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    Draggin' Bottom

    Howdy Folks,

    just a quick question to ask, why does my bottom seem to drag so much?

    here's the context. we set up our newly lightened Eno's and i had to adjust the suspension three or four times across twelve hours and still wound up draggin tail by the AM.

    here's what i am using:

    ENO single nest (does this fabric stretch much? that much?)
    Whoopie Slings from 7/64 am-steel (reportedly does not stretch)
    Poly Pro (i think) tree huggers. (poly pro being a better choice than nylon)

    Did i miss anything.

    You may ask, how big is that tail your draggin'? and i would say 190lbs.

    thanks
    until such time...

    rbaxter

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    sounds to me like you are hanging too tight and too low. Yeah it really seems counter intuitive but introduce more sag into the hang and raise the tree huggers up higher on the tree. The farther apart the supports are, the higher you need to hang.
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