The TurtleDog stand

[Datahiker]

Hi,

Just in case, I screwed some self-drilling eyes into the posts, near the bottom. This means I can push tent pegs through the eyes to anchor it to the ground. I don't use limit string on my setup, but if I did I could utilize the eyes for this as well!!!!!

Mark

I did the exact same thing, works like a charm.

[Tankosl]

I did the exact same thing, works like a charm.

Great to see our solutions aren't limited by geography!!!!

[FJRpilot]

Just finished mine, proof is in the photo..... I couldn't be happier with the stand...

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[rb_daniel]

Every time either I, or my better half, gets a bad cold, I end up going to the futon so I can sleep or not disturb her. The futon is a brick, and way too short for me. Well no more! Thanks to this easy project, I can hang blissfully in the basement. These work really well, although I think I'll lengthen the top pole a bit. Thanks for all of the posts on this.

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[hppyfngy]

@rb_daniel, you might try to shorten your suspension a bit before you lengthen the ridge pole. You could probably do with a little less sag.
Just a thought.

Looks great!

[rb_daniel]

I actually did that by running my whoopies through the biners on the end caps and meeting in the middle, but the hammock was getting a little higher than I prefer. So I guess I have the options of cutting the tripod legs down and tightening the suspension, lowering the pole a bit and tightening the suspension, or busting out the reciprocating saw and cutting some fence post. The last option sounds the most fun.

[Pokey]

rb_daniel: Are you using the cast "fence hardware" as end caps? If so, do you have any concern about their strength?

[rb_daniel]

Yeah. Seems plenty strong to me. I've only hung on it a few times at this point, though. I don't recall coming across any posts stating they failed on anyone, and people have been using them for quite a while now.

[elvisandedgar]

Built mine over the weekend and got everything set to try out the cold weather gear.Stand works great. One thing I didn't see mentioned is make sure the pole cant go through a window if something falls. See the board covering the window. That is how I came upon this overlooked problem

[CajunRedneck]

Just finished mine tonight, it held me up fine, I used wooden dowels in the end of the fence post to strengthen it up a bit and used a self tapping screw to secure the end caps to the post.