"Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities." - Mark Twain
“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” - John Burroughs
There is a small lake called Cheney Lake that is surprisingly popular for sailboating. I would have never thought that store exsisted except that I was at this lake all the time when I was a kid, and I figured someone would cater to sailboats.
Funny thing is, when I called to make sure he would have the cord I needed, he told me that he couldn't sell it to me if it was for hammocking--only for boating. Confused, I sat there in silence until he said "Just joking..." What a charachter this guy was! Really funny and knowledgeable guy. And the line I ended up buying was .25 a foot, so really good deal, too!
He also showed me a method for splicing lines that I will start a thread about now...
I am sorry you all, I didn't notice the discussion about the breaking strength of the ridgeline. Read this page about adding a ridgeline by Jeff:
http://www.tothewoods.net/HomemadeHammock4.html
From that page:
Regardless, my stuff won't break. It is the same as I use for the support lines. Looks better that way, anyhow!First, choose your cord. Anything with a breaking strength of about 200-300 lbs should work, but just like hammock supports it should probably be low-stretch. I've had 550 cord stretch so much that it wasn't useful. I've also used BPL Air Core 2, which is very thin and light so I thought it would be perfect...but it was so thin that it was damaging the hammock supports. Right now my favorite is BPL Air Core Plus...it's really too expensive for this use, but I had some already cut to the right length so I put it on there. Webbing can also work.
i guess i just don't understand tensil strength...can someone explain that?
This is the day that the Lord has made-let us rejoice and be glad in it! Psalm 118:24
so would this work for a ridge line?
http://www.rei.com/product/729597?cm...l_item*element
and by the way...i'm trying to make my hammock support up to 400 lbs
This is the day that the Lord has made-let us rejoice and be glad in it! Psalm 118:24
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