Ridgeline on a Woot Hammock?

**Craigthor** · 08-08-2013, 20:32

Originally Posted by Spartan

Thanks for the offer, but that's about 4 hours one way

Yeah a bit far for just swinging by then.

**goobie** · 08-08-2013, 20:39

Originally Posted by Spartan

I might just pick up a new set or see if the seller will send a better made one. That, or give up on the great woot hammock crusade of 2013 and buy her a proper rig...

Who sold you a set of whoopies with only a 5" bury??

You can't give up now...you're almost there!!!

I'm in the South East corner of the state if I can be of any help?

**Spartan** · 08-08-2013, 21:15

Originally Posted by goobie

Who sold you a set of whoopies with only a 5" bury??

You can't give up now...you're almost there!!!

I'm in the South East corner of the state if I can be of any help?

I'd rather not drop the name of the vendor, simply because I'm EXTREMELY happy with the rest of my purchase. I'll give them time to make it right before doing any Buyer Beware type stuff...

**matthew2000tx** · 08-09-2013, 01:11

I was able to run the shock cord in a ridge line configuration and just put all the netting loops on that single line... seemed to work fine for my wife.

**Spartan** · 08-09-2013, 17:54

The vendor told me that "5" bury is plenty of length and what it's supposed to be".
Is that right? I'm not sure based on my other reading, but I'm still green....

**Spartan** · 08-09-2013, 19:35

Originally Posted by Spartan

The vendor told me that "5" bury is plenty of length and what it's supposed to be".
Is that right? I'm not sure based on my other reading, but I'm still green....

Update,

I had the whoopies rigged wrong. Gonna go try them out and see if It works now...

**goobie** · 08-09-2013, 21:55

Originally Posted by Spartan

The vendor told me that "5" bury is plenty of length and what it's supposed to be".
Is that right? I'm not sure based on my other reading, but I'm still green....

See if this helps
http://www.samsonrope.com/Documents/...UG2012_WEB.pdf

From Samson

The "fid length" of a rope is calculated as 21 times the rope diameter.

According to my math:
21 x 7/64"= 2.296875"
21 x 1/8"=2.625"

The PDF I linked says 3-1/2 fids for the bury
3.5 x 2.296875= 8.039"
3.5 x 2.625= 9.1875"

Just to clarify, my last question was an "I can't believe you were sold a set of whoopie slings with that short of a bury!!".