Tree Strap Timber Hitch

[GadgetUK437]

Been playing with a different way to hang my hammock. It's a detachable system, using a single strand of dyneema attached to a tree strap, adjusted at the hammock end with a loop alien (so you can stay under your tarp). And the tree strap is shortenable at the tree...

Sorry about the sound, bit of a rush job.

I'm hankering after some Adutchable Clips and Speed Hooks, but in the meantime, this seems pretty grippy...

one wrap,


two wraps,


three wraps,


I can just larkshead my Amsteel straight onto the eye at the end of the strap. Useful for narrow hangs.

Of course, the same could be achieved using a marlinspike hitch and whoopies, but this can be adjusted very small and uses less dyneema.

[bopdude]

Loving the video's Gadget, there seems to be no end to the use of the aliens, keep it up mate

[Meadows]

Did something similar with the loop aliens you sent. Larks footed a single line of dyneema on the end of the strap used the tree strap in a regular way and pulled the cord through. I thought it would be good this way for reducing the amount of webbing needed for those times you only have larger diameter trees available.