Have seen post were a maple pole was used. Think the ones you have should be fine if the hammock connection is at the same point as the tripod to ridge pole connection. Some folks have had the hammock connections further out than the tripods and those seem to flex to the point of breaking.
I agree with all of the above. I use a maple sapling and have not had any issues using it nightly for almost two years.
Since you're not interested in portability, you could forego the top rail and guy out your tripods to the ground. Just use two guy-outs per tripod and pound in four- or five-foot lengths of rebar angled away from the center. Good luck and keep us posted!
Edit: See also Goanywhere's thread on guyouts HERE.
Last edited by Pipsissewa; 06-10-2013 at 05:31.
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