Skidsteer
11-06-2006, 19:43
Have any of you hangers used Muletape (http://www.muletape.com/website/neptco.nsf/7d737a13526b0df9862568b80063720f/55664ef307d0ef86852568f6007feaf6?OpenDocument) to make a homemade hammock to or replace the rope/straps of a commercial hammock?
I've known about Muletape for quite some time(occupational hazard) and have used it to hang my son's heavy bag. It seems to have nearly zero stretch.
A search turned up a reference by Spock for using it to hang food bags but it seems like it'd be worth looking into for hammock use. It's reasonably easy for me to get because of my work.....
Any thoughts?
Looks great. I would think the biggest selling feature is the no stretch, but I also really like the high breaking strength. From a tree saving point, i would think wider is better.
Doctari.
BTW: if you can get it, I'll take 50' of the 1/2" 900 Lb stuff :D
Jonas4321
11-07-2006, 08:12
Have any of you hangers used Muletape (http://www.muletape.com/website/neptco.nsf/7d737a13526b0df9862568b80063720f/55664ef307d0ef86852568f6007feaf6?OpenDocument) to make a homemade hammock to or replace the rope/straps of a commercial hammock?
I have used Muletape for bear bags and have messed around with it on my hammocks (Speer-type).
Muletape is heavier than polypro webbing and I found that the little fibers snag on some tree bark, which probably does not damage it too much but...
Also, it is lubricated with something to help it get thru conduits, so you gotta be double careful with knots to make sure they stay tied. It's slippery stuff, as you know. They show a "Muleknot" on the website for their recommended splicing technique, but that knot alone looks like it weighs more than the entire 16' of 4mm Technora T100 that I have on my hammock (then again, add my 1.5 inch wide polypro tree huggers and it's probably a draw).
Finally, it absorbs moisture, probably due to the way it is woven. Mine gets heavy fast when it rains, something I do not find with my polypro tree huggers or the T100 rope. Play around with the stuff you have access to to see if yours absorbs moisture like mine does. Mine might just be old.
Other than that, free is free, and this stuff sure is strong enough to do the job! Mine is stamped every few feet with the strength (1850 lbs I think), which I find comforting. Never saw polypro marked with its strength!
Jonas