Mine came today, just before I left town for a week. I had bought the conduit yesterday. Bought the legs tonight. Hope to hang tomorrow night. Btw the 1 1/4 inch conduit would not fit for the legs. It was just a little too big. I found some really nice 2x2s pre cut to six feet at Home Depot.
Last edited by Guitarman; 02-13-2015 at 16:04.
Oh, also. Congrats to TATO gear for great idea well executed.
Were your 2x2s pine or something nicer? Cost if you don't mind me asking :-)Originally Posted by Guitarman
USPS originally said Saturday delivery, but now says they'll be delivered today!!!
Just received mine today. This thing looks fantastic.
Got her all set up. It's pretty simple, seems sturdy, and very well built. I used a 13ft pipe across the top and started off with 6ft legs at both ends. After a couple different test hangs (ridgerunner, DIY 10ft gathered, and a Clark NX-250) it seemed pretty good.
I quickly realized that I didn't get my head as low as I like with simple suspension adjustments. This was most noticeable in the Warbonnet. I decided to cut 8in of the back legs and it fixed everything :-)
I do think that 6ft for the legs might be a little short. I might go and buy another set of legs and 6 1/2ft front legs 5ft 10in back legs. I'm 5'10" if it helps.
One more thing to mention is that home depot's woods was terrible, way undersized. Went to Menard's and it was perfect, cheaper too!
Congrats, looks great!
Mine arrived today as well, and it all looks very nice. I still need to get the other materials, but it's snowing again right now and another foot expected over the weekend so it might be a few days. Looking forward to getting it all together and to start hanging. Great little kit.
All together very tight fit won't be removing the legs any time soon. Easy to put together. Ridgeline sag 11' foot hammock 10' pole need 2 6 footers. Height ok made them 6'5"due to the slant outward. Careful to sit legs will slide outward on smooth surface as written.
Next get some poles and head outdoors. What I like is this opens a lot of options to hang desert, few trees no hang campground.
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Last edited by arczeneb; 02-13-2015 at 00:03.
Lucky! USPS is slow this time and mine will be a day late.For those of you waiting. I got mine a day before it said I would on-line. It said Thursday.
Barchetta, I'm sorry to not respond to your post. I've been off line for a couple of days and didn't get to hang last night. The wood I got from Home Depot was a premium select and looked really good. It cost about 40 dollars for the 6 legs. I've been trying to find a conduit pipe that would fit for legs, but no luck yet.
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