This is an adjustable ridgeline I made myself. With the how-to videos and pics made available on this site its easy as pie!
Ozzy, do you have any more pictures you could post? Specifically, I would like to see where/how you attach your mosquito net pull outs. Have a SB Pro on the way and would like to see what I am up against....
“Indian builds small fire and stays warm, white man builds big fire and stays warm collecting firewood”—unknown
“The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea”—Karen Blixen
Hey Buffalo Soldier, I think you made a good choice with the SB Pro.
After perusing my photos I don't have any that are as helpful as Te-wa's. Search "skeeter beeter mods and pics". He has a better system than what I have done so far.
I normally run the supplied shock cord through the sewn in elastic loops on the netting and attach each end just above my tree straps. A few minutes of searching the area always results in two lightweight sticks I use as spreader bars between the elastic loops.
Some have suggested running the ridgeline THROUGH the netting but I choose not to as I love flipping the hammock over and going net-free. Being from Florida net-free may not be an option for you, making this a viable approach.
Enjoy!
Excellent. Those last two are exactly what I was looking for. And I must say, that is exactly how I had envisioned handling the netting.
Actually, where I am is not necessarily so bad. Our climate is cool enough from November through March that we get nights below freezing and days in the 50s, so bugs during that time are low at best. We do much of our backpacking around here in the winter, as dragging a pack of any weight in weather in the 80s+ and humidity over 90% is just plain miserable. But I do camp year round. Aferage summer nights are about 78-80, so the coolness of the hammock is a blessing. That is when I need netting.
Can't wait to get this rigged and try flipping it over. I think I can rig the netting supports to be easily removable.
Does anyone else have any suggestions of how to hang the netting on the Grand Trunk SB or Pro? Here are the original pics Ozzy referred to:
http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...ead.php?t=4669
“Indian builds small fire and stays warm, white man builds big fire and stays warm collecting firewood”—unknown
“The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea”—Karen Blixen
OK, now another question. I just finished my whoopie slings, and I finished a adjustable ridgeline/whoopie. If I am trying to get this a little higher above the hammock, can I attach it to the whoopie with a Prusick knot on either end? Will this be secure enought for a ridge line? Will is compromise the rest of my suspension in any way?
“Indian builds small fire and stays warm, white man builds big fire and stays warm collecting firewood”—unknown
“The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea”—Karen Blixen
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