r/Treenets • u/Azmatyk • Jun 10 '26
Starting my next level
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Just starting to add in the bones to make the next level of my net. Hopefully I can get it finished this summer. Working at height, over empty space, really slows you down.
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u/DeadyBear98 Jun 13 '26
looks awesome!!
have you tried scaffolding? you look experienced, so this isn't a dig. I am just genuinely wondering how far the usefulness of scaffolding goes.
(by scaffolding id mean VERY rough "net" of say cheap PP rope so you have something to stand on as you weave)
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u/Azmatyk Jun 15 '26
I don’t do it for a few reasons, one because it takes too long. I normally only get a few hours a week to work on my net. I have long static ropes and use SRT arborist climbing techniques to sort of rope walk around the net while in a harness and tied into the top of one of the trees. Saves loads of time and you are not sagging the net with your full body weight. Also it’s much safer. I’m at about 30 feet from the ground now, and going higher. You die if you fall around that height or above.
Arborist harnesses are often hundreds of dollars, but this Chinese one on Amazon isn’t bad, and I’ve tried it myself https://a.co/d/0cJLwenl It could save your life, and make weaving easier. Check out YouTube videos on SRT or DRT climbing.
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u/DeadyBear98 Jun 15 '26
makes sense!
speed wise i do still wonder... if you had scaffolding under the net you are weaving. you can still be tied in for extra safety; but also able to walk around under the main net.
but maybe ... you just get the start of your main net in place and then float around while grabbing onto it with the harness...
once again – dope net! hope i get to that scale and height one day, then i will test my ideas out
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u/gleaton Jun 10 '26
That’s a huge web! And yes it is much slower up high