The TurtleDog stand

[Pipsissewa]

The TurtleLady stand in my living room has a similarly narrow stance. The tripods are made of maple saplings and I screwed smaller sticks to the legs to keep them from "walking" inward.

I took advantage of the sticks and made a "kitty hammock" on one of the tripods by stretching a piece of fabric around the sticks:



The sticks also stiffen the legs of the tripods. Of course, this makes the stand decidedly NOT portable, but--for me--that's okay. It serves its purpose in my living room nightly. Good luck!

[oldpappy]

Ok, so here's what I've gotten done. Not quite finished yet, but enough to give me an idea of what I want to do next. I am thinking about using an eye nut on the bottom of the eye bolt for an attachment point. From there, I thought about using a couple of descending rings (since I use strap suspension). Right now, the ridge pole is 12'-3" from eye bolt to eye bolt.

One thing I don't like is the loose fit of the fence tubing. In the last photo you can see the sag at the joint. I assume everyone else has the same issue?

I used a single 1/2" wrap of gorilla tape on the very end of the tapered end of the fence pole and that sag is gone - tape should over lap the tapered end a little to ease ware and tare during assembly - add a touch of Vaseline if you want. I had to replace the tape after a couple months due to ware, but it works. File down rough edges on the pipe - note alignment marks too.
The bigger black ring - I put a little piece of bicycle inner tube at the seam that I can fold over the seam when using a tarp to reduce tarp rubbing.
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[DivaB]

The TurtleLady stand in my living room has a similarly narrow stance. The tripods are made of maple saplings and I screwed smaller sticks to the legs to keep them from "walking" inward.

I took advantage of the sticks and made a "kitty hammock" on one of the tripods by stretching a piece of fabric around the sticks:



The sticks also stiffen the legs of the tripods. Of course, this makes the stand decidedly NOT portable, but--for me--that's okay. It serves its purpose in my living room nightly. Good luck!

You have a hammock in your living room? My family would kill me; especially during the holidays. I'm totally envious

[rktodd]

I used a single 1/2" wrap of gorilla tape on the very end of the tapered end of the fence pole and that sag is gone - tape should over lap the tapered end a little to ease ware and tare during assembly - add a touch of Vaseline if you want. I had to replace the tape after a couple months due to ware, but it works. File down rough edges on the pipe - note alignment marks too.
The bigger black ring - I put a little piece of bicycle inner tube at the seam that I can fold over the seam when using a tarp to reduce tarp rubbing.
https://www.hammockforums.net/galler...hp?i=22438&c=2

Thanks for the tips

I did smooth all the rough edges...just a habit from 31 years of sheet metal work

[hppyfngy]

You have a hammock in your living room? My family would kill me; especially during the holidays. I'm totally envious

Just make a nice Santa Claus Red one with white poofs on the ends!

[gmcttr]

Good to know, what should i be at for spread between legs?

The legs on my tripods are 6' tall and the spread is 4'. Add more spread for longer legs.

Rig a spreader up at the hinge area...

This sounds like an idea well worth trying.

[peanuts]

ok, finally, i have pix's!!! 2 weeks+ in sleeping in my hammock........bliss

[Brute1100]

I slept the other night outside in the stand... It was about 50* at sundown and a wind of about 20-30 mph... Found a way to tie the setup down using continuous loops and some large tent stakes... It worked well even with the hammock fully catching wind and no tarp...

[FlaMike]

Finally did a "field test" of my TDS.

I think this is something of a "first," the TDS in the Everglades:



No, it really wasn't needed. The island (aka: hammock) had plenty of trees to hang from, which I did, my first night there. But I'd brought it along since I really wasn't sure what I'd find when I got there. And I did NOT relish the thought of sleeping on the ground. So the second night, I got the stand out of the boat and put it to use.

No problems at all. Slept both nights very comfortably. And there is a full trip report in the appropriate section of this Forum.

Mike S.
Spring Hill, FL

[Tankosl]

Hi Mike,

We're now back home from our vacation in Florida and I was so tempted to go to hammock!!!!!

We were racking up the road miles travelling around and I did hint to the family that we were close to "hammock" but they didn't take the hint........

I did find myself looking at ENO hammocks in Dicks Sporting Goods in Tampa though!!!!!
I was tempted with a super fly, but it was a bit over my vacation budget........

A few days before, I was dragged out of Bass Pro after 2 hours with an expression like "a kid in a sweet shop" on my face.......

You Americans are spoilt for choice!!!!!