Whoopie slings modification to a DD Hammock

I recently bought a set of Whoopie slings from DD Hammocks so I decided to have a day in the woods attaching them to my DD Frontline Hammock. The whoopie slings are attached to a tree via a Marlin Spike Hitch on a tree hugger. The whoopie slings are then clipped onto the hammock using a carabiner. The carabiner acts as a drip point for any rain that has run down the whoopie slings.

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Education

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• whoopie slings
• DD Hammock
• Hammock
• Bushcraft
• Northwest bushcraft
• Ray Mears
• Whoopie slings modification
• survival
• Camping

[windymi11er]

What did you do with the original webbing on the DD Hammock. There is quite a lot of it but I am reluctant to cut it and heat seal it just in case.

Windy

[Northwestbushcraft]

@windymi11er Hi Windy, Originally when I did this video I left a short amount of the original webbing in the gathered ends of the hammock and heat sealed them and tied them. However, I have subsequently removed the caribiners as the whoopie slings dont transfer and rain water. Some of the redundant webbing is now being used for the home made tree huggers. Hope this helps. Adrian

[jasonafrancis22]

That's fantastic buddy. I will have to take a much closer look at your set-up next time we are in the woods. Keep them comming Ade

[Northwestbushcraft]

@jasonafrancis22 No worries pal. The whoopie slings are my new favourite set up and I can have the hammock slung and tight in under two minutes.

Ade

[journeyintobushcraft]

Another brilliant video Ade and love the familiar looking surroundings!! Keep em coming buddy!

[Northwestbushcraft]

@journeyintobushcraft Thanks Danny, always a pleasure buddy. Ade

[Northwestbushcraft]

@Bustertb Thank you Buster. I must say that I am really happy with them. They have dramatically reduced the weight of my set up and last time I went out (the January Camp video), it only too a little over 2 minutes to set up and tension my hammock!! Thanks again, Adrian.

[Northwestbushcraft]

@Wham6666 Thank you very much for your kind comment. Whoopie slings are relatively new to me but they are so easy to use that I will be sticking with them as part of my permanent set-up. Ade

[Wham6666]

Great demo video Ade :)