The TurtleDog stand

**berk** · 12-06-2014, 17:16

. Just joined the club

**Cubanredneck** · 12-07-2014, 16:46

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**Enobuffalo** · 12-09-2014, 15:43

I'm looking at joining the TurtleDog ranks and build my first stand. I have an 11 foot hammock with a 10 ft. ridgeline. I know that most of you use the 10'6" chainlink fence top rails, cut in half and insert the tapered end into non-tapered end at the center. I'm assuming that this will make the metal top rail around 10' final length with 6" of the tapered end embedded. Question is; will this work with an 11 foot hammock? Where will the suspention hang? Will I need to put another extension in the middle? Any help is appreciated.

**skwatupu** · 12-09-2014, 23:47

Originally Posted by Enobuffalo

I'm looking at joining the TurtleDog ranks and build my first stand. I have an 11 foot hammock with a 10 ft. ridgeline. I know that most of you use the 10'6" chainlink fence top rails, cut in half and insert the tapered end into non-tapered end at the center. I'm assuming that this will make the metal top rail around 10' final length with 6" of the tapered end embedded. Question is; will this work with an 11 foot hammock? Where will the suspention hang? Will I need to put another extension in the middle? Any help is appreciated.

To answer your question, start here:

http://theultimatehang.com/hammock-hang-calculator/

Plug in the specs of your hammock and desired ridgeline length you'll get closer to figuring out where the suspension will hang. I suspect, because you want to go with a 10' ridgeline, that you'll need to connect your suspension to the ends of the ridgepole with a special fitting like others have done, and a pretty short suspension at that. If it doesn't work, you may need an extension sleeve or another section of pole for the extra length.

**oldpappy** · 12-10-2014, 09:31

Originally Posted by Enobuffalo

I'm looking at joining the TurtleDog ranks and build my first stand. I have an 11 foot hammock with a 10 ft. ridgeline. I know that most of you use the 10'6" chainlink fence top rails, cut in half and insert the tapered end into non-tapered end at the center. I'm assuming that this will make the metal top rail around 10' final length with 6" of the tapered end embedded. Question is; will this work with an 11 foot hammock? Where will the suspention hang? Will I need to put another extension in the middle? Any help is appreciated.

Yes - you end up with a 10 foot top rail. I use it with an 11 foot hammock and still have about 6" of suspension line on each side. Just keep the hammock suspension (and top rail hang point) close to the end of the top rail.

**Enobuffalo** · 12-10-2014, 10:52

Thanks guys much appreciated.

**chris0895** · 12-13-2014, 09:27

Will the turtle dog work with a Clark NX-250? Not sure about the top rail length.

**engine386** · 12-14-2014, 16:35

It took me a while, but I finally got around to making mine
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**stephen_q** · 12-14-2014, 17:24

Originally Posted by engine386

It took me a while, but I finally got around to making mine
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Cool, looks good. Really enjoy the one I built a while back, looks like you have a pretty nice view to boot.

**richtorfla** · 01-01-2015, 21:08

So I finally got around to making my TDS. I used the hppyfnguy's set up on the top (cut the angles). Tried it out a few times but the spacing of the triangle ended up around 3 feet. It ended up being too tippy (fell 3 times) and it collapsed on me twice.

I decided to cut the angled tops off. Poles were cut to 78 inches and I went up 2 feet from the bottom and drilled holes for some rope. My triangle ended up being around 4 feet. Man it became super stable for me now. I think the ridge pole became about 13 feet long. I like this a lot better.