The TurtleDog stand

[olddog]

Originally Posted by olddog
The question was posed by old4hats about the number of turtledog stands that had been built. Went back and reviewed a few threads, the Turtlelady stand, the TurtleDog stand and a thread by domromer. Here is what I was able to find and assume that there may be others.

Page #1. Ends at post #723
Page #2
#101 - turtleburger
#102 - JakobW
#103 - berksound
#104 - HangDenAround
#105 - civetta62
#106 - LEAGLE
#107 - joeybravo13
#108 - JohnSawyer
#109 - JaxHiker
#110 - delphyves, the first from France!
#111 & 112 - Rightside
#113 - tato
#114 - Randy
#115 - Mag
#116 - Aardvark
#117 - Brute1100
#118 - ptsal
#119 - Bankheadboy
#120 - old4hats' second
#121 - UncleClark
#122 & 123 - hppyfngy, the Master TD maker!
#124 - Humpback
#125 - jima59
#126 - 100MileBill
#127 - WV
#128 - rcracin24
#129 - NWOHanger
#130 - doogie
#131 - WhiteHillReptile
#132 - catalyst
#133 - Lupus
#134 - bowl-maker
#135 - ewhammock
#136 - Privateer
#137 - Settle
#138 - obmit
#139 - Jazilla
#140 - kk4df
#141 - gothmog
#142 - Pj1008
#143 - the2nddeal
#144 - samjaynes
#145 - HamMike
#146 - Veto 65
#147 - bonsaihiker
#148 - Peartree
#149 - hawghanger, for daughter
#150 - oldfatguy
#151 - raleighbuckner
#152 - Corpus
#153 - Owl
#154 - Ryn8tor
#155 & 156 - talldaddy
#157 & 158 - creativeKayt & nephew

[hppyfngy]

I love this thread and went ahead and built two. One for me and one for my 9 year old nephew. Thanks to everyone for all the info and great, illustrating pics!

Pics of mine will come later today. Unfortunately, I don't have a shot of my nephew's as I delivered his Wednesday night (it was a last minute, rush job add to his overall birthday gift). Now he has the means to hang last year's Christmas present (an ENO SN modded with whoopies with tree straps) wherever he wants. YAY!!

Cool Beans, Kayt! Pics please...

[creativeKayt]

Here's the promised pics.
I have some tweaks and painting to do, but it's functional!
YAY!!


Here's the links. I'm not on a computer, so I'm a bit limited.
Sorry for the inconvenience.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12685767@N08/8644409348/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12685767@N08/8643310905/

[hppyfngy]

Here's the promised pics.
I have some tweaks and painting to do, but it's functional!
YAY!!


Here's the links. I'm not on a computer, so I'm a bit limited.
Sorry for the inconvenience.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12685767@N08/8644409348/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12685767@N08/8643310905/

You? Limited? Never!

Looks great and the yard too! What's your top rail? It's a long one!

[Chigger]

I will most likely have my TD stands at the Smoked Butt hang April 19-21. Not planning on using them but will have them in the truck if needed.

[ConnorMann]

Hello newby hanger here, read the post over the last couple days and am looking for the the ridgepole length for a WBBB xlc a 11 foot hammock i believe. any suggestions on the length using a fence pole?

Thanks

[creativeKayt]

What's your top rail? It's a long one!

One of the afore mentioned tweaks I need to do. Currently, it's galvanized pipe -- 3 sections at 4' each. I'm not too worried about it failing on me since I only weigh 145 lbs, but I would rather do the fence post top rail. I had the galv'pipe already and it will do the job for me until I get over to HD.

It was a fun, easy project. I'm planning my next one already!

[hppyfngy]

One of the afore mentioned tweaks I need to do. Currently, it's galvanized pipe -- 3 sections at 4' each. I'm not too worried about it failing on me since I only weigh 145 lbs, but I would rather do the fence post top rail....:

It would hurt less than galvanized if it fell on you...

Good stuff.

[drichi]

Talldaddy, did you use fence top rail for your top rail? Also I would be interested in how long? This is exactly what I had considered for scout trips. dave

[samsara]

Hello newby hanger here, read the post over the last couple days and am looking for the the ridgepole length for a WBBB xlc a 11 foot hammock i believe. any suggestions on the length using a fence pole?

Thanks

Don't forget that an "11 foot hammock" is talking about when it is stretched straight. When you are using it the sag shortens it quite a bit. I think the topic has been covered a bit already but it seems like somewhere between 10-12 feet should be plenty (but I can't really remember).

You should be able to set up your hammock (using trees), fine tune it so that it is exactly how you want it in the TD stand, and then make some measurements.

• Give yourself at least 6 inches beyond each end of your hammock and measure the distance between the two. This will give you the actual distance between your hang points. You will probably want a bit more toprail on each end... six inches maybe? (hppyfnygy... help me here )
• Measure the height of your theoretical "attachment points". Will that work, can you live with your hammock being a bit shorter, will your stands get you that high? This will be the level that you will want to try to get your toprail.

Now you should have something to work with... at least until somebody that knows more than me (it's too long of a list to type out ) corrects the errors of my advice. Either way I would shade towards keeping the toprail longer and your two tripods as high as possible. You can always shave some more off but you can't add more on if you went too far

Dave