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I left my legs their full 8'. I like the size of them. Not to mention, I'd have had a tough time hanging both my wife and I under there were it any shorter!

I do need to lengthen my top rail...

Definitely regular 2x2s. The pole is the standard 10.5' chain link top rail that people like to use. No upward bend thanks to keeping our suspension attachment points close to the vertical connection...

I know I'm late with these pictures! My apologies.

The double hang worked great, actually. No extra creaking or groaning from the stand at all. Here are some shots we took prior to tarping so you...

Great tip! I'll have to give this a shot next set I build. I have a good relationship with our local lumber yard, they're just not open at convenient hours to my work schedule. :(

As for pictures...

Sadly, those boards were as clear as I could find in the massive stack. :( I did end up adding the spread limiting paracord after these shots were taken. They limit the spread between feet to five...

I have a question on the weight-carrying capability of these stands. I built a standard system (my photos are on thread page 176 or 177), leaving the 2x's at their full 8 foot length. I have a 10.5'...

I finally got around to building my first TurtleDog stand for a church-wide camp out that won't have any available trees! I knew assembly wouldn't be so bad, but had no idea it'd be this easy. That,...