2010 DD Frontline Hammock question

[cwillson]

Hiya,

I have recently purchased a DD FL hammock in the group buy that Sandbag organised (thank you again Sandbag!).

I have a question though about the tapes to tie it up with...

They come as a none fixed loop through the material. Do you tie both bits to the tree, or can you fix it through the loops with maybe a bowline knot and use a single length of the tape to go round the tree?

I am planning on using the Siberian hitch at the tree, but surely this is for a single tape, rather than it doubled up?

Hope my question makes sense!

Cheers,

Chris

[Andy2112]

Wrap both ends round the tree a few times and then tie it off with a bow.

[MartinK9]

Wrap both ends round the tree a few times and then tie it off with a bow.

That works for me. :)

[cwillson]

Great, cheers.

That will bring tension to both sides of the hammock, rather than bunching it up to a single point.

Is that an advantage, or makes no practical difference?

[Shewie]

It'll still bunch it up as that's how gathered end hammocks work. You can use some spacer bars with a bit of modding to give your shoulders some room though if you like.

[Dangerous Dan]

To give you a bit more flexibility, especially with tree spacing you may want to look at some of the hammock mod's for the DD. One you have hinted at already and involves creating a small loop at either end out of the supplied tapes and using a couple of lengths of climbing tape to attach to the tree.

[sandbag47]

Check the DD web site there are utube clips on how to do the hammocks

[MartinK9]

Carabiner Mod:

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/7638/myddhammockandtarpsetup.jpg

Stick used as spacer, bungee to a thin line hung under tarp:

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/7638/myddhammockandtarpsetup.jpg

Wrap around Tree and tie in a bow:

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/7638/myddhammockandtarpsetup.jpg

Travel Hammock Mod:

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/144/ddmoddedhammock8.jpg

[MrEd]

definately do the carabiner mod, it prevents water tracking down the cord and wetting the hammock n bad weather.

I have a 3 year old mk1 dd hammock lol and i ditched the green cord it came with cos it was to stretchy, i got some climbing accessory rope. put a loop of it through the hammock ends about 10inches diameter, and clipped a climbing 'D' ring to it. the bit for round the tree i took about 5 metres for either side and folded it in half and then tied a series of overhand knots in it about 2 hands widths apart all along the length.

then i wrap that round the tree and fed the tail end through one of the loops made by the overhand knots, clip to hammock and away i go. i can get my hammock pretty tight with this setup and can get it up and down quick without having to dick about with knots at all lol as its already pre-tied.

there is a video of it on youtube somewhere, dunno if its still there it was ages ago

[Carbuncle]

I have had no problems with running a single length of the DD tape to the trees (from the caribiner), and I'm not exactly a mere slip of a lad. Gives you more length to play with (and more flexibility with choosing a spec.

Oh - and I tie it similar to MrEd - except using a series of alpine butterflies to make the loops.

[sensi5446]

Set mine up today for the first time and I love it !!!!!!!:D Will be doing the mods this week while I wait for my whoopie slings. Today as the trees were quite far apart I did a hitch a one end of the tape and pulled the other end through it and then tied that end to the tree with a Siberian, worked fine and took my 17 stone;)

[MrEd]

Oh - and I tie it similar to MrEd - except using a series of alpine butterflies to make the loops.

that would work really well as they can be loaded from any direction, i just didnt have enough cord lol :D