Ridgeline help

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03-14-2012, 11:37
Just swingin

Ridgeline help

I am trying out a ridgeline for my ENO DN. I am not sure what I am doing wrong with it. It is fairly tight when I am not laying in it but once I am it sags badly. Where am I wrong?:confused:
03-14-2012, 11:45
raiffnuke

Are you hanging on a stand?
03-14-2012, 11:46
Just swingin

Quote:

Originally Posted by raiffnuke

Are you hanging on a stand?

Trees actually.
03-14-2012, 11:48
raiffnuke

Well that shoots a hole in my theory...still thinking about it though....
03-14-2012, 12:09
DemostiX

The hammock stretches. Nothing more complicated than that.
03-14-2012, 12:20
pgibson

My suspension is that the suspension is to tight. When you pull everything tight then load the hammock it drops more than it normally would if at a good 30 degree angle. Which will bring the ends of the hammock together creating sag in the new ridgline. Try raising the tree straps and or loosening the suspension so that your suspension is going up more at a 30 degree angle.....you can also have someone watch when you enter the hammock and judge how much the hammock lowers when you climb in, if everything is copacetic then it should lower just a little.
03-14-2012, 12:46
kehlopolis

hmmm

It could be the trees bending, or the suspension stretching when you get into the hammock.

Is your hammock taught before you get in?
03-14-2012, 13:45
Just swingin

Thanks for all the tips. I thought it probably had something to do with the load but I had not considered the angle of the suspension. I will play around with that. Thanks a ton.:)
03-14-2012, 16:59
gargoyle

What are you using for tree huggers?
Whats the rest of your suspension? Webbing, whoopies, etc.?
03-17-2012, 20:23
Just swingin

straps just straps
03-17-2012, 20:49
Shnick

The stock ENO straps perhaps? ENO uses nylon. It stretches a lot, most of us upgrade to polyester webbing, several good vendors out there.

Where do you have your ridgeline attached to?

Shnick
03-17-2012, 22:43
Atlas918

Sorry to hijack this thread, but it is a corresponding question.

I am getting ready to put a ridgeline on my DN. Should it be attached to the hammock itself, or the suspension? I am using rings larksheaded onto the hammock and webbing.

Thanks! :)
03-29-2012, 15:23
Just swingin

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shnick

The stock ENO straps perhaps? ENO uses nylon. It stretches a lot, most of us upgrade to polyester webbing, several good vendors out there.

Where do you have your ridgeline attached to?

Shnick

Sorry I was not very clear on that. I learned pretty quick that the ENO slapstraps sag somethin fierce. I ordered poly strap and use a biner and knots. If you watch youtube and find the video that Ray Mears showed his set up, it's similar to that except I use biners instead of a ring.

That said I changed the angle of the hang and that made a huge difference.
03-29-2012, 15:42
PapaSmurf

Quote:

Originally Posted by Latitude918

Sorry to hijack this thread, but it is a corresponding question.

I am getting ready to put a ridgeline on my DN. Should it be attached to the hammock itself, or the suspension? I am using rings larksheaded onto the hammock and webbing.

Thanks! :)

Here's one possible way.
http://www.hammockforums.net/gallery...nder_thumb.jpg
I prefer the ridgeline closer to me while in the hammock. Otherwise, I can't reach anything with my short little smurfy arms.
Tall guys might want a higher ridgeline and advise you to attach it on the rings?

Quote:

Originally Posted by blong223

I am trying out a ridgeline for my ENO DN. I am not sure what I am doing wrong with it. It is fairly tight when I am not laying in it but once I am it sags badly. Where am I wrong?:confused:

I would concentrate on the angle of your suspension and move the straps up and down the tree until you have what you feel is the proper ridgeline tension. This'll give you a fairly close visual guideline for hanging it in the future.