I have been trying to come up with the lightest weight hammock setup possible. The only thing holding me back has been a suspension system. A while back I built my own whoopie sling and it's worked great but around the tree was always the variable especially since I didn't want to add the extra weight of carabiners..
So I took a 12' piece of 7/64" Amsteel Blue and tied a figure 8 loop at the end and then tied stopper knots every 12". I used another piece of Amsteel Blue through the hammock's channel and attached the hammock to the stopper knot suspension using a cow's hitch..
I layed in the hammock for a few hours today and it worked great. It felt rock solid with no slippage of any kind.. My whole setup including suspension is now down to 5.75oz...
I do realize this setup can increase bark and tree damage but none was present on the two pine trees I hung from today..
Has anyone else ever tried something similar to this??? Did it work for you???
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