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Paracord Hammock

Post by skoalsoldier » Fri Feb 06, 2009 2:54 am

IEDs, small arms fire and RPGs, and a soldiers worst enemy is still boredom! So, me and Ford decided we were gonna build something out of 550 paracord besides keychains and bracelets, and decided it had to be big. So as we lay down in the bunk one night to go to sleep, I suddenly blurted out "Hammock! Lets build a friggin hammock!" So it was decided. We snatched 2 spools (what was left of them) of 550 cord out of a conex, spent an entire day untangling it, and then began to work. After 3 zillion miles (slight hyperbole) of 550 cord, we created a hammock.

Yes there were shit-eatin grins and jeers from the other soldiers about how it would fail, but I will ler the pics speak for themselves.

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Post by Bigfoot » Fri Feb 06, 2009 7:21 am

Hell yeah! I could use one of those at work.
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Post by Hairy78 » Fri Feb 06, 2009 9:13 am

Awesome job. I need two of those for the brokeback cabin.
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Post by slade797 » Fri Feb 06, 2009 9:43 am

Any man who can,

1. make a paracord HAMMOCK, fa chrissake!

and,

2. use the word "hyperbole" properly

has my respect! :)

Sweet, man! I have a couple (20) rolls of paracord, I guess I'll get to weavin'!
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Post by Hairy78 » Fri Feb 06, 2009 9:47 am

And he is prepared with a Surefire in his right hand. I bet he is even concealing a M4 with a M203 somewhere also. I am very impresses.
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Post by H0tR0d » Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:35 am

Yes, we will be posting daylight pictures of our Tactical Survival Hardcore 550 cord hammock LOL...any ideas what we should build next? we've thought of a 550 cord shitter, but it's be a one-time use....a 550 cord plane haha yeah to get us the hell out of here...:)

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Post by Hairy78 » Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:48 am

Looks like with a 90 degree ass rotation you already have a shitter built.
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Post by slade797 » Fri Feb 06, 2009 12:10 pm

Hairy78 wrote:Looks like with a 90 degree ass rotation you already have a shitter built.
Paracord BDUs.

Paracord Ghillie suit.

Paracord condoms. (A la the french tickler; HARDCORE!)

Finally, the paracord beer can coozy thing.

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Post by skoalsoldier » Fri Feb 06, 2009 12:12 pm

Yeah the hammock is good for all occasions and settings, except cold Afghanistan in the winter hehe.

No it isn't a surefire in my hand, it's a Gladius. No M4 there either, just an M9 (92FS). And you will never guess where all my knives are! lmao

The only problem with the 90 degree ass rotation for defecation is that it tends to stink up the sleeping area. Other than that we are trying to come up with a new project, probably bigger lol.

Any ideas will be appreciated. We both leave pretty late so we will probably have time to build it.

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Post by Hairy78 » Fri Feb 06, 2009 12:13 pm

slade797 wrote:
Finally, the paracord beer can coozy thing.

:D
I would definitely pay for a 550 beer can coozy. That would be awesome.
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