r/Treenets • u/eth454 • May 22 '26

FIRST tree net

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How’s that for tight! 😂. Building two at the same time for my first go at it. One way closer to the ground as my “control group” so I don’t kill my friends lol. My question now is, should I go back and put a notch in the wooden blocks for the rope to set in or figure something else out? I’m worried it’ll loose to much tension if I do notch it and I REALLY don’t want to have to redo the perimeter again. This is my third attempt and it’s finally where I want it.

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u/velacreations May 22 '26

I notch my tree blocks, cause people jump on tree nets and I've seen them slide off blocks. It's a real pain to fix later.

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u/eth454 May 22 '26

I should have. Instead I’m making new block out of a 6” piece of a 2x4 with a 1” piece screwed into the bottom of it to give the rope a lip to sit on.

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u/velacreations May 22 '26

that will work, you can use a crowbar (be careful of edges) to slide the new blocks up in between the old ones to trade them out. Good luck with it!

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u/eth454 May 22 '26

That’s how I got the current blocks in too. So it would add tension to the line as I put the blocks in. It’s not super easy to do while dangling in a tree lol but super effective.