The suspension on this bivy has got some promise for a one tree DIY bridge hammock
The suspension on this bivy has got some promise for a one tree DIY bridge hammock
Parts to play with can be found at thrift stores. Folding aluminum cots with round corners can be used for a starting point. The guy that designed the Portaledge
(d4} says he discovered the rounded corners were much stronger.
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Here is what it might look like but have round corners:
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with rounded corners
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WOW!.............................
BillyBob, I spent the winter months at DeWayne Hayes campground in Columbus, MS. Left last week of May and headed to northern IL...what a mistake that was :-). I see it's finally warming up around your neck-o-the woods.
I'm on the look out for an aluminum cot to make one these:
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I have a grizz bridge hammock but it still doesn't lay flat enough for my side sleeping.
naval hammock
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Yes, it finally is, but I almost thought it was going to snow 3 or 4 days ago! With the wind chill and the wet, it was actually one of the colder days this winter! At least it felt like it! But I bet you are a lot colder in northern IL!Originally Posted by Stovemandan
Or just hang from a live oak, like the ones on the Ga islands. One tree, one limb, two connection points.
"I wonder if anyone else has an ear so tuned and sharpened as I have, to detect the music, not of the spheres, but of earth, subtleties of major and minor chord that the wind strikes upon the tree branches. Have you ever heard the earth breathe... ?"
- Kate Chopin
Don't mean to blow your cover if you'd rather remain incognito but is this Zelph?
I never found portaledges that comfortable... I used to sleep in one fairly often (a camp 5/North Face) with a pad when I was younger.
If you happen to poke into one of the local Illinois hangs you might get a chance to check out my bridge. Obviously don't know your weight but I suspect if you are having issues with a grizz bridge that a Hybrid 1.7 version or one of mine would do it.
Otherwise... if you're looking for a portaledge why not just get one? Or am I missing something? Or if it's just the desire to tinker driving you to explore your own version; more power to you!
Portaledge prices are way out of my budget range and too heavy, so DIY is what I like.Or if it's just the desire to tinker driving you to explore your own version; more power to you!
I don't want to go back to ground so I'm investigating new options. I'll try to make it to the next IL hang and see what your "big boy" looks like with you in it.
Yes, I am zelph. When I first came on the scene at Sgt Rocks Hiking H.Q. NO SNIVELING! I was known as "Incognito" drifted over to Whiteblaze and became zelph, time past and stopped by here and became "Stovemandan" Sure do like making stoves LOL
I spend my winter months at a Corps of Engineers campground in central MS. Their camp sites have steel poles to hang lanterns on. The poles are strong enough to hang a portaledge onto. This photo shows the shepardshook pole that holds lanterns. Chiggers are so plentiful in the area that you have to stay on the gravel pads.
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I'm not sure I understand why you need to suspend the cot. Cots suspend you with no trees needed. Looks like you got a nice solid and level ground to set the cot on too. Not trying to be a smarta$$. I just don't get the "why".
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