In my opinion you should not use amsteel daisy chains on the hawks.
The reason being is that it's rare to get daisy chains tight enough to prevent a kick out from happening with the hawks, they just don't bite most trees good enough.
I use a hawk helium with a regular cam buckle strap for hanging cameras so I'm familiar with how they bite the tree.

I do use daisy chains on my shikar sticks and I have used them on the beast sticks but those sticks bite the tree so good that often times they stay stuck to the tree when I take the daisy chains off.

If I were you I would look into the rope mod instead. You can get it tighter than daisy chains (safer) and you get rid of the cam buckle.

Good luck.

 

I agree with above ... I only use Daisy chains with XOP full length sticks ..I don't use them with my
LWCG 20" doubles ..I use cam buckle and straps with them ...

 

Pick up some USA Pro's/ Amsteel Guy with Beast tenders. Solid as you can get. I use three of them and the larger one for the platform.

 

Thanks guys.
I'm not very knowledgeable about the rope mods if someone wants to educate me on them please feel free

 

Daisy chains are by far the best option, because they get the tightest. You cannot kick out a truckers hitched daisy chain no matter how hard you try. Rope mod has nothing on it

 

I've been using daisy chains and am definitely going to try that truckers hitch. 👍🏽

 

I think it is 8 mm. Buy true static climbing rope, Not home depot bulk rope.

Static Cord - 8mm

8 mm static accessory cord. Priced per foot.

www.mountainsports.com

 

Buy some amsteel and splice your own rope mods. There are plenty of YouTube videos on it. I used 5/16 for my LW full length sticks and the work really well. If you are near a West Marine or boating supply store, they carry amsteel.

 

Make your own daisy chains, only use amsteel blue bought from a reputable place (NOT amazon or ebay), and I recommend this method

I use 7/64" amsteel on sticks and steps and 1/8" on platforms

 

I watched that video. Now I don’t doubt yall DC users have it figured out. From what i saw, i am not stepping on that. Just me. Older fella 59.

 

Why? far more secure than the 8mm rope mod.

 

I'll add the truckers hitch method can have some fiddle factor if the links you use are too small. Go with wider links if possible

 

Agreed. Now, with a traditional daisy chain method (where you just loop them over loose), then smaller links can be an advantage.

The trucker's hitch doesn't require you to find a nearby link to get tight, so I made my links on the daisy chains for my steps 4" spacing. This also cuts down on how much splicing you have to do.

 

EWO looks like they’re making bigger standoffs for the Hawk Heliums now, haven’t held them side by side but the measured image on the site looked to be about another 1” out from the tree, which is much needed.

 

I use the daisy chain webbing and tie it off using the buckle-less method with helium sticks and I've never had a slip or kick out.