An interesting idea! I’d worry the plastic will break down over time. I’d probably use metal sleeves and cap them so water wouldn’t get in if possible. Sounds interesting.

Any stand can work. You don’t need to have one side higher, just shift the hammock so the foot end is closer to the stand than the head end and you’ll achieve the same result as if you had the foot end higher.

Derek I picked up The Ultimate Hang 2, the only stand I see is the 3 person stand. Am I blind? 😉

More importantly, do the pipe stands you been in and have built rock a little (what I called sway) along the ridgeline axis? If so and that’s normal, I won’t worry about it.

Sorry, no, by sway I just mean movement along the ridgeline axis. It rocks forward and backward when I move around a lot or get in and out. I’d guess 3” each way from center (e.g. 3” toward my head, then sways back 6” to my feet, then 3” back to center and stationary). There’s no movement side to side, along the leg/feet axis; only movement along the ridgeline axis.

There’s no bowing or bending whatsoever.

Is the movement/rocking along the ridgeline normal?

I feel like I might be able to prevent or at least significantly reduce the rocking along the ridgeline axis by adding guy lines to the elbows and going out and down to the ground along the ridgeline axis.

Thanks for the reminder about your book though, I keep meaning to pick it up!

Thank you!

By “sway” do you mean the pipe is bowing in the middle? If so, you may want to reduce the amount of weight on the stand. Larger OD pipe helps. Or, in my book I have an alternate method that uses awning pipe and has a more secure structure with no splaying or bowing.