My Bridge Hammock System

**Jazilla** · 12-10-2007, 13:03

TeeDee, man that thing has a lot of cord, lines running everywhere. It does look like you put a lot of thought in the process. Wow, good stuff

P.S. What is the weight with all the biners and stuff on?

**kohburn** · 12-10-2007, 13:42

i think i'll sacrifice the weight for the convenience of zippers and velcro.

**TeeDee** · 12-10-2007, 14:34

Originally Posted by kohburn

i have full adoby and am able to generate and edit pdf's if you need/want some help.

I've generated the pdf - used OpenOffice. It can write pdf files no problem.

The trouble is getting it JJ.

It is 68.3 MB. The final article is 132 pages. Most people can probably ignore everything after page 98 or so.

So kind of large. I would not recommend anybody trying to download without broadband access somehow.

**TeeDee** · 12-10-2007, 14:45

Originally Posted by Jazilla

TeeDee, man that thing has a lot of cord, lines running everywhere. It does look like you put a lot of thought in the process. Wow, good stuff

P.S. What is the weight with all the biners and stuff on?

The cords look like more than when you finally start using it. The suspension triangle is where all of the cord is. After that it's the same as a regular hammock. Keeping the suspension triangle from tangling was the first order of business after I took it down the first time. Those curly laces wrapped on the lines solved that nicely. Then the skins keep the lines untangled. Combining the curly laces and the skins and the lines are no problem. Just like hanging a regular hammock - only more comfortable for me.

The total weight with everything: overcover, suspension, tree huggers, carabiners, bug netting, skins, pillow and draft stoppers is slightly over 52 oz. Could drop that to about 49 using 1.1 oz ripstop instead of 1.9 oz ripstop for the overcover. Leave the overcover home for 3 season use, drops the weight to about 41 oz.

**kohburn** · 12-10-2007, 14:56

Originally Posted by TeeDee

I've generated the pdf - used OpenOffice. It can write pdf files no problem.

The trouble is getting it JJ.

It is 68.3 MB. The final article is 132 pages. Most people can probably ignore everything after page 98 or so.

So kind of large. I would not recommend anybody trying to download without broadband access somehow.

true - if you don't care about people editing the text then there is really no need for it to be a pdf and a word document would be a lot smaller file size.

**angrysparrow** · 12-10-2007, 15:51

Originally Posted by TeeDee

I've generated the pdf - used OpenOffice. It can write pdf files no problem.

The trouble is getting it JJ.

It is 68.3 MB. The final article is 132 pages. Most people can probably ignore everything after page 98 or so.

So kind of large. I would not recommend anybody trying to download without broadband access somehow.

PM sent with a server link for you to upload to, if you so choose. I can host the file for you, or if nothing else, give you a place to upload to so JJ can easily retrieve it for placement here at HF.

**TeeDee** · 12-10-2007, 17:50

Sent a PM to JustJeff. The article in pdf form is now available at my web site at this link:

pdf article

Usual caution holds about left clicking on link - you'll get garbage. Right click and download link instead.

Again it is 68.3 MB so be sure you have broadband or the time to download. JustJeff may copy it over or link to it.

**TeeDee** · 12-10-2007, 17:51

Originally Posted by angrysparrow

PM sent with a server link for you to upload to, if you so choose. I can host the file for you, or if nothing else, give you a place to upload to so JJ can easily retrieve it for placement here at HF.

angrysparrow - I thank you very much for the kind offer of assistance. It is much appreciated.

Thanks - TeeDee

**TeeDee** · 12-10-2007, 17:54

Originally Posted by kohburn

true - if you don't care about people editing the text then there is really no need for it to be a pdf and a word document would be a lot smaller file size.

True. The OpenOffice Open Document file is half the size of the pdf document. I did pdf because I didn't even think of a native file and the pdf is what JustJeff suggested. Also, I think pdf is more widely usable. Even than MS documents.