i havent been able to make finish my tarp yet. the sewing machine i was using was taken back and it will be a while before i can get it back from the owner. i am going to just buy one i think.
i happened to get the stuff together to make a uq. i have a hh expidition and was wondering how a uq would work with it. i dont understand how it works with the enterence hole.
can someone please explain this to me?
I have an HH with a homemade quilt too. I just push mine to the side, get in and it springs back into place.
You essentially have two options. One is as redtail described which requires a suspension cord strong enuf to pull the cover back into place. My synth UQ's had that problem. The second option is to cut a slit and bind it off in the quilt itself. The suspension can be a little lighter in that case because you are not having to reposition the quilt after entry.
Other than cutting the slit the process of making the quilt can be very much the same. I have quilts that do both, slide aside and allow direct entry. Neither is inherently superior in my view.
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i'm still trying to get the new hammock out and test it but i cant right now and because of the hoa i cant do it in the back yard. so i'm trying to workout all the extras in the mean time. i have been reading a lot on the site and have several ideas i want to try. the only thing i'm going to use the first time out that isnt stock is some figure 9's. i really like that idea, however, i might try the surgical tube tarp tensioners too. anyway, thanks for all the advice and info. i'll report in on the first real hang i get to do with the new hh. thanks again, everyone.
Send your hammock to 2Q and have zipper installed, you will like it a whole lot more, went through the same thing making my UQ.Originally Posted by irrationalsolutions
+1 for the zipper... I like my HH far better as a top loader, with the 2Q/ZQ #2 Bugnet Zipper Mod.
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