Originally Posted by
bigbamaguy
Odds
I have done exactly what you describe with all of my hammocks. I have found that it is very useful at keeping the extra webbing on the tail end out of the dirt or mud. I did notice that there are some adverse affects to doing your webbing this way. While I was hanging about a month ago I noticed that there were several wear spots on the webbing (strapworks 1" polyester webbing) from the CB's (triangle type AHE sales). I got a BB (with Brandon's new CB's, very similar to AHE type) from another HF member and rigged the suspension just like before and noticed that there was a wear spot on this webbing as well. Mind you I am a larger variety hanger (big fella) and may have been placing to much stress on the webbing when it is in the CB. Last weekend at the MWL Hang in TN I went back to pulling the webbing single through the CB and had no noticeable wear on the webbing. I placed a half hitch in the tail end of the webbing to get the webbing off the ground.
I not saying not to do your webbing suspension this way but I would warn you to check the webbing for undo wear from this point on. The wear will be on the edge of the webbing not the flat face of the webbing. I hope this helps and have fun hanging in the trees!!!!!!!!