Turtle Dog Hammock Stand

From this you can make your turtledog hammock stand plans.

Turtle dog hammock stand.

Pinterest image source plans this one has a pretty small footprint it s much more narrow than some of the other designs. Hello all i ve been lurking around for a while and finally decided to get hanging. 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. The tripods bear the vertical weight of the hammock while the pole handles a compressive force.

I thought i give the turtle dog hammock stand a go. Ok i ve been putting it off too long. 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. Hammock stand turtle dog hennessy safari deluxe hammock forum car camping with a hammock hammock hang without trees.

I am planning on hanging inside full time and wanted to use it in the house. I have no suitable trees in the backyard and i just need some fresh air cool. 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.

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. 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. Turtledog tripod hammock stand diy. I show my turtledog hammock stand i built and go over the turtledog hammock stand parts list.

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. I ve been happy spending most nights hanging outside in the back yard. This post is my take on it. This is great if you don t have a ton of backyard space and need a slimmer stand.