I'm sorry Mojoe, you are sporting what we call a turtle lady stand
Well, a turtleladyesque stand
And a very nice one at that. Very good job.
Remember, a TD, TurtleDog stand has the Turtlelady design tripod with structural crossbeam construction and the evolution of the tripod material from bamboo to 2x2, 2x3, etc. and the tripod lashing to hinges for uprights, brought to us by Olddog himself.
Turtlelady, Olddog........TurtleDog Stand.
Class dissmissed, and we do validate parking
Enjoy and have fun with your family, before they have fun without you
Well, I've finally done it!!!!
My first night hanging.....and in my own stand!!!!
Thanks to everybody for the inspiration.....a bit of a restless night but I'm sure that will improve 👍
(A visit from the cat at 3am didn't help)
Originally Posted by olddog
The question was posed by old4hats about the number of turtledog stands that had been built. Went back and reviewed a few threads, the Turtlelady stand, the TurtleDog stand and a thread by domromer. Here is what I was able to find and assume that there may be others.
Page #1. Ends at post #723
Page #2
#101 - turtleburger
#102 - JakobW
#103 - berksound
#104 - HangDenAround
#105 - civetta62
#106 - LEAGLE
#107 - joeybravo13
#108 - JohnSawyer
#109 - JaxHiker
#110 - delphyves, the first from France!
#111 & 112 - Rightside
#113 - tato
#114 - Randy
#115 - Mag
#116 - Aardvark
#117 - Brute1100
#118 - ptsal
#119 - Bankheadboy
#120 - old4hats' second
#121 - UncleClark
#122 & 123 - hppyfngy, the Master TD maker!
#124 - Humpback
#125 - jima59
#126 - 100MileBill
#127 - WV
#128 - rcracin24
#129 - NWOHanger
#130 - doogie
#131 - WhiteHillReptile
#132 - catalyst
#133 - Lupus
#134 - bowl-maker
#135 - ewhammock
#136 - Privateer
#137 - Settle
#138 - obmit
#139 - Jazilla
#140 - kk4df
#141 - gothmog
#142 - Pj1008
#143 - the2nddeal
#144 - samjaynes
#145 - HamMike
#146 - Veto 65
#147 - bonsaihiker
#148 - Peartree
#149 - hawghanger, for daughter
#150 - oldfatguy
#151 - raleighbuckner
#152 - Corpus
#153 - Owl
#154 - Ryn8tor
#155 & 156 - talldaddy
#157 & 158 - creativeKayt & nephew
#159 - body942
#160 - Jim697
#161 - ConnerMan
#162 - Mannowar
#163 - HayJay
#164 - recentconvert
#165 - PappyAmos
#166 - for dkurfiss by harleynemo
#167 - MrClean417
#168 - Miguel
#169 - camoxjeep
#170 - Snarl
#171 & 172 - mitchamaphone
#173 - oldpappy
#174 - jmstallard
#175 - CamRun's second
#176 - FlyingFox
#177 - FLRider
#178 - pumkinpete
#179 - sdc
#180 - Unmighty
#181 - bdaabat's second
#182, 183, 184 - hillbilly. Set of 3 aluminum stands
#185 - georgecarr
#186 - HickoryStick
#187 - Banana Hammock and his Banana Stand!
#188 - nitokerght
#189 - turtlelady
#190 - archy88
#191 - Tankosl
Most of us end up poorer here but richer for being here. Olddog, Fulltime hammocker, 365 nights a year.
Quick question:
Has anyone used or considered attaching the top rail to the stand using eye bolts and shackles instead of shackles and rope? And if so how did it perform?
I tried to read through to see but my ADHD kicked in and I was like "that's a nice tarp" or "I like that hammock, wonder what kind it is"
Didn't work real well for me. Angles kinda wrong, and much more difficult to set up. I made a couple continuous loops of amsteel and hooked them through my shackles. They just stay on there. When I set it up, I pull the loop through the eye bolt toward the end then pull the loop under the top rail.
Lets try some pics, should explain better:
The 'arm' that the rope makes is key to a good/gentle swing. If you make the attachment to the ridge pole too short/ridged you loose the swinging motion.
Happy, to make a higher stand, would I just add an equal length to each leg to keep the same spread angle?
Example: to make a 1 foot higher stand would I add 1 foot to the two long legs and add 1 foot to the short leg?
What I want to do is keep two legs at 8' and I'm thinking the short leg would be then be 2 3/4" shorter.
Last edited by oldpappy; 07-08-2013 at 06:17.
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