Table Cloth Hammock whipping

**highlife** · 03-18-2013, 20:26

I guess i'm gonna have to try this someday.

**Lifeguard326** · 03-18-2013, 20:42

Just finished a double, only had it up for 20 minutes trying it out, it rocks!

**Hegone** · 03-19-2013, 21:29

Originally Posted by outdoorsguy

A trick I learned on here was to lay the fabric flat on the floor and have someone your size lay on it at the angle you'll be at when hanging. Then have 1 person at each end pick up the ends simultaneously to about a 30 degree angle and start whipping it. You can pull or let out each side for more or less fabric as you see fit. Better than trying to guess.

Good trick. I will try that on my next one.

**Big_Stretch** · 03-20-2013, 12:15

I can't find anyone that's my size! At 6'4" and 210 lbs it's a little weird to hang out on the basketball court and say "Hey buddy, you got a sec?"

**Brute1100** · 03-20-2013, 18:14

Originally Posted by Big_Stretch

I can't find anyone that's my size! At 6'4" and 210 lbs it's a little weird to hang out on the basketball court and say "Hey buddy, you got a sec?"

Find two kids and a 50 lb sack of dog food?!?

**cv66seabear** · 03-27-2013, 20:25

Have you guys tried rolling in the sides a little then a W gather?
What exactly is a Warbonnet whip? (can't seem to find this on site)

**Brute1100** · 03-28-2013, 00:24

Originally Posted by cv66seabear

Have you guys tried rolling in the sides a little then a W gather?
What exactly is a Warbonnet whip? (can't seem to find this on site)

The Warbonnet whip is when you run a small string through the very small seam at the end... Then fold it over itself a little and then tie the string off... It makes a knot at the end of the hammock that keeps the suspension from sliding off... I hope that makes sense...

**cv66seabear** · 03-28-2013, 08:22

Ok, the end hem would have a small line of some kind run through it, then gathered up, creating a kind of rounded end, which is then whipped? I get it. I wonder if rolling then whipping would create the same kind of result?

I'm thinking of setting a loop in one end of the whipping line, then laying that up to the end (across where the end will be whipped), then making a W gather, bringing the whipping down towards the lay area and tying it off.

This would give me a handy little loop inside for clipping on gear or a ridgeline or whatever. Does it sound like it would work?

**Brute1100** · 03-28-2013, 12:14

It would probably work... Am easier solution and a more common one... Is to have a continuous loop of amsteel larksheaded onto the Hammock body... And then clip your suspension into that... To me this offers another good advantage... In a place where trees aren't wide enough you can hang that continuous directly on your toggle... Giving you a very very short setup...

But hey try it your way, take some pics and let us know, you never know who will come up with the next cool trick...