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That looks awesome! I've been considering a wider hammock to give me a flatter lay. This looks sweet!

[emoji106]🏼 Good looking rig you made there!

Which solution are you referring to? The one I included a link to or the pre-made aluminum one?

My hammock is 10.5' with a 106" ridgeline which should work, but I'm not sure how easy that will be to connect to frame with suspension. It looks like it would work maybe, I'm just a little concerned...

Thanks for your reply. I have looked at these before - but if I'm remembering correctly, these will only work for a short hammock (9' or so)? Correct me if I'm wrong.
Also it says it has a safe...

Yeah, that was my thinking as well. I figured I'd use amsteel maybe? Thanks

I've searched for and read a lot about different (semi)portable hammock stands. I'm looking for something that could potentially be carried backpacking that would be relatively lightweight and...

Thanks! I need to order a walking foot for my machine. I ordered a Janome rotary even foot and it worked great until one of the rubber tracks broke. It still works ok, but I wish I could find a...

That's exactly what I needed to know! I'm about to go ahead and place an order for some! I'm glad I did the silnylon tarp for the experience, but it was difficult to work with in a lot of ways.

I finished a silnylon cat cut tarp a few months ago and it's serving me very well, but I really want to make a silpoly one soon! Have you worked with both before? How is the silpoly to work with in...

Nice! I don't know of any trees around my area would work that way. Mostly tall oaks, Pines, poplars and the like, but that looks like a really neat setup!

That's weird. I don't know what would cause that. Good luck getting it figured out.

Must be something in your settings. It looks normal to me.

I agree with bishop bag. I burned a hole in the end of a stuff sack and for good measure put a grommet in the hole. It works just fine for me

That sounds like a good idea. Of course I doubt the fabric is down proof, so you'd have to make some sort of bag out of down proof fabric to go inside or either turn the cover inside out and sew a...

I'll second both of these (or third them? :shrugs). I have shock cord on my tieouts on my silnylon tarp, but I really can't tell they help that much. I just don't think the shock cord has enough...

Yeah, sorry I guess I should have clarified myself better! And yes, you're right. I've been on parts of 206 & 209 before and they were well worn. I don't know where we went wrong, but it looked like...

It wasn't quite 11 miles and granted, that was a lot of walking around exploring and back and forth trying to find the trail, but here's the link to our track. Also has some good pictures....

Looks like an awesome trip! Me and some friends (2 of them completely new to hiking) took a day hike to the "big tree" week before last. We opted to try the short route in (unofficial trail) from...

I just finished this DIY pillow using 1.0 HyperD shell and half climashield/half 3 oz of 800 fp down:...

Even holding fabric taut, I find it works best to put another piece of fabric over the top or underneath. Just a scrap of ripstop or something will work, then I cut away the ripstop when finished....

I just made this one and I really like it so far. The pillow is divided in half inside. One half is climashield and the other inside pocket has about 3 ounces of down....

Me, my brother and 2 friends from work took a nice hike yesterday in the Sipsey. Went to the big tree and to the eye of the needle. Overall we went 11 miles. Man am I out of shape! It was a tough...

Pretty awesome views from the Sipsey Wilderness Area. A couple of waterfalls and a couple of pics of "the big tree":...

That is awesome!

Did you put any kind of closure at the top besides the roll top and buckles? I thought about doing mine just with a roll top and buckles, but ended up putting Velcro at the top with webbing behind...

Very nice! I just finished a dry bag out of SilNylon (from RBTR) I had left over from my first tarp project. I made mine a double layer since I was just using SilNylon. I haven't really tested it out...

Just finished my matching stuff sack and all of it including stuff sack comes in at only 6.5 oz. http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/11/d23a27ff02654bc33229669bd6472a62.jpg
I made the stuff sack a...

It works out real well. I like it. I've got my cord ran through a channel inside the pillow, but I've seen some with the channel outside the perimeter of the pillow. I like my way better ran inside...

Until I just made a large SilNylon tarp, I used a Kelty Noah 9' with my grand trunk skeeter beater pro. I hung it In the diamond configuration and in light rain it would've been fine, but if it was a...

To be honest, I've used the side tieouts only once. I definitely see the benefit to them if I'm going to be hanging out under the tarp for a while, but outside of that, I don't know how often I'll...

I have a cord that runs around the inside of the pillow that I can use to cinch it up to increase loft, the cord also provides me a way to tie it up to some shock cord suspended from the end of my...

Thanks! I guess it's ok for me to say that I'm very proud of it!!!

Haha! Pretty clever there!

I just finished my first tarp recently and it is very similar to yours here. Good looking tarp!
Here's a link to mine: https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/showthread.php?t=109060

No offense meant here, but it's not as if Dutch said that anyone who wanted an 11' hammock was wrong or that it was stupid for wanting an 11' hammock. It's his business and he doesn't even owe us any...

So I made a hammock pillow not long ago from left over HyperD and climashield from my down topquilt project and a climashield underquilt project. Unfortunately I really didn't have enough climashield...

Thanks! I'm proud of them and I agree, they are at that fun age to spend time with! They are my little buddies (much like my 19 y.o. was at their age. He's still my buddy, but doesn't care near as...

I don't know for sure. Once I can find time to go find them, I'm going to try it out though!

I guess so! I slept ok, but slept great!

I think so! They love it! I just wish I could get my 19 y.o. on board! He's definitely an outdoorsman, hunting and fishing is his life and he loves camping, just can't quite get him into a hammock! I...

My 4 year old wants to try it bad, haven't let him try it yet though. However my 7 wants to hang in the woods by our house...

Lol! Yes I think I will be! Time to place an order on RSBR!

That's the one! You won't be disappointed!

The real "advantages" may be small. Whoopie hooks are pretty much fool proof, just hook and hang! Also I believe they are slightly faster than the marlin spike hitch.
MSH does require that you make...

Welcome from northwest Alabama and Roll Tide!

I'll second whoopie hooks and whoopie slings! Couldn't be easier!

I'm able to make it out just fine. Thanks for sharing the plans. I thought I understood what you were doing and your drawing here confirms that I do understand it. Nice project! I like it and may...

No comment on bridge hammocks as I've never used one, I just wanted to say I love your videos! I always get a lot of useful info and I always get a laugh or two as well!

I've hiked the Sipsey and I grew up just a couple of miles from the Dismals (in fact the land that my family owns where I grew up shares some of the same features - small cave, small waterfalls, etc...