“I think that when the lies are all told and forgot the truth will be there yet. It dont move about from place to place and it dont change from time to time. You cant corrupt it any more than you can salt salt.” - Cormac McCarthy
Thanks, I'll try it tomorrow.
Perhaps, but I'm a climber and I get weird about weight-bearing stuff.
Plus, the way these buckles load is really handy - you don't have to feed anything through, just make a bight of webbing, slip it into the opening, and pull. They are also super-smooth to tighten.
For suspension purposes I actually prefer 5/32", but the 1/8" should be strong enough. It might require another loop in the buckle prussik, though.
Those buckles seem to be intended for use with webbing on both 'sides'. That isn't the typical application with the other cinch buckles, where cording is used from the hammock end channel or whipping to the buckle where it is attached with a modified prussik. You could certainly use them, but it would require changing the rigging a little bit.
Last edited by angrysparrow; 11-14-2008 at 08:28.
“I think that when the lies are all told and forgot the truth will be there yet. It dont move about from place to place and it dont change from time to time. You cant corrupt it any more than you can salt salt.” - Cormac McCarthy
Ditto on that.
Last fall I was using 1/8" Spyderline on my suspension, and it snapped at a knot. I was using what folks now call a single-line-suspension (SLS), integrated suspension line and ridgeline, and had it cranked up pretty tightly. Sat down per my usual "test this gently" after hanging, and pop! Down I went.but the 1/8" should be strong enough.
I think probably that the high tension put me over the edge on what the rope would take. I don't do that anymore, but I also use higher rated cord these days too.
Grizz
That's what I used with mine. No problems.
Re: the Rock and Lock buckles...lots of folks use biners on the tree end, so you only load the buckle once...everything else is just loosening/tightening to adjust. In that regard, the Rock and Lock would actually be more cumbersome to use. But if you don't use a biner so you're threading it for every setup, the Rock and Lock might be more convenient.
Re: the weight-bearing...the cinch buckles are stamped metal. You'd have to be snuggling with a grizzly to stress them, and I promise the 1" webbing will fail first. Never heard of a cinch buckle failing on a hammock yet. But I certainly wouldn't recommend you doing something you're not comfortable with...at the least, it would result in a poor night's sleep as you think about your suspension and that's not what hammocks are about!!
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