Vivere WHEEL Hammock Stand Wheel Kit , Black

TLDR. GOOD WHEEL EASY TO INSTALL CHECK FOR LOOSE NUTS.This is attached to a hammock frame! Surprising I know. Clamped on it makes the frame very easy to move. I move my frame so the lawn can be mowed or the placement of the frame can be changed to shade or to rest the grass under it. I found it easy to drive from the opposite end of the frame from where the wheels are place. Think wheel barrow style. So way and sturdy your teenager can do it. So easy I could in theory walk my hammock frame around the block without much effort.I had my 13 year old install it. I had him do it as a part of how I teach him to use logic and tools. I had him use a closed ended non-adjustable wrench and a ratcheting socket. The hardware included was quality.After two weeks of ownership I did run into a hiccup. The acorn nuts and washers that hold the wheel on came loose. Lost one in the lawn somewhere. I had to go to my local hardware store and buy replacements. $1.50 later I was back in business. Point is check how tight your nuts are.

Sure you can fight with your hammock, drag it through the yard, tearing up chunks of grass along the way, awkward as heck. But a hammock is supposed to be about relaxing, not frustration.So strap this on (5 minute max install) and just wheel it wherever you need to go. It’s that easy. Don’t need instructions. Just connect to one of your diagonal end tubes with the wheels touching the ground. Two 13mm wrench or sockets to tighten them up and you are done! Lift the other end and away you go. Rolls on grass fine.Really this is in that category of “things I should have bought YEARS ago”

We got a hammock stand so we could move the hammock around with the sun/shade. Then we realized that moving the stand was a 2 person job, without taking it apart and moving it piece by piece! My husband looked around for a solution and found this wheel.This is one pair of wheels, to be attatched to the 45 degree arms of the hammock stand, near the bottom. To move it, you lift the hammock stand up a little, from the opposite arm, until the wheel is touching the ground, and roll, like a wheel barrow.My husband says that the clamp for the wheel to fit the stand was too big, even though our stand is also from Vivere. A bit of torn up paper stuffed there stabalized it. It would have been nice if they had sent rubber strips with, like the type that come with bicycle lights, to fit under the clamps. One star off for that.Btw, after my husband ordered this, I saw a review stating that this wheel wouldn't work on grass because it was too small, which disappointed us. Luckily, this works just fine on our mown lawn, and I think will work in most circumstances. The wheel has around 6 to 10 inch diameter, and is fairly big, sturdy and rugged.

Work's great

I had a set on my hammock for a few years, but since it was almost all plastic, it had become very difficult to move and was just about to break. This is strong metal, easy to install and works just fine - looking forward to many years of use. The smell of the materials is present as a few others have mentioned, but since the hammock is always either outside or in my garden shed during the winter, it will pose no problem.

I hated paying $35 for wheels when I only paid $80 for the hammock. The wheel kit is marked way up probably because its the only one available. Other reviews mentioned problems which I will try to address here. The wheels do have a very strong smell. Even after airing outside and being rained on for 2 days, they still smell. The odor is not quite as bad as when I opened them, so hopefully it will dissipate. The screws I received were long enough. I took the foot bar off of the hammock to attach the wheels. The wheels have to be attached above the black twist knob so the hammock can sit properly on ground. It came with a black plastic ring to put in between the hammock bar and the wheel kit. I used a 1/2" ratchet wrench and a 1/2" regular wrench to assemble (see picture). It does wheel on long grass and pavement. You need to lift the opposite end high enough and control the hammock so the feet do not drag. Bigger wheels would have been more stable & not have required this, but would have been heavier and more noticeable. I needed to be able to move the hammock without help, so it serves this purpose. Kit fits the Vivere double hammock with space saving stand.

FINALLY I can easily reposition my metal hammock frame without having to drag it across the pavers! These wheels convert your previously unwieldy hammock frame into one that can be easily repositioned into the shade or sun as desired. It works like a wheelbarrow—you just lift the end opposite the wheels and away you go! Highly recommend.

These are easy to install and make moving the hammock a breeze. These are a must have if cutting the grass or moving the hammock in / out of the shade.