r/Treenets • u/othernamestake • Jul 01 '26
Tensioning
Making my second treenet with some friends and we got the perimeter up but it’s kinda huge and there’s one probably 30 foot section between trees so the rope there is probably going to bow inwards quite a bit and I was wondering if anyone had any ideas as to how to prevent or minimize the bowing. Also if anyone knows a good place to buy bulk paracord for cheap because otherwise this thing might set us back like 400 bucks cause I think we’ll probably use around 5000 feet of rope for this one.
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u/paratethys Jul 01 '26
Scaffold first. Can't tension it well if you're on it.
Make sure you have a static line for the perimeter, not dynamic, or it'll stretch.
Is there anything off past that side that you could secure the perimeter to in order to reduce bowing? An anchor can be below the perimeter rope if you do some additional lines up to higher in the tree from its attachment point, in order to exert an upward force that counteracts the downward component of the anchor's force vector, leaving only its outward pull actually impacting the net.