Originally Posted by
Peter_pan
Judging from those picture the stretch is not in the webbing but in the constriction of the loaded amsteel....
20-25 feet is an abnormally long span for routine hanging...It requires you to place the anchor points on the tree up at 8-9 feet off the ground...Any thing lower is an improper hang angle and to stretch a suspension tightly in hopes of not sagging to ground is to induce great force as your suspension adjusts from zero * down angle to 30* down angle when you get in....
It is these overly tight, straight line hangs that resulted in snapped ridge lines etc a few years back when the use of cinch bucles and descending rings as tensioners and not just convient adjustable buckles in a system was all the rage...
A fixed or "structural" ridgeline is not intended for straight lining a suspension.... It is intended for setting a constant distance between the hammock ends....From the tree anchor points to those hammock ends should still be at 30* down angles....When these principles are in use very little "stretch" occurs... and it is easily reduced to zero stretch as more normal hang distances of 13-15 feet are approached.
Pan
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