Mini-spreader bar on End Channel Hammock

**Redoleary** · 01-25-2014, 17:12

Originally Posted by Scotty Von Porkchop

Played a little with my set-up, works but kind of ugly.

How's she ride? Did you get any flex or bend in your bar?

**Scotty Von Porkchop** · 01-25-2014, 17:28

Very comfortable, I can take about 18 inch of the length of the hammock too. No flex from what I can tell and the bars (not set like this, but have been used 20+ nights) haven't bent or deformed.

**hppyfngy** · 01-27-2014, 08:04

Originally Posted by c0wb0y_hubs

Would a longer hammock produce the same results as using a mini-bar?

Yes! Yes, it would.

**gmcttr** · 01-27-2014, 11:57

Originally Posted by hppyfngy

Yes! Yes, it would.

And since the "suspension triangles" of the MSB hammocks are about as long as a longer hammock (longer in some designs), I gave up on this design. Take that for the little it's worth because I also switched to bridge hammocks.

**CamoDeafie82** · 01-28-2014, 15:12

Originally Posted by gmcttr

And since the "suspension triangles" of the MSB hammocks are about as long as a longer hammock (longer in some designs), I gave up on this design. Take that for the little it's worth because I also switched to bridge hammocks.

well it also makes a SHORT hammock feel longer..... I've a 103" hammock (5 inch short of 9 feet) because I was going to make it a bridge...but with the MSB on it and being quite comfortable....

**Gqgeek81** · 01-28-2014, 19:30

Hmm, I wonder if can figure out a formula for how much shorter you can effectively make your hammock for every inch wide your spreader bar is.

**80083r** · 01-29-2014, 12:19

I have faith in you.

**Gqgeek81** · 01-29-2014, 20:58

I guess a better question might be, how wide do we need the need the ends of the hammock to be to avoid the dreaded ridge effect?

**Mouseskowitz** · 02-01-2014, 22:35

I've had the hardware sitting around for over a year and finally got around to using it. So, I used a 5" pipe u-bolt (2020 lb work load), eye nut adapters (1130 lb work load), and medium duty thimbles. So far I'm liking the effect. I can actually get a nice diagonal in the hammock now. The nice thing is that ends rotate instead of the flat bars tilting and the material still bunching to one side.