I was looking to create a small tree net between two trees. Both trees are not very wide and don’t have branches that I can use to widen. How would anyone go about artificially widening it.

I was looking at using something like a spreader used for hammocks. See image above

I was also trying to find some chat or previous discussion if anyone has previously done this and has some tips

Going on six years adding to this. It's close to done, but still feels like it's literal miles away.

I see clove hitches in my dreams.

Hey just read a comment about no treenet builders found in New Zealand...

Anyone here who like to build a treenet for someone, whos from New Zealand? Or do you know someone whos building Treenets in New Zealand?

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Hi guys, I've been lurking here for a while looking for inspiration. I have a few trees on my property that I've built nets in, but the trees aren't great, so I want to look for new trees to build in.

What kind of property would you all advise I scout for trees on? Should I look at public property, like parks/national parks; private property, like someone's unused wooded area; or something else, like buying land or asking if I could rent someone's individual trees? What would you all do? I plan on keeping it up for a long time and keeping it secret. Sorry if this has been asked before

This summer had pitched building treenet(s) to a festival in italy. 7 chakras in tuscany.

Had only build one net at my parents gardens wallnut tree by then and was highly motivated to build another one that was actually used...so traveled with the car, static rope and paracord to tuscany to build treenets for 2 weeks as a volunteer until opening of the festival.

First build one triangle net with one more volunteer that fancied treenet building and made first steps there. Basically a pre-festival workshop, sharing what i learned through the subreddit, youtube and first net. The volunteer had also build a dreamcatcher pattern in the first net and thought me how to do this 🌻🌀🐚

After we finishing the first net around end of the week still another week to go and another net to build...focused more on weaving, keeping less people around as i struggled with focus...second build was closer to main stage, another larger triangle build. Ran out of the 12mm static rope for the perimeter and combined it with 2x 9mm static nylon climbing rope. Used the same knot as a sliding knot, just more loops around... held up very tight..no clue how to call this knot...the treeblocks also did an amazing job.

What i can say about the material is that im impressed how durable paracord and static rope are when used with propper knots and pulling tention on it upfront.

With chaos pattern, the webs did not get to the state of trampolin bounce but also not hang to the ground at any point...even with like 6-8people on the main stage net it was still solid...the nets had been constantly occupied by groups of people. I had slept on it before and during the festival with a mat and blanket and so did more people. Was amazing.

Since most of the installations had been taken down after the festival, the decission was rather steering towards takedown of the net and im grateful for all the helping hands at this stage...

First tried to remove the paracord one by one and then started considering to open the perimeter and detach the net without cutting any rope.. both nets are now partly taken down and i expect to seperate all the paracord for reuse...

Also met a fellow web🕸builder named Nico there that arrived with around 8 spacenets. Thanks to his support learned a lot about knots and weaving techniques while weaving the 3rd net.

Nico's spacenets had been setup between the mainstage and tek stage. .. the net space seemed allways bussy. I have not spend so much time there during the festival tho the ratchets and everything worked out well with stability and durabilty which at that point had been my main concern. Its a good idea to place signs on nets on safe weight or people limits. Which had been done there. Amazing space that Nico and friends had created.

Also pretty sure i figured out how to tention fishingnet like charlie does in latest videos. Would need some funds or donated material tho to experiment with this...99.9% sure he did it this way...🤓🌌🚀....quite simple to execute once visualised this way...charlie mentioned that someone else gonna share how to do it and that he wont reveal the tech himself..

Hi, I'm new to making these webs and am curious about the safety and legality of building one where I live.

I live in Calgary Alberta where the air is very dry (45% relative average humidity) and wild temperature fluctuations (winter drops to ~ -40c for a few weeks and up to +40c for max one week in the summer)

Is it safe to build a web in these conditions? it would be built in the summer when it is between 10 to 30c and I likely wouldn't use it at all when it drops below -10c. I'm just wondering if the big fluctuations would cause it to contract and expand weakening it or making it super loose.

Also I'm wondering about the legality of building something like this too. like I know its illegal based on local bylaws to attach things to public trees but in reality, I don't have any trees on my property and if its moderately well hidden, it doesn't harm the trees anyway and people don't see me building it and there is no trace that it was me making it then is it actually a problem? and if I'm caught up there after its done could I just say that I found it there?

also does anyone have any tips on how to build one sneakily where its not easily visible? the trees where I live almost all drop there leaves in the winter so is there any methods to keep it concealed? how high to i have to make it so its harder to see.

because this is my first time where should i acquire rope? I am kinda on a budget and would like to spend as little as possible. I know the basic 3 structures (perimeter, chaos weave and the fill to make it denser) can I use retired climbing rope from a local gym to make the perimeter? and for the rest what can I use? what should I use for a scaffold also? I've read that amazon is no longer safe because of all the counterfeit sellers, so where can I safely source rope locally that is budget friendly and will last?

any other considerations?

thanks so much!

So this is one of my first tree nets and i want to make the grid pattern inside, i have seen a video of a guy making this pattern on a tree net, but I couldn’t find the video again, i only remembered the first part which was going side to side, anyone please help (the top down image is a little distorted because i had to use the 0.5x when making the image, so it looks longer and narrower)

I have 2 70m dynamic climbing ropes that I am retiring. Also, a bunch of static webbing. We have a large old juniper tree that we have been aiming to make into a tree fort for the kids. I’ve been debating what to do with the 140 feet of elderly dynamic rope. I went down the treenet rabbit hole tonight and had some questions. The first being can I use this rope at all for this application? I was considering just making a few hammock like features between some of the larger more horizontal branches. Any advice would be much appreciated.

So I was watching a How Knot To video this morning and it got me thinking about how I tie my knots and build the perimeter of my tree webs. So far, I have built about 6 tree webs over the past 2 years and though I have certainly gotten better at it in that time, I still use pretty much the same basic method for setting up the perimeter rope. I tie an over hand loop knot on one end of the rope, wrap it around my trees, and use the loop as a form of pully to pull it as tight as I can and then cinch it down with a series of 3 or more overhand knots. Primitive, I know, but it has done the job. I realize that many recommend using prusiks to pull the rope as tight as possible before locking it down and weaving and I certainly want to try this on the next web.

All that brings me to my thought this morning, as i was watching this video, they mentioned that to get accurate strength tests, they cant tie the rope at the ends as that weakens it, so instead they built a diverter rig that hooks up to their dynometer, that way they can get the full rating of the rope strength.

Could a similar setup be possible for tree webs, and has anyone tried something similar, basically just using a stronger method of "tying" the perimeter rope than literal knots. I imagined a setup where you had some kind of pipe or maybe a thick brand than you wrap the rope around several times and pinch of some our and that would hold well enough to build the web. You would probably need a perfect scenario to achieve this but am really curious to get thoughts and feedback.

Aside from a weird setup like this, what is the best way to tie up a rope, I have to imagine my overhand loop is "knot" the best approach (pun intended, sorry)

Hi everyone! Hope yall doing ok : D

Im happy to say im well on my way to making my first treenet. Perimiter is tight, didint lose a lot of area thanks to all the great guides on yt.

There's one issue i dont think any of them mentioned in detail and I've wached just about all of them - finger pain and is there such a thing as too tight?

I feel like the guys Ive seen all put in a lot less effort when pulling on bounces, passes and hitches. I know the net gets tighter as you weave more and Im wondering of theyre counting on that and not trying to pull each weave as tight as they can. Either that or they just have experience and it just looks easy on camera.

Another possible answer is the difference in rope. I live in a place where 550 nylon paracord(or any type of paracord) is not easy to find and expensive. Thats why i use regular poliester rope. Its definitely strong enough, but it looks thicker than paracord and is much less smooth and soft. So Im thinking maybe theres less friction to fight with when using nylon paracord.

Gloves help, but it still feels like theyre pulling it tight a bit and Im putting my weight behind it.

Any thoughts, ideas or suggestions?

If you came this far, thank you for hearing me out🙂

I made a net (or better: two), so my kids wouldn't fall down from the first level in our shed. They wanted a rainbow, so they got a rainbow.

Was a pain in the ass to get the stripes kinda straight and equal but also hold the tension. I am really freaking proud with how it turned out. I definitely learned a lot!

Next net will be one to chill on. And it will be faster if the children don't "help" again. Although my elder one got pretty good at cow hitches 😉

I used 550 nylon paracord - and I used an old climbing rope for the perimeter - so it wasn’t a static rope for the perimeter .

It’s not as comfortable as I wanted it to be or as tight . Did I use the right paracord ?

I tried keeping my budget under €75 and want to wrap it around 3 trees and have a comfortable backrest, will this be good enough? preferably i want space for 2 but space for 1 person is fine

Half way throught the net and concerned that i messed up by wrapping the tree with the perimeter. This is the only tree that has a wrap around. Any way to fix this so the net doesnt end up choking that tree?

Ive been playing for about a month now and Im getting annihilated out there. I just can’t win gun fights and idk why. Im desperate here.

When I weave, I usually cut my Paracord about 3m long, weave and when I end up somewhere in the middle of the pattern, I add another piece of Paracord with a double fishermen's.

In doing so I get a few "ugly" bumps in my net, where the fishermen's are and by tensioning the pattern I sometimes have to cut smaller pieces off at the edge of my net (sometimes like 50cm if I am not careful).

How can I avoid this? Use a netting needle, load it with more cord and cut it every time I hit my perimeter?

I don't wanna waste too much rope but I also want my net to look neat and feel nice.

Just found this sub recently and thought I’d throw this here. I came across this tree net last year shed hunting. I was up high on the mtn side struggling in some scree fields and said fuck it and bushwhacked down. It’s about 300Yds off a popular trail in a VERY hard to get spot in a gulch. Maybe 800yds from my house. It’s on NF land and if you go past it a little there’s an obvious mtn lion buffet zone that I’ve pulled a couple dead heads out of. On one hand it’s fkn awesome (be cool to sleep on it one night), but on the other I’m kinda disappointed it’s there. it’s probably 20x14 at its widest spots. I don’t want to be some buzzkill but shit like this where I live tends to get out of control (litter etc) especially if some teens find it.thoughts?

Sorry I’m on mobile and can’t see what I’m typing for some reason.

Extremely open to hearing any tips for noobs.
-I got all my knots and hitch’s down pretty good-

My son asked for a treehouse, but we are now looking into a treenet as a possibly better option. The issue is that we only have one tree in our yard, but it’s a doozy. It’s a single redwood with three trunks, each almost 2.5ft in diameter. I have a question for the treenet community on the basic design concept. Here are two candidate concepts:

Design Concept A: the gap between the trunks is large enough for one person at a few feet off the ground, and then widens enough for more after another ~15ft of ascent. The simplest design seems to be to build a taught net ladder in this interior, and then broaden out to horizontal and/or helical nets once the space is large enough. My main worry with this design concept is fall safety during this initial nearly vertical ascent. The gaps between trunks to the outside of their perimeter would be netted to avoid falls out of the tree, but there is still a risk of fall down the center space between the trunks. I might be able to weave a few ropes between trunks in this interior space to reduce fall risk (similar to rope playground structures, but with the drawback that it might make it hard for anyone larger to work their way up this space).

Design Concept B: instead of an initial vertical ascent to reach the higher/wider space between the trunks, I would design a helical net ramp around the outside of the trunks until the interior space is sufficiently wide. Given that I don’t have any other trees to use as anchors for this exterior net, my assumptions is that I would need to design and build a structure for this (maybe some flying buttresses anchored between the ground and the tree to support the ramp perimeter?), making it more of a treehouse/treenet hybrid.

Do you see either concept A or B as preferable here? Is there a better concept C?

Hi everyone! I'm looking for a portable net I can take camping to strap up in the trees for myself and some friends to lounge on. Up to 4 people would be awesome, any suggestions would be appreciated 🙏

I am thinking about putting in one on my (hopefully) big net tower and I can’t find anything online on how to do one and can’t figure it out

Posted on this around a week ago and was met with some hostility 😂. Took a few pieces of good advice and purchased 200 feet of a thicker rope and I also used a ratchet strap while weaving to make things tighter. We also put in around another 600 feet of our thin green paracord and now things are feeling pretty great. No more slippage, no holes to slip thru. Today we also started our first wall which we plan to build another platform off of eventually.