Tree hugger length???

[Bleemus]

What length tree hugger have you East Coast hangers found to be the most versatile while respecting weight? I am a simple "pass one end through the loop on the other end guy" and hope the bar tacks hold.

One inch webbing. 5 ft? 6 ft?? 30 ft?

Gram weenie?

[angrysparrow]

6 ft will cover almost all circumstances.

If you're a gram weenie, carry 2 4ft huggers and some Amsteel to extend a hugger if needed.

[Trooper]

I like 8 feet. The standard stuff that Hennessy ships was too short for the larger trees I like to use. Six feet is a good length, but the extra 2 feet lets me use some trees on my property that I just can't do with 6'.

[Hooch]

5 feet. For me, anything more is overkill. YMMV.

[pgibson]

90% of all the straps I do are 14 foot worth of webbing cut in half with loops on each end making a finished length of 6 foot give or take a thread. The other 10% are any where from 4 foot to 12 foot finished length. But by in large the norm all across the country seems to be 6 foot.

[Trooper]

90% of all the straps I do are 14 foot worth of webbing cut in half with loops on each end making a finished length of 6 foot give or take a thread. The other 10% are any where from 4 foot to 12 foot finished length. But by in large the norm all across the country seems to be 6 foot.

Leave it to me to not conform. I just got my new camouflage 8-footers today. Thanks!

[Bleemus]

Okay. So if I were a gram weenie then a 5 footer would do for most and two small bits of Dyneema for odd large trees.

Here in Vermont we have very few old growth forests. The Sheep Mania that stripped almost all of our old trees leaves us with 10-20 inch trunks along most of the Long Trail.

Camo? Oh baby, who makes these???

[pgibson]

Camo? Oh baby, who makes these???

cough, couch

[hangnout]

If you're a gram weenie, carry 2 4ft huggers and some Amsteel to extend a hugger if needed.

After I saw your setup, using the marlin spike on the Pinhoti hang, I made up some very similar to what you just described. I threaded the amsteel thru the toggle and tied a knot on the end. This way the toggle is always with the hugger.

Loop on one end of webbing, double sheetbend on other end joining amsteel and webbing.

[Bleemus]

cough, couch

Okay. I will bite. Please PM me a quote for two 5 foot 1 inch wide camo huggers keeping in mind that I don't use 'biners. I just loop em through the other end so the bar tacks need to stand up to a 280 mile thru hike of the Long Trail. Include your paypal address too!

Thanks!