Here are the pics of my coupling this allows me to vary my pole length 12' outside, 10' in the house.I also use the poles for the portable stand by Alamosa.
Here are the pics of my coupling this allows me to vary my pole length 12' outside, 10' in the house.I also use the poles for the portable stand by Alamosa.
Last edited by njredneck; 09-17-2012 at 05:45.
Njredneck: thanks for the pics! Looks good!
Q: you noted that the set up allows the ridge length to be variable....does the coupling allow you to lock the length at a pre determined state? Or does the interior piece stay in place just with friction? I would think that the load would cause the two ends to slide towards the center along the ridge pole (but I'm a pharmacist, not an engineer!).
Thanks!
BTW: the failure I experienced was actually at the threaded end of the galvanized pipe. The threading sheared off at the coupling. But, I just used coupling with no internal support like what you've described above.
Bruce
Hey guys,
As you can see I am new to the forum. I have been a busy busy bee. Just completed my stands. Was really easy to do. Used 1 1/2 EMT for the tube. Extra large hinges due to the really windy conditions here. Thought i would use the extra holes on them to have tie downs. Dunno, we will see how that works. Don't want my gear flying around.
The posts are 7ft tall and as you can see the hammock [Warbonnet Traveler] is sitting quite high. I'm gonna cut them down to 6ft later.
Last edited by Co-Forever; 09-19-2012 at 08:39.
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.
#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
#34- TheKid
#35- Suburban
#36- gp_griz
#37- Sidewinder
#38- wattson
#39- thehappymailman
#40- Datahiker
#41-#43- seadad9903
#44- samsara (another TD 2.0)
#45- Roadrunnr72
#46- RePete (sort of )
#47- Rampant
#48- duallain
#49- Jiffiboy
#50- ohiohiker
#51- Kyle6357
#52- sandpiper
#53- gmcpcs
#54- Sweeper
#55- Shotgunred
#56- TZBrown
#57- Jrprince
#58- Rodewin
#59- AT4ever
#60 & 61- ironfish77
#63, 64, 65 hppyfngy - one for yard and two more nephews.
#66- NikkiC!!
#67-huauqui
#68-ThreeD
#69- Co-Forever
Most of us end up poorer here but richer for being here. Olddog, Fulltime hammocker, 365 nights a year.
bdaabat & njredneck, have you completed your TurtleDog stands yet?
Last edited by olddog; 09-17-2012 at 16:35.
Most of us end up poorer here but richer for being here. Olddog, Fulltime hammocker, 365 nights a year.
My stand has been ccompleted for a while now.
The adjustability comes from using different lengths of 1".I cut 2 10' lengths down to 6' for 12' pole and use a 4' leftover to reduce the length to 10'. Once tried to add third section to get 14' without coupling on the 2nd 1" joint the 3/4" bent on the inside and put me on the ground seems like you need the emt coupling to put a limiter on the flex like wise with out the 3/4" on the inside there was alot of flex at the coupling.
Sorry for the repeated questions! I am mechanically totally inept.
So, you have two 6' sections of 1" EMT joined with a coupling and a section of 3/4" EMT inside to 1" tube to provide additional strength at the coupling point, correct? How long is the 3/4" section of EMT?
Thanks!
Bruce
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