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    Senior Member griesl's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Paladin03 View Post
    The webbing I was using was rated to 1000+ lbs, but I'm gonna switch it out with some 3000lb webbing and see how that works.
    I wonder what the webbing that WB sells with their suspensions is rated? That's what I use, and I've never had any doubt it would hold me plus a whole bunch more. Switching to the 3k sounds like a step in the right direction. I think it was kind of a freak thing yours failed, but I can empathize with being a little gunshy. The first or second time I used a marlin spike, one of them slipped out and I landed on the back side. It was tough getting back in, but once I understood what happened, I was able to regain trust in my suspension. I hope you (and significant other) can too. Good luck.

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    Let me just say that I've had two adults in a hammock with sustained and strenuous, dynamic load (use your imagination) on the dayglo-orange harbor freight webbing and never had a failure. As others have alluded to, at a 30 degree hang angle, the load on each webbing/support is the combined weight of all passengers. Hang at less than 30 degrees and that quickly multiplies. I think you just got some bad webbing. And, for the record, I do carry spare webbing and a short length of Amsteel just in case.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DemostiX View Post
    This group hasn't given automobile seat belt strapping its due.
    Salvage seatbelt webbing is used by many and appears referenced quite frequently. For those of us using full webbing systems it is not really an option because of its width. It's length is also a problem if you want long webbing straps to accommodate wide tree spacing or big diameter trees (think giant redwoods.)

    For tree huggers alone they are viable but not for full systems.
    I may be slow... But I sure am gimpy.

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    I'm still waiting on the OP to tell us what the hang angle on the strap was.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DemostiX View Post
    This group hasn't given automobile seat belt strapping its due. Produced in massive quantities for a long time with tight specification of quality.

    Expensive new. Cheap from salvage. The part of cars that is never worn out.
    1" seatbelt webbing is available from Strapworks. At $.38/ft, it is hardly expensive. It has been, and continues to be used by some members.

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    The hanging angle was probably about 30 degrees when I was in it myself, I didn't really get to check the hanging angle when we both sat in it together cause it broke it less than a second... thankfully we were both sitting with our feet on the ground.

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    but when you set it up initially, what was the angle?

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    probably 25 degrees, the eno stretches some

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    Quote Originally Posted by Paladin03 View Post
    The hanging angle was probably about 30 degrees when I was in it myself, I didn't really get to check the hanging angle when we both sat in it together cause it broke it less than a second... thankfully we were both sitting with our feet on the ground.
    The hanging angle referred to is unloaded. Strange as it may seem... when the sag is about that much unloaded there is not a lot of loading drop. When you string it tight the loading drop increases as well as the stress on the system as mentioned before. I've strung tight and ended up with me butt scraping the ground. I've hung at a proper angle and barely changed height all night.
    I may be slow... But I sure am gimpy.

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    For my eno I use a seat belt. I sewed a loop on both ends and use the buckle as a toggle. I have had my wife, my 9 year old son, and my self in the hammock works great. I got the seat belt from an old car at a scrape yard.(free) it's not ultra light but it want break on you.

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