I have graphite golf club shaft cuttings (I used to make a lot of clubs). You can often pick up a broken shaft at ranges and courses. One from the tip and one from the butt end and they slip inside each other. Also super light.
I have graphite golf club shaft cuttings (I used to make a lot of clubs). You can often pick up a broken shaft at ranges and courses. One from the tip and one from the butt end and they slip inside each other. Also super light.
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This is what I use, when I use toggles (which is rarely). I love whoopies but for me, toggles are a bit of a pain. I prefer an Elephant Trunk or similar. The whoopie always seems to slip off the knot at some point during setup (for me).Originally Posted by ntfd60
They're light and cheap and I use them with my scouts. Just don't like them personally.
Brian
Denver, CO
Father. Husband. Scoutmaster.
+1 to this. JBizzle showed me this trick last year at the first KC Area Hang, and I've used it ever since.Call me a sissy or call me strange, but really prefer to marlin spike hitch a carabiner into the tree strap and then just clip into that. I'm a fairly big guy and I like the security and peace of mind
+1 Same hereCall me a sissy or call me strange, but really prefer to marlin spike hitch a carabiner into the tree strap and then just clip into that. I'm a fairly big guy and I like the security and peace of mind
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I'm surprised there are no antler or bone ones out there.
I'd been looking at this site all winter. I made myself a tablecloth hammock, whoopies and straps. The first day over 40* I packed them up to try out in the forest preserve. Then I realized I had no toggles. So I grabbed my two largest Allen wrenches. They worked great.
two 4 inch thumbsized hickory sticks, debarked and whittled down to silky smoothness
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CJ A few folks have used antler. There was some mention of it before
ahah..here ya go.thread and pics
I thought the spent ammo casings were totally Mcguiver but I think you win they golden roll of duct tape... a frozen carrot. That has to be one of the bravest things I've ever heard.A frozen carrot has been used when I dropped a soft shackle in the snow.
Not tried a leek yet, only used that for a snow anchor.
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Yeah, the frozen carrot idea is great - in the morning when the sun hits it, it melts, and drops your slumbering butt to the ground! Automatic sun-up alarm clock!
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