The TurtleDog stand

[Chigger]

I've been wading through the Turtledog hammock stand thread for a while now. I built this stand
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this summer. Not very portable. Today I disassembled it and reclaimed the 4 long 2x4's. I ripped 'em into 2x2's, went to the hardware store to get shackles, t-hinges, and a 10'6" chainlink fence top rail. Nuttin' fancy. The legs ended up about 83" long. I might cut them down a bit. Here's the completed project in my basement with my Dutchware 11' hammock.
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As you can hopefully see, the ridgepole isn't really long enough to bring the ridge line taut. I have about a 3' section of top rail left over from our backyard fence. I'll probably add that (or part of it) tomorrow to lengthen it a bit. Has anyone done 3-section ridge poles? Or, I might just buy another one and cut it differently so I can get about 12'.

Note the crash pads under the hammock!

mathineer

I have built a few stands and cut the ridge poles to get a 5 &1/2 foot and a 6 & 1/2 foot in order to get a 12 foot ridge. After building 3 of these I had several shorter pieces of fence rail so I had to try a 3 piece ridge pole. It seemed to work very well.

[Loaf]

I realized I never posted here - I built a version of this stand out of all pipe that worked really well. I've used 8' pieces for the tripod (I think - it may have been 7.5') and used three 5' for pieces for a 15' ridgeline for my WBBBXLC. I get a pretty gnarly calf ridge with it, so I've not used it much. I may be looking at a different hammock soon, so I may be pulling it back out then.

I'll try to post some pics when I get home.

Loaf

[slbear]

My stand hit the road for the Mud Caves trek with Troop 777 from Encinitas. I never deployed the tarp. The wind did take it over when empty, but it was solid when I was in it. Much more solid than the turtlelady (?) Stand I made previously.

2x2s, hinges, shackles and hardware from Lowes







BTW...will bring to the SoCal hang!

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[P-Dub]

THIS SHOULD BE A STICKY!!!!

[Scarecrow]

THIS SHOULD BE A STICKY!!!!

+1 on that!

[ckfalz]

I don't know what I did wrong but I finally put together a Turtle Dog stand and it's not stable at all. Looks just like others that I see photos of and I got all the parts right off one of the parts lists on this forum. Looks great until I try to get into the hammock. The stands pull inward. I don't know why. The pole hands straight down from the hinge on the tripods and the hammock is attached to the ends of the pole. The tripods each have a 3 foot spread.

[Scarecrow]

I don't know what I did wrong but I finally put together a Turtle Dog stand and it's not stable at all. Looks just like others that I see photos of and I got all the parts right off one of the parts lists on this forum. Looks great until I try to get into the hammock. The stands pull inward. I don't know why. The pole hands straight down from the hinge on the tripods and the hammock is attached to the ends of the pole. The tripods each have a 3 foot spread.

How is your pole attached to the tripods, and what are you using for that? If you're using rope of some sort, tie the rope to the pole with a prussik knot. The more wraps, the better. I've seen a lot of people try using a girth hitch or larks head, and that doesn't hold tight enough. Girth hitch or larks head would be a cause of the tripods moving inward once weight is in the hammock.

[Us5Camp]

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[Bigmeats]

I don't know what I did wrong but I finally put together a Turtle Dog stand and it's not stable at all. Looks just like others that I see photos of and I got all the parts right off one of the parts lists on this forum. Looks great until I try to get into the hammock. The stands pull inward. I don't know why. The pole hands straight down from the hinge on the tripods and the hammock is attached to the ends of the pole. The tripods each have a 3 foot spread.

Did you have the 2 inside (towards the hammock)legs pulled out far enough?

[Wetfoot310]

Really digging this stand. Thanks all for the great info.