In my galleray I have a pic of a mod I did to my old HH. I just tied a loop in the hh line and put a strap in it.
In my galleray I have a pic of a mod I did to my old HH. I just tied a loop in the hh line and put a strap in it.
Is that too much to ask? Girls with frikkin' lasers on their heads?
The hanger formly known as "hammock engineer".
Yes, but depending on the model of HH (Explorer or Expedition) the stock rope is too thick to wrap in the buckle multiple times (ala prussik) and tends to slide to one corner. That creates uneven pressure on the webbing on the other side of the buckle. YMMV
Before I get any more PM's about this - I don't claim that the method above is either the best, simplest, cheapest, lightest, or easiest way for replacing the suspension. It is only represented as A WAY to replace it. Jim Bowie asked for a way to change the suspension, so I answered. Period.
Last edited by angrysparrow; 02-13-2008 at 15:18.
“I think that when the lies are all told and forgot the truth will be there yet. It dont move about from place to place and it dont change from time to time. You cant corrupt it any more than you can salt salt.” - Cormac McCarthy
No worries. I wasn't referring to you above. I get a lot of PM's asking why I link to the StrapWorks webbing when there are other lighter options available. My reason for that is that StrapWorks is the only vendor I know that does "to-order" sewing on the webbing for you. That simplifies things for the no-sew instructions.
“I think that when the lies are all told and forgot the truth will be there yet. It dont move about from place to place and it dont change from time to time. You cant corrupt it any more than you can salt salt.” - Cormac McCarthy
You could certainly do that. If you use that method, though, you will have to pull the webbing out of the buckle for each hang. For fastest setup, I would use a carabiner on the end loop and just clip the webbing back to itself after wrapping around the tree.
There is really no down side to getting loops in both ends of your webbing. If something ever did happen to the loop stitching, you then have a spare to fall back on.
“I think that when the lies are all told and forgot the truth will be there yet. It dont move about from place to place and it dont change from time to time. You cant corrupt it any more than you can salt salt.” - Cormac McCarthy
Strapworks is the only no-sew option I am aware of as well. Maybe your existing rope will be sufficient for a try, Jim, you don't specify your HH model. I just sewed my webbing loops but haven't attached the buckles yet so your post was opportune timing for me. Thanks for the additional info, sparrow, I was actually referring to your photos last night for how to attach buckles and had wondered about the rope thickness.
One word of caution for those that do this and use Snake Skins on your HH - the snake skin needs to be on your cording between the buckle and your knot-cover. If you don't pay attention to this, you won't be able to pull your snake skins past the buckle, and will have to untie/re-tie the knot to correct the mistake.
“I think that when the lies are all told and forgot the truth will be there yet. It dont move about from place to place and it dont change from time to time. You cant corrupt it any more than you can salt salt.” - Cormac McCarthy
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