Quote Originally Posted by Cazador42587 View Post
Yak, I have seen where a big gathered end hammock works just fine for two people and I'm willing to experiment a bit

Zigerot, that's an idea, but my wife wouldn't want fake plug plates at eye level. I might be able to make some other disguise. You went into the side of the stud? Will the stud hold torsion loads from two people in a hammock?
I can't find it right now but I was reading a post yesterday about this. People have had 4x4's snap regularly and were recommending 4x6's or pier piling posts. Granted this was for outside hangs, and there's another post somewhere from a couple that hung their hammocks from a shelf-lookin thing that they attached to 3 or 4 studs to spread the weight. I wouldn't recommend only using a single stud for each end of the hammock though.