00:00Oh, hey, sorry, you caught me there, just watering the flowers.
00:12What's that?
00:13You only have one tree and want to know how to hang your hammock?
00:17Let's go over here.
00:18All right, so you'll need a few things besides your hammock, like a tree.
00:24This guy, which I'll show you how to build.
00:29A heavy duty ground stake and a rope.
00:34Got to get a rope that's a little bit thicker than a paracord because you don't want to
00:37fall.
00:38What?
00:39Besides the tree, this will be your main support.
00:42To put this together, I cut two by twos at six and a half feet.
00:46I also went ahead and purchased some bolts, nuts and washers, and I picked up two locking
00:53carabiners.
00:55The holes were already set in this door hinge, so it made it nice and easy.
00:59Just put the bolts through the outside holes and through about an inch and a half down
01:04on the two by twos.
01:06Secure in the back with a washer and a nut.
01:09Properly together, this will be able to scissor open.
01:14Next you're going to take your heavy duty ground stake and place it in the ground about
01:1712 feet away from your tree.
01:22You want to be careful when you whip it out, but next up, time to take out your hammock.
01:28Since we really only have one good tree, I'm going to use this magnolia.
01:32Go ahead and set up one side of the hammock on the tree.
01:39Don't forget to clip.
01:41Once you have the first end attached, grab the second end and lay it on the ground.
01:47Next it's time to set up our tripod.
01:49We're going to take this setup, which is two legs of our tripod.
01:52We'll just place the legs on the ground like so, tie a loop at one end of the cord, and
01:57place it on the locking carabiner that's hanging from the door hinge.
02:07Go ahead and lock that carabiner as well.
02:14Depending on how long your hammock is, you may need an additional rope.
02:18This is a daisy chain rope.
02:19It allows you to make connections at various points.
02:23I'm going to connect this to the other carabiner.
02:26I'm going through, grab the loop, and then I will pull one end out.
02:39Through, through, tighten, and there we go.
02:45We're going to take the other end of the hammock and place it on this new daisy chained
02:48rope.
02:49There, connected.
02:53Now without dropping your frame, you're going to go ahead and grab this other rope right
02:57here, and you're going to feed it through the stake that you placed in the ground.
03:02So we're going to go in and through and up.
03:07There we go.
03:08Now we have a hold of our support, and we're going to grab the end of the rope that goes
03:12from the stake up to this carabiner.
03:15We're going to grab it, and we're going to put in a slippery half hitch.
03:19Get a loop, do a half twist, and pull this string, the tail, up.
03:28Ta-da!
03:29Now you'll pick up that tail that's on the outside of the stake, and you're going to
03:34thread it right through here.
03:37What you're doing here is making a trucker's hitch, and this is going to allow you to give
03:41it some tension.
03:45And now you'll be able to tighten this rope down using leverage.
03:50Once the tension is taught, let's tie it off.
03:54I like to use a half hitch.
04:01Next is try to test what we built.
04:05Go ahead.
04:06Have a seat.
04:07But be careful, because now, you're awesome.
04:12It's even safe for kids!
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