New to whoopie can I use my dutch buckle with a whoopie sling?
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New to whoopie can I use my dutch buckle with a whoopie sling?
yep...the Dutch Buckle is made to take the place of a marlin spike hitch and toggle.
they work great.
I bought the dutch buckle with woopie for my sons hh deluxe. Looking foward to getting them.
Here's an action shot.
https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/...ictureid=13061
I Have old clinch buckles. I was hoping I could use a Whoopie sling to it??
http://i858.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps026d7329.jpg
Thanks
Mainewoods
Yeah, you could. Just girth hitch the whoopie to the buckle. The buckle could act as a drip ring. I like the dutch biners myself because it's easy to detach the whoopie from the continuous amsteel loop if you want but it's not necessary to be able to do this. The dutch biner also acts as my drip ring.Quote:
Originally Posted by mainewoods
I just ordered a pair of Dutch Buckle's too. These look really neat. I have no issues with using aluminum toggles but the buckles seem like a great idea and will hold the whoopie more securely as well.
So I would hook the Dutch Biner to the loop I shown in this picture ? Could I leave the clich buckle there ? To use with a strap if I wantedQuote:
Originally Posted by pizza
Thanks
Maninewoods
If you got Dutch Biners or Whoopie Hooks you don't need the buckles that came on your Amsteel loop attached to the ends of your hammock. On my Blackbird I just remove the entire loop with buckles and replace with a AHE Chainlink instead.Quote:
Originally Posted by mainewoods
http://www.arrowhead-equipment.com/h...uspension.html
Could I just use the loop there? And take buckles off?
Oh...yeah you could since your buckles are just girth hitched to the loop. With the new style cinch buckles Warbonnet uses they are actually threaded onto the loop before it's tied so you'd have to untie the knot making the loop to get them off which is kind of a pain.Quote:
Originally Posted by mainewoods
Thank Pizza I think I'll go with Dutch's whoopie slings w/hooks two different colors and a set of Dutch buckles on the 1" strap I have.
Again Thanks helped a lot ! One thing about this forum a lot of help for a guy starting out!
thats my exact prob, dont want to take apart the lines on a $150 hammock, thinking of putting the hack saw to them so i dont have to untie?? but on the other hand the wbbb system works real good so Ill most likely just keep moding my enos and such:D:D if its not broke dont fix it right? thats why I moded my eno right out of the box with woopies and dutch gear "cause it was broke when i recieved it:lol:"Quote:
Originally Posted by pizza
Here is a YouTube video I threw together to show how to remove the stock amsteel loop/webbing from a Warbonnet Blackbird and replace with a new loop for Whoopie Slings. One thing I didn't mention in the video is that you can skip the continuous loop altogether and just girth hitch the whoopie sling directly around the gathered end and threading it through the ridgeline loop. This would be a bit lighter of an option for the gram weenie though you lose the drip ring feature and easy detachment of your whoopie's.
Great Video Helped alot!!! Thank You pizza :thumbup1:
The ideas and gear that is offered by Dutchwaregear.com all comes from the philosophy that our customers want lighter and easier gear. We went with the three options to help satisfy all. The cinch buckle is webbing based, extremely strong and simple to use but it has a weight penalty. The Dutch buckle is a hybrid between a webbing suspension and rope as allows the webbing to be adjustable through the buckle and a whoopie sling for further adjustability going to your hammock. The lightest and in my opinion easiest is the whoopie hook on whoopie slings. I use 4' hugger (have a 5' and 6' that I can take along as well if we are headed to potentially bigger trees. I use a small 8" loop through the channel of my switchback and the hook spliced onto the adjustable end of the sling. While you do give up some minimum distance with whoopie slings it is not that much and the weight, less bulk and ability to pack the entire wet and/or sticky suspension away from my hammocks is well worth the minimum distance penalty.
Thanks eagle eye. I believe I'll stay web for awhile and then try a Dutch whoopie/hook/ buckle. Thanks folks .
Another nice thing with the Dutch Buckle is you can setup in between trees closer together and do away with one Whoopie or even both if need be. I'm car campin' right now and my tree spacing was limited. I removed one Whoopie from an Amsteel loop on one end of the hammock and looped it right over the buckle. Left the Whoopie on the other end and that did the trick. You can do this with the marlin spike too but the buckle let's you adjust all the way to the tree trunk if you had to.
Outstanding idea Pizza! Thanks saving my change to order a set of whoopie slings and Dutch buckets for now web and clinch buckles .
I been wondering this too. I am newnto hammocks and these pictures helped alot!