First time hammock
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Me and Mick are out this weekend... and it looks like its going to snow where we're goingShould be a laugh.
Is it weird I'm already half packed? Haha. Apart from the meat, that wouldn't last well unrefrigerated
Nope, not weird... I'm half packed as well
Got a few more bits to put together, but pretty much ready for the weekend Watched your link and He's enthusiastic about hammocks
Well I'll either be tucked away in local woods or knarsborough/Harrogate way
Well I'll either be tucked away in local woods or knarsborough/Harrogate way
Shug is always entertaining
, I even quite like his music - I've found he's got a soundcloud account with it on as wellI've played with various setups but at the moment I'm going with webbing [tree straps] marlin spiked to dyneema cord then marlin spiked again to a continuous loop through the end channels in my TW ultralight hammock.
I read on here a while ago some chap was using thin cord fed through hose pipe to protect the tree rather than webbing. I think I may give that a go so I'll just have a long bit of dyneema round a tree [through hose pipe] marlin spiked to the continuous loop.
For carabiners I've got some DMM wire gate phantoms as they are pretty light and about full size - don't use them much currently though.
What knot do you use to make the continuous loop through hammock as I've read overhand knots can reduce strength of the rope
I've used a double fishermans knot, I'm not sure about the strength reducing qualities of this knot but it has held well for me so far.
http://www.animatedknots.com/doublefishermans/
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Copy and pasted from a pdf after a little googling.
Strong Knots
Blood Knot 85–90% (Barnes); 80% (Day)
Flemish Bend 81% (Frank and Smith)
Figure Eight Loop 80% (Frank and Smith)
Double Fisherman’s 79% (Frank and Smith)
Moderately Strong Knots
Butterfly 75% (Frank and Smith)
Bowline 60% (Day)
Overhand Knot 60-65% (Luebben )
A Weak Knot
Overhand Bend (My guess is less than 50%)
I may go and learn the blood knot....
http://www.animatedknots.com/doublefishermans/
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Copy and pasted from a pdf after a little googling.
Strong Knots
Blood Knot 85–90% (Barnes); 80% (Day)
Flemish Bend 81% (Frank and Smith)
Figure Eight Loop 80% (Frank and Smith)
Double Fisherman’s 79% (Frank and Smith)
Moderately Strong Knots
Butterfly 75% (Frank and Smith)
Bowline 60% (Day)
Overhand Knot 60-65% (Luebben )
A Weak Knot
Overhand Bend (My guess is less than 50%)
I may go and learn the blood knot....
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For crabs i always mention DD superlight made by DMM full size climbing crabs just look stupidly big in comparison
So hammock end sorted now tree end I will need some sort of strapping what's the your thoughts on recycled van seat belts with Marlin spike to karabiner
No. Unfortunately for us the farmer wanted the woods for pheasant shooting, so no more camping in there.
Plenty more meets about though, especially if you don't mind travelling a bit.
A seatbelt will easily be strong enough. This is all I worry about when trying hanging methods, is that bit of string/ metal/ stick strong enough???
It took me awhile to trust a bit of 2mm dyneema as it just looks too thin, I'm away to get a bit more, but I only use it when there's just me - I still don't trust it when I've got my kids in there with me or them playing silly buggers jumping around and swinging in the hammock.
Never hang higher than your willing to fall
It took me awhile to trust a bit of 2mm dyneema as it just looks too thin, I'm away to get a bit more, but I only use it when there's just me - I still don't trust it when I've got my kids in there with me or them playing silly buggers jumping around and swinging in the hammock.
Never hang higher than your willing to fall
I'm not sure what you mean by 'continuous loop'.
A seatbelt is so over the top strong that you can just use any knot and not (sic) worry about loss of strength. The main problem will be tying it so it doesn't slip.
there are knots for joining webbing; I used to use them for making up slings for rock climbing. Here is a very good diagram of one:
IMO the 'tails' on that picture aren't long enough. You also have to carefully snuggle the knot tight, so that the webbing remains 'flat'.
A seatbelt is so over the top strong that you can just use any knot and not (sic) worry about loss of strength. The main problem will be tying it so it doesn't slip.
there are knots for joining webbing; I used to use them for making up slings for rock climbing. Here is a very good diagram of one:
IMO the 'tails' on that picture aren't long enough. You also have to carefully snuggle the knot tight, so that the webbing remains 'flat'.
Mrcharly seat belts are free if you know the right people I've acquired 2 today they have loops already stitched in one end so they would go around the tree then Marlin spike to attach the ring or karabiners so should be good to swing
