Turtle Dog Hammock Stand

I thought i give the turtle dog hammock stand a go.

Turtle dog hammock stand. 8 gate hinges maybe overkill 5 or 6 heavy duty gate hinges will due x2 i just looked for one that had the middle hole centered and not off to one side. I am planning on hanging inside full time and wanted to use it in the house. Hello all i ve been lurking around for a while and finally decided to get hanging. I ve got quite a few things on the way from diygearsupply for making a hammock but while i m waiting on it to get here i have to take care of another issue my backyard has no place to hang from.

Hammock stand turtle dog hennessy safari deluxe hammock forum car camping with a hammock hammock hang without trees. Summer temps are starting to work their way down here and it s not as cool at night as i would like so i am. The tripods bear the vertical weight of the hammock while the pole handles a compressive force. I ve been happy spending most nights hanging outside in the back yard.

Breaks down to as few as three pieces that can fit into a trunk with the back seat down the tripods can be built in a variety of ways for easier storage but most use long struts. After seeing the olddog modifications to the turtlelady bamboo stand i knew i needed one. This is great if you don t have a ton of backyard space and need a slimmer stand. The materials list for each ran around 50 bucks and consisted of the following.

1 4 x2 5 my next stand will be 5 16 x2 bolts with locknuts and fender washers x8 small stainless. This post is my take on it. I show my turtledog hammock stand i built and go over the turtledog hammock stand parts list. I have no suitable trees in the backyard and i just need some fresh air cool.

I ll also be camping some with my son s webelos den and i m not sure if we ll always have soem good trees around. Ok i ve been putting it off too long. Turtledog tripod hammock stand diy. For those who don t know turtle dogs are a popular diy free standing type of hammock stand consisting of a long pole set across two tripods.