How NOT to install a Tree Net - These are way more fun than Tree Houses!

We look at an 8 year old tree net (I didn't build it!) that is deteriorating and strangling a tree and try to do some repairs with paracord. The best price we found on paracord has been at amzn.to/3cM1Oas. Please stay clipped in while working in a tree. Please only build these in healthy trees on your property. Please don't be an idiot and get hurt. With @Charlies_web and @SagleySight
👉 Learn and SHOP at www.hownot2.co...
👉 Best EMAILS on Earth: www.hownot2.co...
👉 SUPPORT US and get gear discounts hownot2.com/su...
👉 10% off ROCKY TALKIE by clicking www.hownot2.co...

[@HowNOT2]

Check out our new store! hownot2.store/

[@Charlieswebs]

This tree has been around forever. Back in the day me and my stoner friends would go to home depot and "match" on rope to add bits on here and there. Back then we got the rope that was available at the local home depot witch worked well but defiantly got warn out over time. Since then I come back to the spot every couple of years to reinforce the ropes. Many pieces of the original ropes are still woven into it to give it that nice sketchy look

[@thatGUYbehindthemask]

i miss these days joe. lmao

[@KingSkrap]

Fire bro me and my buddies are gonna be vibin in mine when it’s done. Gonna be 70ft it’s alr 20ft high so far

[@LetsPlayWithPixels13]

DUDE I WATCH YOU

[@thaddeusstewart6843]

This is the channel’s best example of how NOT to do something. Yikes!

[@CaleyEichenlaub]

Right? Holy jebus man. That old rotted line was trash when it was new.

[@professorbellorum]

@@CaleyEichenlaub made that garden hose look bomber by comparison...

[@charlieswebs4734]

This net was built before we knew anything About parachord. Even tho there trashy looking after old age there actually still pretty strong. I like to leave the old rope just to show how old the net is.

[@santiagorl9]

charlies webs it’s awesome for you to show it and have it bro! I learned a lot from it, thanks to you and Ryan!

[@pappafritto]

Charlie says, "Always cut the rope off the branch you're standing on"

[@DaftFader]

xD

[@michaelkadziolka3626]

you should test hardware store shackles, carabieners etc. to see how strong they really are on the slack snap machine

[@jk-vs3yq]

This is great idea !! I live in Michigan witch has almost zero climbing or places to slackline unless it's in the upper peninsula and the best climbing their is ice climbing

[@RealSlackerJon]

I'm from Michigan. Climbing in Grand Ledge is great for outdoors in the lower peninsula.

[@atariks1475]

Whoa, sweet baby jesus. I definitely prefer sky nets. Or maybe a tree net that is more planned and maintained. 33m up in the air without a clipped in harness, crazy. But as I know you are living, so all went out well.

[@PanamaVail]

Very Cool I cant believe people don't climb trees. As a child we played tree tag, had single rope swings and tree hoses down in the Panama canal Zone.

[@Goldenfire066]

liked for the singing lol, amazing video tho

[@raphaelbeinhauer9242]

Girth hitching is not necessarily bad for the tree, if there is enough slack for it to expand it won't bulge like that. I realize that's not always possible to do. We do the same thing with crane slings in adventure parks. One thing to keep in mind is that thin ropes are harmful to the tree because they restrict water and nutrient flow by damaging the cambium. This is well accepted by hammockers, it should be for treenetters too. And I just want to say, there is no way I would climb that sketchy net without a rope. This is coming from someone who spends a lot of time high up in trees on and off the job...

[@pseysaw]

Climbed it yesterday I’m 13 was shaking my ass off boldest thing I’ve ever done

[@Benlucky13]

curios, have you gone back and witnessed any tree growth over and around the ropes with your method? I work in the adventure park industry and we occasionally make tree courses, but everything we do is much higher tension (and wire rope). so we either use wood blocks to hold the cable off the tree, or through-bolt it. any cable touching the tree will choke it at those points. I'm wondering if over time this low but somewhat taught tension you use will do the same, choking the half of the tree it sits on.

[@charlieswebs4734]

Honestly it hasn't been that long since I started doing it that way so I haven't seen much growth but I assume even if it did wear a spot you could still slide it around to a different spot. Also there are alot of different tree protection methods like running the resting lines through rubber hose to create separation.

[@raphaelbeinhauer9242]

I work in the same industry. We use crane slings around the trees, backed up by cable because slings are not certified for life support. The slings don't really choke the trees, depending on species it will take a couple of years to start a bulge. The key is having enough slack in the steel cables, and the sling being long enough. I will say that that is the best case scenario for the tree, in reality the cables are often rigged tightly, using the shortest sling possible. It's definitely something that requires regular maintenance if done properly. We also use wooden blocks to keep our backups away from the tree, same for platforms.

[@csn583]

Think of it like bedsores on a coma patient. The tree can't move itself, and given enough time very little pressure cuts off circulation (or wears, or messes with transpiration). I defer to these guys who do these kinds of massive semi-permanent installations, but I'd say keep it wide without fail, and keep it moving regularly if possible.

[@loicberger7874]

Wow... First Thanks for all these nice vidéos you do.. I would have a request... A vidéo about Anchorage those tree nets... Thé possible alternatives of thé eye bolts... Much love from thé Pyrénées. Loïc

[@ryanmorris9575]

Shibari on trees 😂

[@drugtalk101]

Crap rope that lasted like that for 8+ years?! Not to crappy after all! Lol but yea I wouldn’t want that rope 😂

[@michaelkadziolka3626]

12:01 im losing my shit over the elmo hanging from the tree

[@Foderick]

why no tie off at height?

[@fordbearingpoint]

"Are you gonna back that up?" -G Upton.

[@yan_1312]

everything is safe...

[@capecodwoody]

Yay Charlie... I'm building a spiral net between three trees 50 ft up to my tree house do you guys have any tips for me?

[@georgeshaw8925]

Nothing in this video looks safe….

[@williamkern7931]

I get such anxiety from the heights in these videos

[@-DEATHSTROKE]

Holy shit my endorphins are going apeshit. I'm scared of heights 😅

[@trevorrobison4784]

So sad the tree is gone…

[@teddyruxpin3811]

Is this an april fools video?

[@KingSkrap]

I’m trying to make one 70 ft up but I’m having a hard time working out how to get up that high

[@mccambjd]

Learn arborist climbing techniques.

[@jaromowens4421]

I want to learn how to tree web in the best way possible! Is your spacenets 105 course going to include info on tree netting? Or do you know where training can be found? I haven’t had any luck finding good training in the topic yet. Thank you!!

[@__GALLANT__]

Why?

[@jaromowens4421]

Why…. What?

[@__GALLANT__]

@@jaromowens4421 What.... What?

[@jaromowens4421]

@@__GALLANT__ yup that is a what

[@johndave8017]

How do you weave the net? you mostly showed showed reinforcing the net but how do you weave more net?

[@LagiacrusHunter]

Think like a spider. Connect your line to at least 3 anchor points and then backfill the shape with hitches and wraps until the whole thing is a big mesh

[@Tyler-Thomson]

Elk Grove??

[@matthewso4845]

!

[@KeithGyarmati]

What type of tree is that?

[@Arcturusvanlasagna]

I believe it's an arbutus

[@michelleelias6196]

Looks like a Eucalyptus globulus (Tasmanian Blue Gum). They can grow to 100m if left alone to do their thing. But maybe it's in their best interest to kill it because it's a weed species in California.

[@dubbleu5461]

Don't show Jayrod this

[@dylancarter4928]

ngl dawg your whole "maybe you shouldn't do that" got old fasssttttt. yeah i get its not safe but you got no chill dude. you sound like my passive agressive grandma.

[@andrewlapensee]

I made a tree net a few years ago, check out some of the first videos on my channel. They are in whiterock bc canada in crescent beach..

[@woodpeckerarborist]

Please involve a knowledgeable I.S.A. Certified Arborist next time you want to do something like this in a tree. You missed the mark on this video by a mile.

[@charlieswebs4734]

You suck

[@csn583]

@@charlieswebs4734 Truth hurts. You guys clearly understand rope and climbing, etc., But not trees. None of these ropes have any business touching a tree under even slight tension, paracord worst of all!. Sure, those wide loops with half contact won't fully girdle and kill a branch/trunk, but they absolutely will strangle the far side and weaken it. You have to appreciate how slow the growth is happening. It's like water cutting rock, it doesn't take much over time! Wide webbing is where it's at. Hell, that garden hose was the most responsible thing up there as far as the tree is concerned! 😅 Costs too much? Tough shit, don't needlessly kill trees for your entertainment.

[@eonblue46]

@@csn583 do you recommend 2 inch webbing or something even wider?

[@Charlieswebs]

I just want to remind everyone that this is a community made web. A bunch of stoners got together and build this many years ago without any reference of how to do it properly. Todays webs wouldn’t exist without places like this where the idea got it’s start

[@KingSkrap]

@@Charlieswebsbro fr exactly why I’m making mine, to smoke on