What have you found in the thrift stores that you can modify or use as is?
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Ridgerunner
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by Ridgerunner » Sun Apr 28, 2013 6:28 am
Yard sale season is finally in full swing

we picked up an old Coleman lantern for $2 and a ENO (eagle Nest Outfitters) double nest hammock for $2. It has a caribiner on both ends but came with no hanging system. Looks like a project to me

I'll need to add a bug net and figure out what type of hanging strap system works best? My Speer and DIY hammocks have all incorporated a 12 foot, one inch strap that just wraps around the trees a few times and are tied off. I like that system as there are no pieces to lose. What is the latest recommended simple system that is on the cheap? Straps or cord or both?
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by oops56 » Sun Apr 28, 2013 3:36 pm
Ridgerunner wrote:Yard sale season is finally in full swing

we picked up an old Coleman lantern for $2 and a ENO (eagle Nest Outfitters) double nest hammock for $2. It has a caribiner on both ends but came with no hanging system. Looks like a project to me

I'll need to add a bug net and figure out what type of hanging strap system works best? My Speer and DIY hammocks have all incorporated a 12 foot, one inch strap that just wraps around the trees a few times and are tied off. I like that system as there are no pieces to lose. What is the latest recommended simple system that is on the cheap? Straps or cord or both?
straps are better for the tree
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by Ridgerunner » Sun Apr 28, 2013 11:06 pm
I think I recall RG using cord in conjunction with straps just around the tree for protection when feisty Rangers are around.
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by cadyak » Mon Apr 29, 2013 9:38 am
Good score for 4$
I never find anything good at yard sales...

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by zelph » Mon Apr 29, 2013 7:46 pm
I find good stuff but....................I got tooooooo much stuffff! Getting rid of a lot this week, thank goodness.
Nice find RR. Keep lookin for the big one that you'll be able to retire on. A rare oil painting worth a mil.

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by steamjam » Sat May 11, 2013 3:24 pm
zelph wrote:I find good stuff but....................I got tooooooo much stuffff! Getting rid of a lot this week, thank goodness.
Nice find RR. Keep lookin for the big one that you'll be able to retire on. A rare oil painting worth a mil.

Boy do I know that feeling. Being over run by stuff!
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by zelph » Sun May 12, 2013 10:01 pm
Did you get rid of a lot of stuff when you recently moved?
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by sudden » Thu May 16, 2013 2:45 pm
I talked my wife out of buying a grandfather clock at one. Now I can buy more stuff.
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by zelph » Thu May 16, 2013 8:50 pm
sudden wrote:I talked my wife out of buying a grandfather clock at one. Now I can buy more stuff.

You clever fox!!!!
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by realityguy » Fri May 17, 2013 4:27 pm
I think I recall RG using cord in conjunction with straps just around the tree for protection when feisty Rangers are around.
I use the treehugger style of about a 3/4 to 1" nylon strap with a loop at one end and a series of loops at the other end..copuple caribiners..just clip it in place...If it needs to tighten,clip it up one more loop..I'm lazy,don't tie knots, and don't really care about the extra little bit of weight of nylon straps.For the rangers..I have some 18" pieces of 2" wide stuff that slips under the other for "tree protection"..
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