No suspension failures yet, only fabric.
No suspension failures yet, only fabric.
*Heaven best have trees, because I plan to lounge for eternity.
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I snapped a set of the harbor freight yellow tie straps 2nd time I used them as webbing. Also had a buckle blow out on me. Its a real attention getter.
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That would be good to know thanks for pointing that out.
OUCH!!! Sounds painful, hopefully you were not hurt.
Yeah when the tree comes down I don't think any suspension is going to keep you suspended.
Thankfully that has not happened to me (yet hopefully I did not just jinx myself) (however I have purchased all my straps)) but I do check the stitching after every trip as well as the tree strap itself for any fraying.
Yep that will do it. Hopefully you were not hurt and you were able to continue with the rest of your trip safely.
Ouch, hopefully that does not happen again.
Glad to hear, I wish I could say the same.
How did that happen? So just so I understand, you had tied a knot in the rope and the rope split where the knot was tied? Or was their already a knot tied in the rope? Hope you weren't injured and your back to hanging safely.
Sometimes I like to hike and think, And sometimes I just like to hike.
Hiking is'ent about waiting for the storm to pass its about learning to hike in the rain.
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Freedom under a constitutional republic is a well armed lamb contesting the vote." ... B.Franklin
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I haven't had a failure yet, thankfully. Interesting set of experiences to read, though!
Brian
Denver, CO
Father. Husband. Scoutmaster.
1/8" Vectran, rated to 2000 lbs if memory serves, single line suspension set up, too taut because I hung between trees that were maybe 25 ft apart and I didn't bring my Dutchware titanium micro-stepladder along to push the webbing way up the tree. Snapped at a knot when I dropped into the hammock.
Knots + geometry + dynamic forces can push the stuff we use into the danger zone.
This happened before I learned to splice and avoid knots where possible.
Lesson learned that day...
Grizz
(alias ProfessorHammock on youtube)
In the past 15 years of hanging this has happened to me on two occasions. # 1
WalMart poly webbing double ring set up broke right on the compression point of the rings. #2 Hennesey suspension rope broke right at the connection point on the foot end, in a downpour. Ended up in the truck for the balance of the night. If I had been backpacking on that trip I would have had to do some scrambling to recover as the rain had formed quite a puddle that I went into. Totally soaked,but managed to keep the down mostly dry. It broke under the cover so there was no way to check it ahead of time. Now hang on 7/64 Amsteel whoopies and MSH.
I put poly webbing through the ends of one of my ENO in the hopes of making tree straps and suspension one piece. It gave way in about two minutes!! I think it was a combo of bad angles and cheap junk webbing. I plan to retry it this summer. No toggles, no knots, no messing around. Pull straps until ridgelne is right and done. True one minute setup.
Carpe noctem!!
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