Originally Posted by
cmc4free
I set up a 300kg mini crane scale on my Tensa 4 foot anchor line today. I did this indoors hooked to an eye bolt in the sole plate of my garage framing, not outodors anchored in soil. Using my typical stand setup in a GE hammock (though no quilts were attached) and with a 5lb counterweight hanging off one of the head end poles, I measured 3.6 lbs tension on the unoccupied hammock and about 42 lbs at steady state with me (175 lbs) in it. Peak forces from movements in the hammock measured between 50-60lbs, I think. This scale doesn't have a peak hold, so I set up my phone to take a video. The scale display doesn't refresh quickly enough to get an exact reading on those peak forces.
BillyBob - I like to have the 'outside' bar for each SIDE of the stand be the side that my head and feet will be on, respectively. So the stand isn't a mirror of itself across the baseline. For the head of the stand, both pole feet are on the inside, closest to the hammock axis, and for the foot end of the stand, both pole feet are on the outside. That is for a head right, feet left lay.
I attach the foot anchor line to the outboard pole, and I hang the hammock from the cordage that lashes the poles together. All the cordage is Amsteel in my stand.
Q3 - That's the way I do it. Others may do it differently.
Q4 - Not sure what the sensible limit is, but 3-4 ft feels safe enough to me, especially if it's planted in soil and not a hard floor.
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