Whoopie directly onto a dd hammock

[greensurfingbear]

Just curious if I could get away with putting my whoopie slings directly onto the hammock was thinking larks knot the fixed eye through where the webbing goes. At the movement I have a small loop of webbing then connect to whoopie using carabina. Just thinking as it'd be one less link in the chain so to speak. My worry is the Amsteel is so narrow it'd saw through the hammock. Hope that question makes sense.....


Orric

 

[welchyd1]

I have seen it done that way before.

 

[Shewie]

It should hold fine Orric, never owned a DD so haven't tried it myself though.

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[Hog On Ice]

IMO it will work fine - I had an Amsteel continuous loop larks headed through the channel for a couple years in a similar hammock

 

[VANDEEN]

I thought about it, then thought about my weight swinging about and decided the end channel didn't deserve that sort of treatment. The thickness of the Amsteel just kept making me think cheese-wire.

I bought a bit of climbing tape knotted that through the channel & either crab onto that as you do or if not using the UQ (Which mounts on the same crabs) I can just larks foot onto the tape & save two load bearing crabs. I could always buy some smaller crabs/s-biners for the UQ anyway and clip onto the tape loop.

The tape, with it only going through the channelel once also allows me to quickly untie it & head to a groundsheet but still use the hammock as a bug net if required. Threading and re-threading the Amsteel twice is too much hassle for me to consider when out & about

 

[Hog On Ice]

another approach would be to not use the channel at all but just larks head the fixed eye around the gathered end of the hammock - this is also very easy to untie and allows one to visually inspect the fabric for wear - the larks head does not slip off if tied below the channel fold because the doubled over channel is thicker than the gathered fabric below the channel

 

[garethw]

Hi there
I just threaded the short loop end of my UK Hammocks whoopies, through the hemmed ends of the Travel hammock to larks head it.... has been fine for me for over 2 years.
Cheers
Gareth

 

[Paul Webster]

Id still rather have a crab there to act as a drip ring. Nothing worse than waking up in a wet hammock!

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[Trunks]

Id still rather have a crab there to act as a drip ring. Nothing worse than waking up in a wet hammock!

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The amsteel is so thin you won't have a problem with water tracking down it. Also if the bury & tail of the whoopie is close to the hammock, that would act as a drip trap anyway. I've had whoopies for years, and never had water track down

 

[Hog On Ice]

Well the dangling tail from the whoopie sling usually takes care of any water running down the line but if you want to be sure then just tie on a drip sting or possibly consider using the Dutchware whoopie hooks - they act nicely as a drip point. On the other hand if you are more comfortable using a crab (whatever that is) then go ahead and do it that way.

 

[jacko1066]

Just curious if I could get away with putting my whoopie slings directly onto the hammock was thinking larks knot the fixed eye through where the webbing goes. At the movement I have a small loop of webbing then connect to whoopie using carabina. Just thinking as it'd be one less link in the chain so to speak. My worry is the Amsteel is so narrow it'd saw through the hammock. Hope that question makes sense.....


Orric

Hi orric, thought I would put I'm my 2p.

I have amsteel whoopie slings going through the channel on my dd frontline hammock.

I then use a Dutch whoopie hook spliced onto the whoopie that hooks directly on a tree hugger.

Works a treat.
Steve

 

[pauljm116]

Just curious if I could get away with putting my whoopie slings directly onto the hammock was thinking larks knot the fixed eye through where the webbing goes. At the movement I have a small loop of webbing then connect to whoopie using carabina. Just thinking as it'd be one less link in the chain so to speak. My worry is the Amsteel is so narrow it'd saw through the hammock. Hope that question makes sense.....


Orric

I've done it that way and it works fine.