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    Simple Hammock Stand

    I have built the turtle dog and it doesn't work well on my sloped property. I want to build a more permanent stand.

    Will 2 pressure treated 4x4s buried 2-3 feet with concrete be enough to hold?

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    Short answer is yes.

    Heres some good reads in regards to what youre thinking
    https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/...-post-supports
    https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/...t-as-a-support

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    I haven't done it myself, but I read that some people using 4x4 ended up having them snap. I think 4x6 are recommended.

    Someone with firsthand experience is bound to chime in.
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    Why not use metal pipe instead of wood - pipe probably won't snap as easily and you can paint it wood brown.

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    yes with guy wire/line to take up some of the top flex...i have a 3" palm trunk with 2 staked lines pulling against the hammock as a permanant stand
    once a hung on the side of road to a 4x4 street sign and snapped it..

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    Mount a compression member between the top of your poles and stop worrying about the snapping 4x4's. Use pipe and correctly size it for cheap, poly tarps for cover.

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    Only temporarily. There is a thread on this somewhere. Short answer: 6X6s with gravel/sand bottom. No concrete (holds the water and destroys the lumber).

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    Quote Originally Posted by SnoreMachine View Post
    Only temporarily. There is a thread on this somewhere. Short answer: 6X6s with gravel/sand bottom. No concrete (holds the water and destroys the lumber).
    +1 on no concrete. Good tamping, a little at a time, is vastly superior to concrete.

    4x6 will work okay if angled away from each other at 60 degrees.
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    Will concrete still rot pressure treated lumber? I'm only asking because my fence posts are pressure treated and we used concrete.

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    A pressure treated 4x6 embedded in concrete will be perfect. I suggest that the concrete and post extend below frost depth. This will vary from place to place across the country but here in Buffalo it's 48". So if that works here it will likely work in NC. The post hole should be minimally sized to allow for 2" of concrete around the post. Those will not snap and will be very rot resistant. You could hang 20 people off those.
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