Sharpfinger
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Morning All,
Probably not exactly what everyone is looking for but none the less it is a related subject to a different thread on the site and there might be something useful here for someone:
This project was embarked upon as part of a solution to get eyes-on a group of so called ‘stealth campers’ who were basically trespassing on private land and through a combination of ignorance and malicious behaviour trashing areas of it.
The requirement was, concealed day and overnight shelter in a slightly elevated position giving a reasonably long range view of a prospective location to which it was known the opposition would return.
We had already used the modified Dutch Army surplus sleeping shelter to good effect a number of times previously but on the later occasion(s) in question additional height above ground was needed, primarily for the extended observations but also because ground conditions at the obs site were practically peat bog standard.
The spark was ignited when someone casually remarked how good it would be if we could somehow elevate one of our obs shelters.
As it happened I had already been working on a hammock/shelter for my own self reliance activities.
Although not a great fan of hammocks, I’ve never got comfortable in one and always felt an air of ‘vulnerability’ when in one, I do like the military folding camp bed (a good source of materials!) and had wondered if I could hammock-ify one to my satisfaction. (See phot 1.)
Some original sections of the bed frame were altered for use as cross beams and some 5mm Dyneema used as the support lines. A few krabs and snap links - job done. Simples!
When well tensioned it was fairly supportive/comfortable.
Also, as a fan of the military anti-mosi tent, I had previously modified one to give it a lower profile. (See image 2).
That had involved fabricating some three-pole-slot elbows (brazed up mild steel tubing) and then cutting down the original shock-corded glass fibre poles and the net to match the profile formed by poles and elbows. I then combined it with the ‘hammock bed’.
The whole combination worked reasonably well.
It was man-packable, it wasn’t too heavy, though it was slightly bulky. (No I wasn’t using it indoors before anyone asks!
).
The above then became the basis for the observations hammock (see phot 3).
Again this worked well during the initial test set up and it was subsequently deployed on the task in mind.
Probably not exactly what everyone is looking for but none the less it is a related subject to a different thread on the site and there might be something useful here for someone:
This project was embarked upon as part of a solution to get eyes-on a group of so called ‘stealth campers’ who were basically trespassing on private land and through a combination of ignorance and malicious behaviour trashing areas of it.
The requirement was, concealed day and overnight shelter in a slightly elevated position giving a reasonably long range view of a prospective location to which it was known the opposition would return.
We had already used the modified Dutch Army surplus sleeping shelter to good effect a number of times previously but on the later occasion(s) in question additional height above ground was needed, primarily for the extended observations but also because ground conditions at the obs site were practically peat bog standard.
The spark was ignited when someone casually remarked how good it would be if we could somehow elevate one of our obs shelters.
As it happened I had already been working on a hammock/shelter for my own self reliance activities.
Although not a great fan of hammocks, I’ve never got comfortable in one and always felt an air of ‘vulnerability’ when in one, I do like the military folding camp bed (a good source of materials!) and had wondered if I could hammock-ify one to my satisfaction. (See phot 1.)
Some original sections of the bed frame were altered for use as cross beams and some 5mm Dyneema used as the support lines. A few krabs and snap links - job done. Simples!
When well tensioned it was fairly supportive/comfortable.
Also, as a fan of the military anti-mosi tent, I had previously modified one to give it a lower profile. (See image 2).
That had involved fabricating some three-pole-slot elbows (brazed up mild steel tubing) and then cutting down the original shock-corded glass fibre poles and the net to match the profile formed by poles and elbows. I then combined it with the ‘hammock bed’.
The whole combination worked reasonably well.
It was man-packable, it wasn’t too heavy, though it was slightly bulky. (No I wasn’t using it indoors before anyone asks!
). The above then became the basis for the observations hammock (see phot 3).
Again this worked well during the initial test set up and it was subsequently deployed on the task in mind.
