Found a good deal on 100lbs spectra braided fishing line would like to use in hammock just make a 5 line braid would that work I am 155 lbs .
its a couple of bucks and 500 yards. I can make many braids with that much line.
Please input thanks.
Found a good deal on 100lbs spectra braided fishing line would like to use in hammock just make a 5 line braid would that work I am 155 lbs .
its a couple of bucks and 500 yards. I can make many braids with that much line.
Please input thanks.
Will braid stay or unravel?
It's not appropriate for hammock suspensions or structural ridge lines.
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It's a whole lot easier and safer to go with Amsteel from any of the vendors here.
Not very expensive either to get just what you need.
It sounds like the stuff I got on ebay and used for tarp tieouts. I sleeved the ends with hollow braid dacron kite line so I could tie bowlines. I found I could use a slippery taut-line hitch to the stake if I was careful. There's no getting around it - it's strong and it's cheap, but it's also very hard to see, so it's easy to trip over. The reason I sleeved the ends is that lines with no stretch like kevlar and spectra will cut themselves if knotted. I think that characteristic would make braiding it dangerous. Don't hang from this line.
It's very useful as a spare line for tie-outs, a clothesline, or maybe a food bag line (if you can figure out how to run it through a biner - otherwise it will cut the tree). It's extremely light and takes up no room in your pack.
Great advice still ordered 100m of 300lbs braid for use in and around camp. Redesign of suspension system no big deal. going out this weekend and try it.
How will you connect/adjust, etc. the 5 strand braid? Please use tree straps and connect your hammock suspension to them.
You'll come around to amsteel whoopie slings soon enough.
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