The TurtleDog stand

[Frank1960]

Here is mine in the cabin during bow season
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[Solohammock]

I forgot to mention earlier, the other handy part about using continuous loops with two different lengths is that it makes adjustments for uneven ground a bit simpler... High ground gets the longer loop and low ground gets the short loop, then level the ridge pole from there. Doesn't matter If your always setting up on completely level ground but handy otherwise...

[Slugger]

Building my TD stand tomorrow! Will post pictures when complete.

[jonnyrockets]

Lots of Pages to go through! Wonder if anyone's done a side by side hang somehow. My Son and I hang side by side! Well . . . time to start at 263 and go back . . . slowly. hahaha.

[jamaulwall]

Lots of Pages to go through! Wonder if anyone's done a side by side hang somehow. My Son and I hang side by side! Well . . . time to start at 263 and go back . . . slowly. hahaha.

I'm not sure I'd do that on one stand, but you could use three tripods and hang next to each other using a shared tripod for the head end.

[jonnyrockets]

I'm not sure I'd do that on one stand, but you could use three tripods and hang next to each other using a shared tripod for the head end.

Awesome - that's what I was thinking. THat's the way my son and I have hung for most of our overnighters - 1 time both on the same 2 trees. Thanks!

[Woodhak1]

Here are 4 stands set up for a scout outing in a cabin that had to get rid of the bunk beds because of bed bugs IMG_0547.jpg

[Slugger]

Upon completion:
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And then finding out how much a knot in the wood affects the strength:
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So....I'll have to switch to a hardwood instead of pine (I can't find 2x2's without knots in pine) or some other material. Used two 10' fence rails cut down to 7' each and joined by a connector in the middle. I had rescue rope sitting around so I cut them to two 5' pieces and did a triple-wrap prusik to attach the rails to the stand (unlike Lowes or HD rope, this has a 20kN rating - 8mm static kernmantle). Added Black Diamond biners by inserting them through the prusik loops and then another biner to attach the hammock lines. Already checked my BD biners - not affected by the recall.
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Bolt through the rail keeps the prusik from sliding down the pipe under load. Other than the weak stand, everything else worked great! Back to the drawing board.

[swoody126]

Upon completion:
IMG_2293.jpg

And then finding out how much a knot in the wood affects the strength:
IMG_2294.jpg

So....I'll have to switch to a hardwood instead of pine (I can't find 2x2's without knots in pine) or some other material. Used two 10' fence rails cut down to 7' each and joined by a connector in the middle. I had rescue rope sitting around so I cut them to two 5' pieces and did a triple-wrap prusik to attach the rails to the stand (unlike Lowes or HD rope, this has a 20kN rating - 8mm static kernmantle). Added Black Diamond biners by inserting them through the prusik loops and then another biner to attach the hammock lines. Already checked my BD biners - not affected by the recall.
IMG_2290.jpg

Bolt through the rail keeps the prusik from sliding down the pipe under load. Other than the weak stand, everything else worked great! Back to the drawing board.

hey SLUGGER, have you considered ripping a 2x4, 6, 8 or 10? for your 2x2's?

frequently you can render wider boards to get KNOTLESS smaller pieces easier/less expensive than going hardwood

another possibility is looking at the treated wood, seems like they treat a better grade

just this old man's 2¢ worth

sw

[Slugger]

another possibility is looking at the treated wood

Those 2x2's were treated lumber. Went through the whole stack & all had knots of varying sizes. Next I'll look at ripping larger dimension lumber to get something knot-free...or as close to knot-free as I can get.