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    Older hammock user,senior to the world

    So, I was hiking/hunting a lot with my children and spent a lot of time sleeping on the ground. Old guy, me, had to get up during the night to drain radiator. Cold feet in frozen boots; stumbled in dark looking for a patch of snow that wasn't already yellow. Then! My hammock and a laundry soap bottle saved me. Not only that, I found several other uses for my hammock during the day. I bought an extra. Hung weights on one side and floats on the other, then hung it vertically in water to net fish. I also hung it in a tree to use as a steadying holder for my rifle. Probably, my most saving experience occurred in Phoenix when I arrived on a late flight and found ALL hotel rooms sold out. So I rented a U-haul truck for about 20 and hung my hammock in the back after backing the truck into a thick bush so that anyone else who tried to crawl into my "room" would make a racket. All-in-all, I found 24 ways to use my hammock in the woods and put it all in a free book anybody can ask for. Send Email to [email][email protected]

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    Senior Member bhinson's Avatar
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    Aloha and welcome to HF from the
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    Senior Member Bradley's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by BOOKWRITER View Post
    . . . ALL hotel rooms sold out. So I rented a U-haul truck for about 20 and hung my hammock in the back after backing the truck into a thick bush so that anyone else who tried to crawl into my "room" would make a racket. . .
    My kinda buddy . . .

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    Senior Member dragon360's Avatar
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    Hello and Welcome to the forums from another in Canada!
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    Senior Member easyriver's Avatar
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    So I rented a U-haul truck for about 20 and hung my hammock in the back
    very ingenious!

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    Member Gaberloonzie's Avatar
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    Welcome abord! I'm envious of your year round hanging weather.

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    Senior Member mbcruzin's Avatar
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    welcome from SC

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    Life looks better from a BIAS hammock.

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    A UHaul group hang ??

    welcome to the madness
    I am still 18 but with 52 years of experience !

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    Senior Member TheHangingTechy's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by easyriver View Post
    very ingenious!
    never would have thought about that. nice idea.

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    Senior Member Veto 65's Avatar
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    Now thats multi tasking your equipment, great ideas.

    Welcome to the forum.
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