Whoopie Sling Suspension

[angrysparrow]

I started with about 6' sections of Amsteel, but maybe should have gone a foot longer or so.

The length you need depends on your maximum hang, and the length of your hammock. I like starting with about 10 to 11 feet of cording for each sling.

Glad you caught the splicing bug, Hooch!

[Hooch]

The length you need depends on your maximum hang, and the length of your hammock. I like starting with about 10 to 11 feet of cording for each sling.

Looks like I'll be ordering about 40' of Amsteel from APS pretty soon. I'm pretty stoked that I get to try my Dutch Clips and my Whoopie Sling tomorrow. Can't wait!

[ikemouser]

What i need is to make the mini huggers that go around the tree, where do you get those? they connect to the sling via marlin spike, etc. Is there a guide for those too?

[angrysparrow]

What i need is to make the mini huggers that go around the tree, where do you get those? they connect to the sling via marlin spike, etc. Is there a guide for those too?

That's just a length of webbing, with a loop sewn in each end. Very very simple to make.

But, if you want to just purchase some you can either buy a Simple Sling or some ratcheting tie-downs and cut off the hardware. The tie-downs will likely be longer than you need unless you trim them to length and sew another loop. The simple slings are made to order.

[Hooch]

What i need is to make the mini huggers that go around the tree, where do you get those? they connect to the sling via marlin spike, etc. Is there a guide for those too?

Just cut the straps that came with your Blackbird to the desired length. Ta-da! No sewing required.

[ikemouser]

Just cut the straps that came with your Blackbird to the desired length. Ta-da! No sewing required.

I'd rather keep them intact in case i wanna put em back on, is there a site to order light 1inch webbing like the bb has, perhaps in camo?

[angrysparrow]

I'd rather keep them intact in case i wanna put em back on, is there a site to order light 1inch webbing like the bb has, perhaps in camo?

OWFINC has camo, but you have to sew it yourself. The seatbelt-polyester linked from StrapWorks above is not heavy either.

[Hooch]

Me use Whoopie Sling last night. Me likey Whoopie Sling.

[ikemouser]

I just wanted every1 to know, after weeks of fear of knots, screw ups, and general misunderstandings about the process, i have used up my 20 feet of amsteel 1/8 blue leftover, and made WHOOPIE SLINGS. The weight of my hammockk-the WBBB 1.1 DOUBLE LAYER is approx 23.6 oz, a savings of nearly 7 oz. I am on my way to lowes, or homedepot or fabric whatever, to get a goot 10 feet of 1 inch polyester webbing to make my marlin spike toggels to clip my whopppie onto, am i correct in that i only need the webbing, and the toggle, no other ropes or strings are needed? The toggle method is the lightest right?

[angrysparrow]

That's right, nothing needed on the trees but webbing. Use sticks that you pick up along the trail (1/2" diameter or so) for saving the weight of carrying toggles.