So I've been looking around the forum without finding the answers to my questions.
First let me tell you a little about my planned setup that I've made but not yet tried.
Starting from the tree end:
1) Tree huggers (?) with fixed loops in both ends
2) Soft shackle through one or both of the tree huggers loops (depending on set up of the tree hugger)
3) Adjustable end of the whoopie sling (WS) through the soft shackle
4) Fixed loop of the WS to a continuous loop (CL) with a square knot
5) CL is fixed to the stock loop at the gathered end of the hammock with a larks head.
Here is my concern:
As a rock climber I've learned that "soft on soft" combined with heavy loads is a big fat no no. Especially if there is any movement in the system that will cause friction.
A climbing rope pulled through a soft sling will melt through that sling in no time, or at least severely weaken it.
With this in mind, what is your experience of the dangers of friction in a whoopie slings/soft shackle setup as described above?
Would it be better to use a marlin spike on the tree hugger?
I've got some pretty wide tree huggers.. similar to the seat-belts in a car, so I feel it might be too bulky using a marlin spike and that the knot might slip.
So I've been playing around with the idea to "larks head" the soft shackle around a spike, making it similar to the marlin spike and then put the adjustable end of the whoopie sling around it..
Thoughts? Comments?
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