Hi All,

What are the odds of me tearing my garage apart by hanging my hennessey in it from a stud on each side of the garage perpendicular to the garage door, in a two car garage.

I want to know if i'm safe by hanging my hammock to do some testing... I'd like to know if i'm going to destroy my garage... you know, by pulling the walls down...

thoughts??

Since you can't get around the studs for the straps, or can you? How were planning on attaching to the studs? How much do you weigh?

Hey Ken,

I was just going to screw in a bolt with a ring/loop on the end (I'm not sure what these are actually called... Eyebolt? bolt-hanger?), and just run my suspension cord straight through these.

I might actually just screw a 2x4 across two studs, and then run the straps around that, but again, I'm worried about the wood breaking and either dumping me on the ground, or worse, making the garage fall on top of me...

I weigh ~180lbs on a heavy day.

You sound like you saw your garage being built...

Google "Hammock Stand Plans" and you'll find a couple of pretty easy plans that you can build without spending a lot of $$$. The ones I've seen use bolts to hold them together so you can easily take it apart when you don't need it.

I'm a 365 day hammock sleeper, the last three houses I've used the same 1/4" thick x 3-1/2" long eye-bolts #175 rating they are screwed into studs after drilling a smaller hole. Soap the threads and use a screwdriver or crescent wrench to screw them in. I'm #175 but have slept 2 with no issue.

The eye-bolts are at a slight angle across a corner of a room.

You won't pull the walls down.

1/4" will probably work. But by the time threads are rolled in the root diameter is about 1/8".

To protect my a$$ I'd go with 3/8" or 1/2".

Edit: In a perfect world the root dia. of a 1/4"-20 tpi bolt is 0.185, versus 0.125.
In the real world of junk steel, stress risers, and 60 pieces a minute, you are betting a lot on very little.

Edited by greg23 on 03/19/2012 07:07:47 MDT.

Not true,

Edited by davisdesigns on 03/17/2012 13:45:27 MDT.

be safe and span 3-4 studs with a 2x6 that will spread your load over more of the structure. You can the wrap that or use the lag bolt to hang from. Do this on both sides. We use straps rated to 3x what is needed and hammock fabrics that are at least twice as strong as needed but are willing to trust a single 2x4, not me (i have seen them split lots of times so there is no way i will trust just 1 with my butt, or worse yet my kids).

-Tim

Thanks for the replies guys!

For the record... my garage is unfinished, so I can actually see all the studs, outer wall, and rafters.

I have tried hanging straight from the rafters because they are much bigger... and couldn't get a good hang with my hennessey. I think if I could adjust the ridgeline it would work better, but, alas... to no avail.

I also tried hanging from the 2x4s that were already installed in the sides of the garage, but they're too low, I'll have to figure out the perfect height and put a couple more up, or make a stand. The problem with making a stand is that I really only want to set it up so I can test my shelter system outside, and if too cold/wet/whatever, I can still bail to the house.

There is a hang calculator out there that will tell you how high to hang for a given span. I want to say it is called the perfect hang calculator. Can anybody help find this?

Hang Calculator
http://theultimatehang.com/hammock-hang-calculator.html

That's the one

You can hang from the rafters, but your hammock needs to be higher off the ground to compensate for the higher termination point for your suspension. That on-line calculator will do the trick there.

I drilled holes in the joists in my basement and used 1" tubular webbing tied in loops and used a carabiner to attach my suspension.

I agree on spanning several studs with a 2"x6" and good fasteners.

If you use vertical posts for an outside setup, you will need 4"x6" minimum and I would use 6"x6" posts. The hammock setup puts a surprising amount of stress on the timber where is meets the ground. A 200 pound guy can bend a 4"x4" like a noodle and it will break.

or you can add a 2nd or 3rd stud to the existing stud, flush up against it. this will give you extra holding power. me personally, i wouldn't hang from just 1 stud...

FWIW, ENO just came out with a home hanging kit.

http://eaglesnestoutfittersinc.com/product/HK001.html