Whoopie hook users

[HammockHunter]

Clamp a Whoopie hook in a vise, "shoe shine" the hook, turn it around and shoe shine the hole and do the second one. You can be done in a couple of minutes and only remove a small amount of metal exactly where it's needed and no where else. A tumbler will take hours and remove metal from the outside at a faster rate then the small interior spaces where you want it to.

I will do this as well as replace the rope.

[HammockHunter]

Maybe we should suggest to Dutch to make the holes smooth and round

[SilvrSurfr]

I've been using 7/64 Amsteel with Whoopie Hooks since Dutch came out with them. I've never had any fraying. I'm fray-free!

[spectactical]

Maybe we should suggest to Dutch to make the holes smooth and round

Thats kinda what i'm thinking. It should do what it is made for without me having to modify it. Modifying it should be for when I use it for something other than its intended purpose! I wonder if these were just from a bad batch...


EDIT: Dutch has corrected the deficiency and the newer ones are improved to eliminate fraying

[AaronMB]

[New hanger caveat]
I can see how fraying would/could happen toward the end of the loop where the whoopie hook spends its time under the most pressure with the whoopie sling...so I'm confused about the fraying elsewhere (or it looks to be elsewhere to me) on the whoopie slings.

[nothermark]

FWIW - I would not swap for new hooks. Don't get me wrong, I like Dutch gear. That said I also noticed sharper edges than I like on it. Part of that is how the jam functions work but other places like on the hooks a more rounded profile would be kinder to the rope. The fraying is the result of polishing off some microburrs so the used ones are now better than new. ;-) A few sets off slings will finish the job.

The alternative is that you are seeing the effect of overloading the dyneema cord. You may be closer to the limit than you think.

[gmcttr]

Maybe we should suggest to Dutch to make the holes smooth and round

Be prepared to pay twice as much for the added labor.

[HammockHunter]

[New hanger caveat]
I can see how fraying would/could happen toward the end of the loop where the whoopie hook spends its time under the most pressure with the whoopie sling...so I'm confused about the fraying elsewhere (or it looks to be elsewhere to me) on the whoopie slings.

Those are other places in the sling where the hooks have been set before.

[HammockHunter]

Be prepared to pay twice as much for the added labor.

Well if it saves me having to buy new slings every 6 months...

[AaronMB]

Those are other places in the sling where the hooks have been set before.

Duh - because the loop is adjustable. That makes total sense. Thanks!