I seen this video and stole his design for the rainfly. i also had this big wire loom stuff I found in the dumpster at work that works pretty good to make a "sheath" so now the whole thing stays intact and rolled up in the storage pouch. Take it out and attach the loop and toggle side to the tree. Wrap around the other side and adjust a prusik that u push the toggle thru and that works as ur midline loop for a truckers hitch. Self locking. Once u got the line tight between the trees center the fly and use the 2 prusils with small biners to set and tension the fly. Slide the covers off and the fly falls into place ready to be staked out. Reflective 550 cord that also reflective for the guy lines. The way the EWO rain fly is made u got a grommet and a plastic buckle thing....pass a bight thru the grommet and capture the buckle thing and tighten down.....stupid easy and quick
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The semi permanent adjustable ridge line was simple enough....muletape girth hitch an 1 end and 550 cord prusik girth hitched to the other endView attachment 114252View attachment 114253View attachment 114254
Out of curiosity, what length did you settle on for the hammock ridgeline?
Yes, I've seen that but I think I like my ridgeline a bit longer. I was asking @Weldabeast specifically because we're using the same hammock setup and I was wondering where he ended up. I've got mine hanging in the back garage now using two old amsteel daisy chains to make an adjustable ridgeline. The only issue is that the single digit to low teen temps back in the unheated garage aren't really conducive to doing much testing.The general rule of thumb is 83% of hammock length. I like mine just a hair shorter on my 12’ hammock but, keep it about the 83% on my 11’ hammock.
You need to give it a go, was 28 deg when I woke up this morning in my hammock at camp.Yes, I've seen that but I think I like my ridgeline a bit longer. I was asking @Weldabeast specifically because we're using the same hammock setup and I was wondering where he ended up. I've got mine hanging in the back garage now using two old amsteel daisy chains to make an adjustable ridgeline. The only issue is that the single digit to low teen temps back in the unheated garage aren't really conducive to doing much testing.![]()
Unless u have the suspension set up the same distance/angle/height each time I think that Ridgeline length is gonna change if u want to reach that magic number. I was gonna make it a fixed length also but after thinking it over an adjustable length made more sense to me
Yes, I've seen that but I think I like my ridgeline a bit longer. I was asking @Weldabeast specifically because we're using the same hammock setup and I was wondering where he ended up. I've got mine hanging in the back garage now using two old amsteel daisy chains to make an adjustable ridgeline. The only issue is that the single digit to low teen temps back in the unheated garage aren't really conducive to doing much testing.![]()
I figured it was kinda like my tether and bridge connection....it's pretty much in the same spot every time but there are some situations when I got to set it up a little slight bit different.... And admittedly Im not expert. I've been using my hammocks for years now with no Ridgeline at all so there ya go. Since I've added the RL to the hammock I have just set that line tension to where when I sit on the hammock the RL is 2 or 3 inches above my head and it's seemed to work each time.The purpose of the ridge line is so that you get the same hang regardless of the setup. Once you dial it in, as long as you set it up with the same or similar tension on the ridge line you should get the same hang.
I figured it was kinda like my tether and bridge connection....it's pretty much in the same spot every time but there are some situations when I got to set it up a little slight bit different.... And admittedly Im not expert. I've been using my hammocks for years now with no Ridgeline at all so there ya go. Since I've added the RL to the hammock I have just set that line tension to where when I sit on the hammock the RL is 2 or 3 inches above my head and it's seemed to work each time.