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Tensa4 is a highly portable hammock stand, suitable for outdoors or inside, on flat or 
sloping ground, whether for travel, recreation, or full-time use as a bed. It accommodates 
gathered-end hammocks up t0 12 feet long, with a ~30° sag and the foot end higher than 
the head, for laying flat on the diagonal. You can also adjust it to hang bridge and 
transverse style hammocks. It requires at least one anchor point to set up, ideally two. 
Tensa Outdoor rates Tensa4 for users up to 350 pounds, itself weighing 12-14 pounds with 
accessories, packing to 20 inches long and less than 6 inches around. 

Pre-Columbian petroglyphs at the Puerco Pueblo ruins in the Arizona desert seem to depict hammocks hung from poles 

leaning apart. Hammocks are known to have been indigenous bedding only in distant tropical climes.

  

Tensa4 Hammock Stand User Guide 
Copyright © 2022 Tensa Outdoor 
All rights reserved 
Version 1.6, February 2022 
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Summary of Contents for Tensa4

Page 1: ...Tensa4HammockStand UserGuide Setting up 1 Adjustment 5 Anchoring 6 Pitching a tarp 7 Tips and tricks 8 Don ts 9...

Page 2: ...requiresatleastoneanchorpointtosetup ideallytwo TensaOutdoorratesTensa4forusersupto350pounds itselfweighing12 14poundswith accessories packingto20incheslongandlessthan6inchesaround Pre Columbianpetrog...

Page 3: ...tendandjointheeighttelescopingsectionstomakefour7 segmentpoles Four4 segmenttubingsections andfour 3 segmentsections Fourball loopconnectors Twogroundanchors onescrewforso f t ground andonenailtypefor...

Page 4: ...eenonepairof corners thefeet andtheblackridgelinebetweentheother theapexes 4 Jointhepolesandlinesatthecornersasshown inspectingloopsfordamageor excessivewear 2 Threadballloopthroughonefoot Passloopthr...

Page 5: ...nchoringonpage6for detailednotes 6 Attachtheblackendofaguyline tothebottom footend apex passingthepoleconnectorline throughoneoftheupperdaisy chainloopstoleaveatailofloops insidethestand Thesewillbeyo...

Page 6: ...aveitslacksothe headendapexisfreetomoveatleastseveralinches Thisallowsbothmanualand dynamicadjustments andavoidsoverloadingthepoles 10 Hangthehammockfromcarabinersinthedaisy chainsuspension Hammocks s...

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Page 10: ...ammocksfromthetree or pole vehicle etc PuttheopenendsoftheVsalongthehammocksides atmuchthe sameshallowangleandwidthasifsettingupnormally Setagroundanchorbeneath eachheadapex andsecurethefeettotheancho...

Page 11: ...endpole sevenpolesaltogether andanchor Add more uptosixhammockberthsaroundasinglecentralanchorusingonly4 5complete stands worthofpolesinasociable flower eachhammockapetal Don ts Thereismorethanoneacc...

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