No Trees? No problem - Ground Anchors

[SGT Rock]

Dynaglide does work - you just gotta make sure you armor it with a sheath of nylon or similar material in order to protect it from the abrasion it WILL suffer during insertion, removal and use. I used paracord sheeting on the dyneema removal cord. DO NOT use knots - they weaken the stuff WAYYY too much - you really MUST splice a loop into the ends

What I was thinking on this was keeping the cable connection to the head and connecting the WS to the cable.

[SGT Rock]

How tall are your PVC pipes? I'm thinking of constructing a rig for the Gathering.

[Pitch]

How tall are your PVC pipes? I'm thinking of constructing a rig for the Gathering.

Only about 4ft high. They only really need to be as high as your hammock ends are so could actually be lower - the trick is in the tensional. You still need to keep the angle at ~30deg so the poles should be as close to the hammock as is reasonable. Adjust suspension until the hammocks ridge-line is proper.

[Pitch]

I put together this video to show how I rig up the Dyneema and Paracord sheeting "armor"

I'll try to make a video detailing how I build up the dyneema lines sometime tomorrow if I find time.

Sorry about the lack of editing - still need to find a decent editor.

[opie]

Dynaglide does work - you just gotta make sure you armor it with a sheath of nylon or similar material in order to protect it from the abrasion it WILL suffer during insertion, removal and use. I used paracord sheeting on the dyneema removal cord. DO NOT use knots - they weaken the stuff WAYYY too much - you really MUST splice a loop into the ends

You could always use a small rope thimble at the rope/anchor connection.

[SGT Rock]

Thanks for that. I just ordered a dozen of those.

I'm looking at titanium bar as well. Looking at the driver it looks like the end that goes into the hollow of the ground anchors may be <0.5" (they have a 9/16" rebar turned down on one end). I've done the beer math and it looks like I could get a 48" ti bar at .437" that should weigh about 472gr if I remember my geometry right. If that bar could serve as one support and the driver it would be dual function. I wish I had an engineering degree sometimes LOL.

So if that is true, lets say 472 gr for the bar, 100 grams for two anchors and retrieval cords made from dynaglide or something, a couple of dynaglide whoopie slings at 6' for about 18 grams, and throw in about 10 grams for fudge factor and it is conceivable that you could make one side of this that only weighed about 21 ounces per side. Add some sort of handle to the ti rods and they could also be hiking poles.

[Pitch]

You could always use a small rope thimble at the rope/anchor connection.

Thanks Opie - this is a great idea to protect the rope from the metal.

My only fear is that it wouldn't protect the rope from the ground itself as the device is hammered into it. Any thoughts on this?

BTW thanks much for all the cool posts on splicing - using the "bent-over-wire" trick now and it is sooo much easier.

[Pitch]

If that bar could serve as one support and the driver it would be dual function.

48 inches is reallly overkill for the driver. 24 is more than enough.

At that length you could potentially use the driver as one of the ground stakes - I've held myself on this same rig using rebar of that length (as a spike/stake). It gets expensive if the TI bends though

[SGT Rock]

Woops, made a huge math error LOL. it would be much heavier than that.

[Pitch]

Woops, made a huge math error LOL. it would be much heavier than that.

Look into Bamboo (for the vertical supports)- it would work and could possibly be used as walking staffs. The diameter may been to be too large though - not sure.