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Im sorry to hear that-I maybe should have specified a little better the Hardwood dowel. What I used was 7/8" Oak dowel from the big box store. The pine/poplar dowels are too soft. Also be careful...

Youve got it, larks head using a fixed loop to the tree strap, back splice or another loop (or knot) and the toggle wont slide off.

Like a feather on the wind, lets see where the wind takes it...

I like your thinking!
Not knowing much about Ti, you would have to be careful about how thin the wall is, the compression in the...

Yep, that's the thing that i saw in action that pointed me to the sliding toggle. Amsteel was what he was using and it didnt slide through the three holes without pulling the line through like laces,...

Funny you should ask:
1. Ive got a set made up using dynaglide and aluminum toggles that I have done an initial trial (means I hung it in the back yard to see if my butt hit the ground) It worked...

Sure! Ill demonstrate...just not sure I can make ALL the group hangs.
Kinda funny though, I missed out on one up near Joyce Kilmer Memorial forest last year up in Nantahala. I think it was one of...

You are right, and I have done it because I like like the smaller cord attached directly to the tree straps. I can get by with shorter straps, less cord, but I like the fact that the sliding toggle...

I figured a diagram might be easier than pics. The pics I had seemed confusing because all the lines are the same color.
And feel free to steal/borrow 'cause I "borrowed" parts of the basic idea...

Not sure who else has done something similar before, just thought I'd throw it out there...
I was using whoopie slings and marlinspike for a bit. Then somebody showed me a neat trick from another...

Wanted to say hello to all. Also thank you for all the great info. I literally stumbled upon this site a couple years back after procuring a batch of rip stop nylon from Wally World and was trying to...