Turtle Dog Hammock Stand

The materials list for each ran around 50 bucks and consisted of the following.

Turtle dog hammock stand.

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. Hello all i ve been lurking around for a while and finally decided to get hanging. I am planning on hanging inside full time and wanted to use it in the house. From this you can make your turtledog hammock stand plans.

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. The tripods bear the vertical weight of the hammock while the pole handles a compressive force. I show my turtledog hammock stand i built and go over the turtledog hammock stand parts list. 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.

I ve been happy spending most nights hanging outside in the back yard. 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. Pinterest image source plans this one has a pretty small footprint it s much more narrow than some of the other designs.

Ok i ve been putting it off too long. This post is my take on it. I thought i give the turtle dog hammock stand a go. This is great if you don t have a ton of backyard space and need a slimmer stand.

Interesting collapsable hammock stand based on turtle dog design from hammocks. After seeing the olddog modifications to the turtlelady bamboo stand i knew i needed one. 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.