What is the suggested length for suspension tree straps?
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What is the suggested length for suspension tree straps?
thank you!
How big are the tree were you usually hang? The diameter of the trees will effect the the required strap length.
I carry a pair of 12 footers and 20 footers. I use them about 50/50 but I do a lot of camping in the Redwoods. I have them looped at each end and I use a carabiner around the first loop and then pass the remainder of the strap through. I then just wrap the excess around the tree till it's where I want it to be. Sometimes I have to adjust but once it's set, it stays where I place it.
Look at the trees you go camping at and measure them. Carry for the largest and you'll be covered. Got my 20"s at Strapworks, great people there.
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Before I went to Whoopie Slings I was using 14' straps. You could use shorter, but for the couple extra ounces, I'd rather have the extra length to allow some flexibility in set-up.
Jerry
Edit - If you mean straps to use with Whoopie Slings, 5 or 6' should go around most trees.
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We tend to do most of our straps to folks in the east at 12-15 foot. Some of them to the western states are a bit longer averaging 16 foot.
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Holy moley guys! I use 6' straps and usually have at least a foot or 2 hanging beyond my marlinspike hitch. Or are you guys talking about using straps all the way to the hammock?
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Acer
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HeeHee. I have a set of webbing that are cut to 50' on each end.I use them when trying to find a hang above treeline. Sometimes the rock formations are in such a position that they can be hung from; just need really long straps sometimes. A novelty, not much else.
My standard set-up is 11' of webbing on each end. More than enough webbing to allow me lots of flexibility in my hangs.
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YAH that is how I took it asking about suspension straps. Using rings, cinch buckles or the like to do a webbing based suspension. But maybe we need to verify that with ShadowAlpha, webbing suspension or tree huggers?Originally Posted by acercanto
In the case of huggers, 6-7 foot seems to be our majority but some as short as 5 and as long as 9 or 10 foot.
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I plan on using the straps from the tree to this buckle
http://arrowheadequipment.webs.com/a...s/show/1105085
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Aaahhh, gotcha now. Thanks for the clarification. Yeah, I'd probably use 12' or 15' straps if I used them (I use huggers+whoopie slings).
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Acer
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