Check out canvas bedroll/hammock

[dkurfiss]

Not light but is a very interesting idea. Wonder if it could be done a parachute type material and would it hold you? Also it looks pretty "tippy" to me with the hammock poles in it.

Thoughts?

http://www.wynnchester.co.uk/bedroll...nture-bedroll/

[dman]

Kinda cool even in the canvas material. Heavy enough that I wouldn't carry it but it would make a great car/survival item.

[swoody126]

Not light but is a very interesting idea. Wonder if it could be done a parachute type material and would it hold you? Also it looks pretty "tippy" to me with the hammock poles in it.

Thoughts?

http://www.wynnchester.co.uk/bedroll...nture-bedroll/

the CANVAS BED ROLL isn't a new concept

it was THE COWBOY'S sleeping system & luggage, all rolled up in one

strapped across the back of the saddle or stowed in the chuck wagon, either way, it carried everything the cowboy owned, except his saddle & whatever he had on his back

http://www.bigbendsaddlery.com/btarps.html

different pad options determine the thickness of the rolled result

the concept of incorporating a suspension system is intriguing

for cage or m/c camping, the CANVAS BEDROLL HAMMOCK would work, quite well



the pic is of my CANVAS BEDROLL strapped to the KLR @ BOCA CHICA, TX, the confluence of the RIO GRANDE into the GULF OF MEXICO

a good source of canvas is your local PAINT STORE, where they sell CANVAS DROP CLOTHS, in many sizes

sounds/reads, to me, like you're taunting the DIY bunch

sw

[dkurfiss]

sounds/reads, to me, like you're taunting the DIY bunch

sw

Perhaps I am! I have used a canvas bed roll in my youth but never once did I think of turning one into a hammock. My thought was if the roll could be made out of a lighter material that is waterproof it might help out some of the folks that have issues with no place to hang when camping. Double duty kind of things.

I also motorcycle camp so while the weight is not really as issue for me, I don't see many hikers wanting to carry something like it on their backs.

[Ratdog]

Saw a video with Dave Canterbury using something similar. Functional, a little tippy but in no way did it seem to convey a level of comfort that rivals my coma inducing gathered end hammocks.

[swoody126]

Saw a video with Dave Canterbury using something similar. Functional, a little tippy but in no way did it seem to convey a level of comfort that rivals my coma inducing gathered end hammocks.

so..., why don't you do a trial run at combining the 2 concepts, for us

nothing in the rules says a canvas hammock has to be a bridge hammock

just ask the SWABBIES that lived in canvas hammocks, on board ships

theirs were suspended w/ ropes, run thru grommets, and secured to bulkheads

[nothermark]

Navy hammocks were closer to a gathered end than a bridge or the bar type hammock show. If you want to understand the problems try a Hatteras style hammock:

http://hatterashammocks.com/?gclid=C...FehQOgodWQoAAw

They are the flippy/fall off hammock folks in canvas with a spreader bar. Not quite so bad with netting.

FWIW the original site listed is interesting for anyone into bushcraft or historical gear. It also had a couple of Ray Mears snippets. The one about Rogers Rangers caught my eye so I found the full episode on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wufppTptb2g

Got to wonder about the Brits using the same skills against the French in the French and Indian wars we later used against them in the War for Independence... I guess the military had a learning problem. ;-)

[ntxkayakr]

Not light but is a very interesting idea. Wonder if it could be done a parachute type material and would it hold you? Also it looks pretty "tippy" to me with the hammock poles in it.

I would call this more of a "bivy". But the versatility of these was popular back about 40-60 years ago. Still useful for camping with a motorcycle, pack horse, ATV, large canoe, snow machine etc. I still have a jungle hammock from the 1960' s, the problem with many of these is that they are very short and narrow. When suspended your back is arched uncomfortably for anyone who is not fairly young. But better than being in mud I guess. Those were difficult days before people figured out better ways, so if you are into Civil War or WW I reenactment have fun with it. LOL

[Scotty Von Porkchop]

I made a DIY canvas bedroll but I never made it for hammock use, I just didn't see the point. The point of the bedroll is a bombproof, heavy duty sleeping system for out of the back of the car or whatever. Hammocks get you out of the dirt but in doing so requires no further toughening up to deal with the rough and tumble of the wilderness floor.

It would be fun to see what someone makes in a DIY (it would be simple enough)

[voivalin]

I wonder what does it really mean when they say it is waterproof? I thought canvas will let water through if it is not taunt as in for example properly tightened tent wall.

Does anyone know can canvas really be waterproof? (Even with the weight I'm somewhat interested about this "thing")