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I have a question for u guys, when using top rail for a turtle dog style hammock stand, how hard is it to split the individual sections for storage? (Once you use the stand, are the sections tightly wedged together? ). I am building a stand in a spare bedroom and would loke the option of easily taking it apart and storing it. Thx for the help!
Looks pretty easy from the parts I have. My first DIY stand was made out of pipe. Heavy Pipe. So it screws together via pipe threads - not fun. If I get industrious, I could "lock" some pieces together and number the connection points with a sequence that minimizes having to step over the "foot" while attaching the vertical to the horizontal.
I mentioned that to show how much simpler the turtle dog or "two legged" (on each end) stand is. The top rail is either in two or three pieces with a "coupler" between them. The coupler has a screw that tightens down on the pole pieces, holding them together.
If I were just using the tapered end of the Fence Rail pole, inserted in another piece, I might put some "don't stick" coating (some lubricant) on it. BUT I wouldn't feel comfortable knowing only an inward pull is holding that rail together. In that case, I'd run a safety line through the top rail that would keep the ends from separating. And I'd look up a source for a coupler that holds the pieces in place with tightened screws.
Or - if you use lubricant - you could drill a small hole through the two sections where they fit together and put a long small bolt that passes through and is held by a wing nut on the other side.
Hope that gives some ideas. wouldn't rely on just pushing the two or more sections into each other. Either tightened in a coupler or locked together with a bolt passing through both pieces works for me.
They’re simple to take apart, I use the factory swaged connections all the time without issue.
Yep, me tooQuote:
Originally Posted by No-sage
Another yep, me too.
Could you guys post some photos? I would love to see them.
Thanks!