Reply by Sawkerf

Posted on Is it safe to hang a hammock?

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#1 posted 344 days ago

Those hangers are designed to carry vertical, dead loads. If nailed correctly, it would probably be fine, but I sure wouldn’t bet much on them standing up to an oscillating live load (i.e. actually swinging in the hammock).

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