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    Senior Member Foxpoop's Avatar
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    Ridgeline questions from Noobie

    I am using the hammock calculator app and it works great for getting a comfy hang, but my Ridgeline is very droopy when I get in.
    I am hanging in my basement from a GT UL (9.5' or 114"), so I pre-adjusted my whoopie to 95" (approx 83%).
    I captured each loop of my Ridgeline with the whoopie at each gathered end of my hammock.
    I put in all the calculations and got in my hammock and the Ridgeline is almost resting limp on my head.
    Any ideas or help?
    Here it is hung:
    ImageUploadedByTapatalk1351635580.556119.jpg
    And here it is after I get in:
    ImageUploadedByTapatalk1351635768.299436.jpg

    Here are my stats for this hang:
    14.8' distance between anchors
    79.5" hang height
    47.9" suspension length (per side)
    95" ridgeline
    114" hammock length
    I am 6'3", 225lbs.
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    Senior Member MDSH's Avatar
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    Your straps are too high.

    Mike

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    Senior Member Foxpoop's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by MDSH View Post
    Your straps are too high.

    Mike
    Thanks Mike.
    So is the hammock hang calculator from theultimatehang.com not any good?
    I set everything up to the inch from his calculator.

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    I have used the calculator and it has worked well before. Even double checked your numbers. It sure does seem your straps are pretty high. Try forming an L with your thumb & index finger. Thumb parallel with tree or post and finger with ridge line. There's your approx. 30 degree angle.

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    Senior Member Foxpoop's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hiknhanger View Post
    I have used the calculator and it has worked well before. Even double checked your numbers. It sure does seem your straps are pretty high. Try forming an L with your thumb & index finger. Thumb parallel with tree or post and finger with ridge line. There's your approx. 30 degree angle.
    I lowered my tree straps and shortened my whoopie slings a little and it tightened up the ridgeline. I just wish the calculator worked for me. I have ordered a BIAS WWM double layer, so maybel the 11' length will work out better.

    Another question:
    Is the 30 degree angle BEFORE you get in the hammock? Because mine slumps to more like a 45 degree after I get in.

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    just wanted to say, that the thumb and finger idea has helped me out more then once!

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    Senior Member Hiknhanger's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by mtsrunner View Post
    I lowered my tree straps and shortened my whoopie slings a little and it tightened up the ridgeline. I just wish the calculator worked for me. I have ordered a BIAS WWM double layer, so maybel the 11' length will work out better.

    Another question:
    Is the 30 degree angle BEFORE you get in the hammock? Because mine slumps to more like a 45 degree after I get in.
    Yes. Before you get in. Hard to do while hanging there😊. It isn't exact but gets you pretty darn close. For what it's worth, set the foot end a few inches higher than the head too. It keeps you from sliding down in the hammock all night. I spent my first overnight in a hammock pulling myself back up every little while.

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    Ok, here is the hammock angle from the foot end with me in it.
    ImageUploadedByTapatalk1351643353.076347.jpg

    Does the thumb and forefinger thing work if one happens to be double jointed?😃
    ImageUploadedByTapatalk1351643440.008299.jpg

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    That angle looks pretty good to me in the first pic. That curly thumb might get you tied in knots😀

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    Yeah.....straps will be different in the woods all the time as tree spacing will vary hugely. I go neck high to sometimes raising them up the tree with my hiking pole to get my sweet hang. But....I am not a math guy.
    Sometimes mine droops and sometimes tight in the woods but i'm too tired and hungry to care and still sleep so good.
    Carry forth.......
    Shug
    Whooooo Buddy)))) All Secure in Sector Seven

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