Easier way to hang a cinch buckle suspension?

**barchetta** · 03-04-2014, 10:32

Originally Posted by altruistguy

Garda hitch works great ... until it doesn't. Many folks have reported that the line broke, dumping them on the ground. It is easy to see why: the rings have an extraordinary compressive force concentrated at one small point. Even if you don't completely sever the line, it is likely that you are damaging it.

So yes -- Garda hitch is extremely elegant -- but those who have used it report catastrophic failures ...

Well nobody wants that

**dswanderlust** · 03-04-2014, 10:53

next time I hang my WBBB I'm going going to skip the carabiners , thanks for the tip.

**Cali** · 03-04-2014, 11:08

I'M LAZY!!!!

I think I will stick with the carabiners.

**nothermark** · 03-04-2014, 11:41

Originally Posted by altruistguy

Garda hitch works great ... until it doesn't. Many folks have reported that the line broke, dumping them on the ground. It is easy to see why: the rings have an extraordinary compressive force concentrated at one small point. Even if you don't completely sever the line, it is likely that you are damaging it.

So yes -- Garda hitch is extremely elegant -- but those who have used it report catastrophic failures ...

I don't know as there are any reports of broken lines from a Garda hitch. There is an observation that with Amsteel it flattens the braid bundle and rubs off some coating. That may or may not be an issue as the base material is hard to get anything to bond to and is extremely resistant to compression damage. In other words it might look a lot worse than it is.

**sargevining** · 03-04-2014, 12:14

Originally Posted by ShellHammock

I much prefer to forgo the carabiners and take the extra time. That way, you don't risk packing the tree straps with the hammock. Those straps have a way of picking up all kinds of gunk from trees that I don't want anywhere near my hammock

OTOH, if you use Dutch Clips or the trail wood toggle's described above, you will never leave your tree straps on the tree as they will always be connected to the hammock. To prevent gunk on the hammock, I use some oversize Pawn Bags (Knight Bags to keep the chess theme going) to stow my straps in.