I trusted the cord... with my life...

1821 Views 6 Replies 5 Participants Last post by DaBigKahuna, Apr 9, 2014

Vin

Discussion Starter · Apr 3, 2014

Well, technically I trusted it about 10 inches off the ground. I have a hammock I bought off a guy and the "S" hooks were aluminum or something because they bent straight the moment I got on this thing. Remember guys and gals, I am a Fatty McFatty pants at 220lbs

Anywho, I only had 2 good "S" hooks at my house, so I used a single strand of paracord on the end on the 2 sides. I used a mooring hitch to secure the cord.

It held up just fine to all my bouncing around as well. Thought you all should know just how tuff 550 cord is (but I also wanted to share my story

). :cheers1:

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DaBigKahuna

· #2 · Apr 3, 2014

I wish I weighed 220.

I'm at 271, down from 360.

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ThreeJ

· #3 · Apr 4, 2014

DaBigKahuna said:
I wish I weighed 220.

I'm at 271, down from 360.

Congrats on the weight loss.

And this is why you are DaBigKahuna ... and not tiny.:cheers2:
I also wish I weighed 220. I topped out at 235 recently. It has been a long cold winter.

Is this hammock made of paracord? My last hammock failed me and lets just say my pride was hurt.

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MrParacord

· #4 · Apr 4, 2014

DaBigKahuna said:
I wish I weighed 220.

I'm at 271, down from 360.

Congrats on the weight loss. I'm in the upper 200's myself.

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Survivalist

· #5 · Apr 4, 2014

to the original post thats crazy the s hooks straightened out. ive recently been gaining weight and im in the 210s now and i can already see that happening to me lol actually i broke a plastic chair before just by sitting on it lol but thats cool it held up with the cord

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Vin

Discussion Starter · #6 · Apr 9, 2014

Congrats on the weight loss DaBigKahuna. I went down to 193 for the Army, realized my health sucks, and decided to eat again. Ha ha!

The hammock is a piece of cloth with a dowel on both ends. I think a paracord hammock big enough to fit me would be too heavy.

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DaBigKahuna

· #7 · Apr 9, 2014

Thanks Vin

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