The TurtleDog stand

[born2roam]

Been following this thread and other stand threads for a while now.

Lack of DIY skills, costs of material over here and other priorities are keeping me back, though I still keep eying them.

Something with a smaller pack volume is more important to me then costs. I'd rather have a package the is 3-4 feet long (think small car) then a stand that costs only € 50 ....

So big thanks to all those contributors in the different stand threads.

Grtz Johan

[firemedic]

has anyone tried the stand out in soft sand ? We have a few islands on the coast, that allow camping not allot of tree's on the beach tho, I think im going to make a roadtrip to lowes's today.

And I spent my morning reading all 30 pages LOL

[samsara]

I'm working with Turtle Lady to draw up and illustrate plans for the Turtle Lady and TurtleDog stand variants. There are lots of little mods that I've seen and I want to make the best of them in the illustration.

If you've created a stand, I'd love to see some photos, especially close-up shots of any specific hardware and building techniques. The illustration will have a materials list and hopefully be helpful to anyone looking to build the stand in the future.

Feel free to post pictures to my email: [email protected], or here on the forum.

Thanks!

If you can wait for a little bit (week or so) I am toying with building a beefy home stand using 2x3s and will modify one of my original tripods from this thread to cut the legs in half and use hinges to hold them together. Other than that, all that I have done is in this thread.


Thanks for all that you have done and continue to do for the community!

has anyone tried the stand out in soft sand ? We have a few islands on the coast, that allow camping not allot of tree's on the beach tho, I think im going to make a roadtrip to lowes's today.

And I spent my morning reading all 30 pages LOL

All that I have around me is sand... the Florida term for it is ” sugar sand” (use your imagination) and it works perfectly!

Dave

[RePete]

Ok I think I am going to have to try this stand in the next few weeks. Not sure what materials I will use though. It will be fore my 14 yr old son who wants to try ditching the bed for a hammock. Just ordered a tablecloth for this purpose. Ill let you know how it turns out once I build one. I am cheap so materials will be whatever I can get the cheapest.

[firemedic]

If you can wait for a little bit (week or so) I am toying with building a beefy home stand using 2x3s and will modify one of my original tripods from this thread to cut the legs in half and use hinges to hold them together. Other than that, all that I have done is in this thread.


Thanks for all that you have done and continue to do for the community!



All that I have around me is sand... the Florida term for it is ” sugar sand” (use your imagination) and it works perfectly!

Dave

Thanks Dave

I am from Florida so I know about the sugar sand.

What part of Central Florida are you in?

My dad lives in the Deland area

[Peri Stark]

I have been needing a stand like this. I do the Chick-fil-a camp outs. I like the 2x3 and 2x4 legs. At 320+ lbs I was a bit worried about those little 2x2's.

[samsara]

Thanks Dave

I am from Florida so I know about the sugar sand.

What part of Central Florida are you in?

My dad lives in the Deland area

The best way to describe it would probably be ” between Sebring and Winter Haven”


Dave

[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.

#1- Olddog
#2- flashbang009
#3- hppyfngy, with first angled ends
#4- linuxhack
#5- mys4sllc
#6- samsara
#7- letstieoneon
#8- Cole
#9- Fontana Horseman
#10 & #11- olzeke and wife
#12 & #13- CamRuns and brother
#14- carmen2kayak
#15- Troy64
#16- Throkda
#17- OldMart
#18- Spiffguy
#19- Aven
#20- hppyfngy for nephew
#21- Mundele
#22- meanmoe
#23- Chuck Gravy
#24- spinkid
#25- samsara's daughter, version 2.0
#26- old4hats
#27- CptAhmadKnackwurst
#28- Fish<><
#29- Shortbus
#30- Clarinath
#31- Silvertitan
#32- NoahWhey
#33- trhang

If you have built a TurtleDog and are not on the list please feel free to add yourself.

[samsara]

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.

#1- Olddog
#2- flashbang009
#3- hppyfngy, with first angled ends
#4- linuxhack
#5- mys4sllc
#6- samsara
#7- letstieoneon
#8- Cole
#9- Fontana Horseman
#10 & #11- olzeke and wife
#12 & #13- CamRuns and brother
#14- carmen2kayak
#15- Troy64
#16- Throkda
#17- OldMart
#18- Spiffguy
#19- Aven
#20- hppyfngy for nephew
#21- Mundele
#22- meanmoe
#23- Chuck Gravy
#24- spinkid
#25- samsara's daughter, version 2.0
#26- old4hats
#27- CptAhmadKnackwurst
#28- Fish<><
#29- Shortbus

If you have built a TurtleDog and are not on the list please feel free to add yourself.

Edited after reading the full post... hopefully I will have #30 after this weekend

Dave

[Fish<><]

It's a great design olddog, slept like a rockin' baby last night, well, better than my son that's for sure. Took me a few trips to home depot but it's done and I'm happy once again with a product I made myself.