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    Black bird woopie sling Question

    So I have a double layer 1.1 black bird with tree straps and line suspension. So I just bought some woopie slings from Oppie and was wondering the best way to attach it to my hammock. I was planning to cut the line suspension off of my hammock with about 6 inches still attached to the hammock so I can tie a Boleyn (not sure if I spelled that correct) around the back braided loop on the sling.Then I was going to use a lightweight beener on the adjustable side of the sling to attach the sling to the triangular buckle on the tree straps.I can't see a way not to use a beener. I also have dutch clips but I don't see how they will help me. I thought about just tying the adjustable side of the sling to the triangular buckle by inserting a short loop through the triangle then putting the rest of the sling through the loop I just made but that seems like it would get tight when I put my weight in the hammock and would take away a lot of the convenience of this simple system.Thanks and I 'm sure this has been talked about at length but I couldn't read through 55 pages of hard core woopie action.

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    There is a YouTube video of how to attach the Whoopies to the BB. you don't need to use a carabiner. The Dutch clips are used on tree buggers and the Whoopie goes onto a Marlin Spike Hitch on the tree bugger.

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    Check out Grizz's videos on constrictor suspension: http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...ead.php?t=9996
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    woopie question

    What is the youtube link? How do you use marlin spikes?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Higher Ground View Post
    What is the youtube link? How do you use marlin spikes?
    Watch PART 1 of these videos .... shows how to tie and use a Marlin Spike...
    Shug's Hammock How-To
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    iPhone is auto correcting tree huggers to tree buggers. Sorry for the typo.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kritter View Post
    iPhone is auto correcting tree huggers to tree buggers. Sorry for the typo.
    I like tree buggers!!!
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    I thought tree buggers was kewl also. As long as the ipod doesn't start writing tree buggerie...than we will be okay.
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    Thank you Shug and Grizz and everyone else who posted. I now understand.

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