What the minimum bury distance on a UCR (not a woopie sling) for a good supervention system?
Problem
Ok my explanation is going to be a little sciencey so please bear with me. For the suspension system to work, the sum of the forces has to equal zero. Now if a woopie sling has three section of rope going off of the splice. Section A goes to the hammock and Section B and C go the the tree. because B and C are the same piece of rope going around a point there tension should be about equal. This means that they each should bear around one half the tension on A. With rope A going through the bury, then the bury only supports half of the load on the system. On a UCR the bury will have to support all of the load, so it will have to be twice as strong.
Background Info and Use
I am currently working on a Hammock camping system. I am in college so money is tight. I ordered 30 Ft of 1/8 Amsteel blue online, but I later realized I wanted to make a longer suspension system. I also need some of the rope to make continuous loops for the drip rings. Because at this point I would have to to use four foot woopie slings or order more rope, I decided to make a UCR Being new to the homemade suspension thing, I wanted to get expert advise before I make my gear. I am a bigger guy (250lb) so I Plan on going ten percent more than needed.
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