New Suspension
I developed a new suspension system that has loops on the main rope/webbing and a biner at the end. Then you wrap the rope/webbing around the tree and hook the biner to a loop on the rope or directly on to it. Tell me what you think about it.
Here are some pics
I'm lost.....
cool ground rig... but I don't see how the pics relate to the description.
Last edited by Ramblinrev; 07-07-2008 at 20:19.
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Sorry, but I'm not getting it either<G>.
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Sorry, I will try to get better pics to show you or even a drawing.
I think what he's describing is not unlike an ENO slapstrap, only made of cord or rope instead of webbing.
If that's the case, it's not a bad approach, but is less adjustable than a few of the other designs that are in use. Now, if you are willing to re-tie the loops for every hang, it is infinitely adjustable; but that seems more trouble than it's worth to my mind. Still, it's certainly a workable approach.
Let us know if you use it for any length of time and how it goes.
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AS that's what I had envisioned.... but I wasn't sure.
I may be slow... But I sure am gimpy.
"Bless you child, when you set out to thread a needle don't hold the thread still and fetch the needle up to it; hold the needle still and poke the thread at it; that's the way a woman most always does, but a man always does t'other way."
Mrs. Loftus to Huck Finn
We Don't Sew... We Make Gear! video series
Important thread injector guidelines especially for Newbies
Bobbin Tension - A Personal Viewpoint
See how there are loops trough out the webbing. And how is wraps around the tree (white thing) then hooks onto one of the loops. This suspension has halved my set up time and made it way easier.
Yes, with the new photos, it does seem to be the same approach as the SlapStrap.
“I think that when the lies are all told and forgot the truth will be there yet. It dont move about from place to place and it dont change from time to time. You cant corrupt it any more than you can salt salt.” - Cormac McCarthy
It is a little like that but not exactly. It doesn't wrap around the tree like that.Originally Posted by angrysparrow
Yep, I see now. I'd be careful w/ all those knots in the webbing though.
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