping the tarp tight when it was hooked to the hammock suspension because of the hammock movement when you got in...

Thanks for the info guys.

Another question - Has anyone had any experience with Blake's Hitch. Is it better / worse than a tautline?

I have read in the forums about many people using the tautline hitch for tarps and such but are there some of you out there that use a tautline hitch in your hammock suspension line for hanging and...

I made my gear hammock from a pack cover I bought at Walmart for less than $5. It is blue and has cord sewn into the perimeter with cord locks for tightening it around your pack. the cord is...

Torch,
To put my 2-cents in, I use to wrap my HH and tarp all in 1 snake skin. I would just start at one end and shove it in the bottom of the sack and then continue to shove the rest of the...

I got the Climashield XP bag in and it matches up pretty close with the specs on Coleman's website. The weight comes in at 2lbs 10oz (including compression sack) The dimensions of the bag in the...

AC,
I was wondering about the numbers as well. I will post back when I get the bag. I think they are closer because we are comparing 600 FP down to Climashield XP instead of the better 800+ FP...

Well this past weekend my 2 boys and I went to the backyard to play with our new toys we got for Christmas. My boys (both age 12) got HH Asy zip hammocks with the larger hex tarp for Chirstmas and I...

FYI,

The bags are from Coleman Outdoors. They made some higher end bags but I guess they didn't sale well so they have them on their sale / clearance page. I guess the $52.00 price was short...

BillyBob,
Thanks for the info. I am going to set my SS up this weekend and try it out in the back yard.

BillyBob,
I just got a HHSS for Christmas and was wondering about the best way to pack it up. The HH videos show that the whole system (hammock, pad and undercover) is kept together and just...

Thanks for the quick reply folks. I was leaning toward the Climashield bag but wanted to know what others thought.

Knotty,
I also wondered about the compression of the Climashield vs. the Down. ...

I found a sale on some sleeping bags and wanted to know what people's thoughts are on Climashield XP vs. Down insulation. Here are the specs for each bag.

Synthetic Bag ...

Thanks Shug,
With the poles in this setup he could use it as a hammock or a ground tent :scared: if needed. I will have to check it out the next time he comes camping with us.

I see what you...

We had one of our boy scouts get a Blue Ridge Camping Hammock as a gift recently. I had not heard of them so I went to the web and looked it up (www.lawsonhammock.com). It looks pretty neat but...

Just an FYI.

Hennessy is having their annual Odds and Ends sale starting today. This is a great way to get some hammocks for a good price. Most of the item are demos and should be in good...

Swampfox,
We had our scouts in Piasgah a week ago. We went up the Turkey Pen road to the trail head and hiked about 1.5 miles in to our campsite on the South Mills River. We had rain for about 4...

I emailed HH a while back to ask about their odds and ends sale they have every year. I think they post a list or will send you a list of items on sale if you call / email them. I believe the sale...

I use shock cord from a tent pole repair kit. There is a description on how to do it in this thread:
http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/showthread.php?t=3731

This is way I rig mine and it works...

I got mine from Ambient Outdoors a while back. I checked their site and they are out of stock also. I had to wait a few months before they were in stock last time. You can call them and they may...

RasmusB,
That is a good idea. I have alwys done a couple things.

1. I always pull the snakeskin from the foot end over the snake skin from the head end. That tells me head from foot.

2. I...

Jeff,
Just read through your trip report. Great stuff. Sounds like you had a great time. Making me want to get back in the woods. Will be taking our Scout troop to Pisgah National Forest this...

Welcome to the forums. We seem to have quite a few folks here from SC now. I am up in the Columbia / Irmo area but I like coming down to Charleston for a visit every now and then. Usually in the...

Would you be willing to sell the SS separate from the hammock. I currently have a HH Exp and have been looking at getting the SS.

Also is the SS the old style where you have to feed the...

Welcome to the forums.

I have been Hammock hanging for about a year now and I can tell you that this forum is the best resource I have found. There is so much info and good advice here to help...

Welcome to the forums.

I have used the HH Expedition for about a year now and have no complaints. I am 5' 10" and 180 lbs. so the Expedition works good for me. The reason I settled in on the HH...

I have use a small loop of shock cord with my guy lines and it works well. It is something that is permanently attached and it has kept my tarp tight when it rains. The material I used came from a...

WV,
It is a hollow braid and I did make a whoopie sling out of it one time when I was playing around. The tricky thing with something this small is having small enough wire to go down the center...

I have another question that goes along with this.

The cord I am using is very small in diameter (about 1.5mm). I would like to use this as a tarp ridge line but I am not sure if there are issues...

Thanks for the quick reply Opie.

This has probably been discussed before and I know everyone does their own thing but I was wondering how long long of a guy line you use on your tarp tie outs. I am making some out of small diameter...