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    Senior Member Floridahanger's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by peanuts View Post
    houston, we have a problem, the S hook i have will not fit in the hole of the hinge and i can not find a 5/16 eybolt only a 3/8
    oh when i enlarged the hole, the back leg of one of the stand will not lay correctly since the S hool will not hang down straight....

    ....................HELP.....................
    Quick, come on down to Florida and I will enlarge the hole with a drill bit. HURRY!
    We can fix the angle with a pair of pliers.
    Enjoy and have fun with your family, before they have fun without you

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    Quote Originally Posted by Floridahanger View Post
    Quick, come on down to Florida and I will enlarge the hole with a drill bit. HURRY!
    We can fix the angle with a pair of pliers.
    very funny i did the first part. what size S hook did you use??? second part, did not work so well....so i tried both......
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    Quote Originally Posted by FlaMike View Post

    The only thing that may be different about my TD is feet. I mean, it will have them. Just in case of soft ground, I plan on cutting out a 6" or 8" diameter plywood disk for each tripod leg. I'll add a simple bracket for the leg to sit in, nothing fancy, just something to keep the leg from sliding off the disk.
    I have a vision of a TD stand with three pairs of crocs.
    Keep movin', keep believing and enjoy the journey!

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    Quote Originally Posted by peanuts View Post
    very funny i did the first part. what size S hook did you use??? second part, did not work so well....so i tried both......
    Sorry, I liked the comedy in your post and it made me giggle.
    I haven't made a TDS yet, so, I don't have an answer. I do hope you get it done and then you can help us(me) to make it easier when I make my stand.
    If a mistake is to be made, I will probably find it
    Enjoy and have fun with your family, before they have fun without you

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    Quote Originally Posted by peanuts View Post
    houston, we have a problem, the S hook i have will not fit in the hole of the hinge and i can not find a 5/16 eybolt only a 3/8
    oh when i enlarged the hole, the back leg of one of the stand will not lay correctly since the S hool will not hang down straight....

    ....................HELP.....................
    Check this method out
    https://www.hammockforums.net/galler...&cutoffdate=-1
    Enjoying the simple things in life -
    Own less, live more.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Floridahanger View Post
    Sorry, I liked the comedy in your post and it made me giggle.
    I haven't made a TDS yet, so, I don't have an answer. I do hope you get it done and then you can help us(me) to make it easier when I make my stand.
    If a mistake is to be made, I will probably find it
    no harm no foul i have a great sense of humor! and i think i am the first one to make a mistake [B][COLOR="Magenta"]d
    Last edited by peanuts; 10-16-2013 at 19:57. Reason: wrong post
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    Quote Originally Posted by oldpappy View Post
    what is the size link???? and i just noticed where i made the mistake......

    what size(length) hinge did you use???
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    Quote Originally Posted by FlaMike View Post
    ...I'm wondering if anyone has any measurements for a wider base, since mine will be used for camping? Just thinking about uneven ground. But I do want to make one with the angle cut legs, so I can avoid using the stopper line around the base of the tripods...

    ...The only thing that may be different about my TD is feet. I mean, it will have them. Just in case of soft ground, I plan on cutting out a 6" or 8" diameter plywood disk for each tripod leg.....
    Quote Originally Posted by Floridahanger View Post
    FlaMike, unless you plan on staking down those feet, you may still want to consider the spread limiters no matter how wide you plan on going. ...
    I have to agree, use a spread limiter line around the bottom. The wider the legs are spread, the more this will be needed. The angled top of a leg is short and the rest of the leg makes a very long lever. Adding to this would be the disks skis you are planning on.

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    Saw something cool this weekend at a local Scout District camping event.. I had my hammock hung between two very large fence posts.. there was another troop out there that had hammocks hung using TurtleDog stands. Thought it was a great showing of hammock camping filtering into Scouting.
    Great job on those stands also... they looked great
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    Quote Originally Posted by hppyfngy View Post
    I have seen my brother in law and his son sitting (uncomfortably...) in one at the same time. They must total #475.
    I think the stand can handle it, but that's a whole different set of risk factors.

    I also note that your lumber isn't quite as "clear" as I'd prefer to see. Don't know how prominent the knots are, but if one goes, you may not get a lot of warning. (I also don't see "spread limiters" on your tripods. I'd seriously think about that.)

    Depending on what you need it for, I think I'd consider building a heavier duty model, like with 2x3" lumber, or making a third tripod and hanging "heads together," on two different rails.

    Whatever you do, if you get a bunk bed hang to work, take pictures!

    And if you try it, please let her have the top bunk... Seriously, would you rather catch her or land on her? You decide...
    I know I'm late with these pictures! My apologies.

    The double hang worked great, actually. No extra creaking or groaning from the stand at all. Here are some shots we took prior to tarping so you could see what we did. The only downside was the additional swoop my hammock ended up with as a result of the lower hanging position combined with the length of the top rail. If I could go to a longer top rail that problem might be avoided somewhat.

    http://i.imgur.com/kvr4aqW.png

    http://i.imgur.com/p8GQ3Ug.png

    http://i.imgur.com/Zri9Mmc.png

    http://i.imgur.com/oYtkUmv.png

    Feel free to ask any questions!

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