You should be a salesman. If I had the property to set one up that's what my kiddos would be getting from Santa this year. Congratulations on getting over 700 subs! Well deserved!
Your videos have been SUPER helpful understanding implications of both types of zipline, beautifully explained. THE FINAL DECISION comes down to, HOW TO UNINSTALL each kind. We’d feel more confident about installing a wireline in our backyard if we knew how quickly we can take down ONE SIDE of the line and hang up. The zipline would cut straight through our yard, so we’d like to take down one end pretty fast if we have guests over for backyard dinner. Don’t want anyone clotheslined in the dark.
Thanks for the comment and great question! With the wire zipline you could have one end taken down in under 5 minutes. It takes me less than 15 to completely take it down at the end of the year and pack it away. The main trouble would be that you’re undoing the hardest part of the installation which is getting the line tight enough which would make putting it back up each time a pain in the neck. After you’ve done it a few times though I’m sure you’d get pretty quick with it but even then I don’t think you’d be able to reinstall in under 15 minutes. I hope this information helps and if you have more questions don’t hesitate to ask.
@@iamricaru as far a video explaining it; It’s winter here now so I can’t really set it up right now to film it but here is a video explaining how to connect the second end of a zipline and get it tight. You’d basically be doing this in reverse to take it down and then doing it to put it back up. 5 Simple hacks to get any zipline tight! ua-cam.com/video/q32DKlxhJno/v-deo.html
Who needs a safety strap for a zip line? Sheesh, kids are so soft these days.🤣😂 When I was a kid we made zip lines out of grapevines 50 feet up in the air....lol, okay maybe not. Great tips!
don't tighten it too much, a little free sag is good. don't install on dead trees, and don't use a sling end because it will kill them. ( that chokes the nutrient flow through the cambium ) instead; use a large auger bit to drill clean through a living tree ( same size as your cable ) string your cable through the hole you drilled in the tree, and take it down, at an angle, to an earth anchor set in concrete in the ground.
Great tips! I’ve talked about most of these in other videos, although I’ve never tried the drill through method. I usually just use 5 or 6 1’ long 2x4s placed vertically between the trunk and the cable to prevent ringing the tree and instead spread the pressure out vertically.
@@FunsizedAdventures yeah, the slat method ... that is better for sure, but not as good as a pass through eye bolt, or running the cable through ...but trees actually adjust themselves to loading, they kind of pull, then relax, and try to find the most comfortable way to deal with any load placed on them, ( and that means your going to run out of turn buckle if you don't have a cable back-stay anyhow )....so i prefer cable through back-stay, on mature trees.
@@FunsizedAdventures I apprenticed at freespiritspheres for 3 years, and am also a studied arborist.. I would be building tree houses, but I have all kinds of more important work to do....but I still study, and do, tree house and zip line, design.
5 Simple hacks to get any zipline tight!
ua-cam.com/video/q32DKlxhJno/v-deo.html
We always go and try the zip line everytime we see one in the park. Super fun.
Sweet!
You should be a salesman. If I had the property to set one up that's what my kiddos would be getting from Santa this year. Congratulations on getting over 700 subs! Well deserved!
🤣 thanks man!
*This video intro was on point, must have an excellent rentention there. Also seeing you're over 700 subs, great work, you deserve it.*
Thanks! I’m hoping all the product recommendation videos do well as people start Christmas shopping.
Great tips! Congrats on 700 subs! 🎉🎉🎉
Thanks!
Your videos have been SUPER helpful understanding implications of both types of zipline, beautifully explained. THE FINAL DECISION comes down to, HOW TO UNINSTALL each kind. We’d feel more confident about installing a wireline in our backyard if we knew how quickly we can take down ONE SIDE of the line and hang up. The zipline would cut straight through our yard, so we’d like to take down one end pretty fast if we have guests over for backyard dinner. Don’t want anyone clotheslined in the dark.
Point is, could you please please please send me a quick reply about detaching one side (how long?) and then post a video showi g how you do it?
Thanks for the comment and great question! With the wire zipline you could have one end taken down in under 5 minutes. It takes me less than 15 to completely take it down at the end of the year and pack it away. The main trouble would be that you’re undoing the hardest part of the installation which is getting the line tight enough which would make putting it back up each time a pain in the neck. After you’ve done it a few times though I’m sure you’d get pretty quick with it but even then I don’t think you’d be able to reinstall in under 15 minutes.
I hope this information helps and if you have more questions don’t hesitate to ask.
@@iamricaru as far a video explaining it; It’s winter here now so I can’t really set it up right now to film it but here is a video explaining how to connect the second end of a zipline and get it tight. You’d basically be doing this in reverse to take it down and then doing it to put it back up.
5 Simple hacks to get any zipline tight!
ua-cam.com/video/q32DKlxhJno/v-deo.html
Great tips 😊
Thanks huh bun. 🤣
Who needs a safety strap for a zip line? Sheesh, kids are so soft these days.🤣😂 When I was a kid we made zip lines out of grapevines 50 feet up in the air....lol, okay maybe not.
Great tips!
That’s probably not much of an exaggeration though. I remember free climbing some trees 50’ of the ground that I had no business being in. 🤣
don't tighten it too much, a little free sag is good.
don't install on dead trees, and don't use a sling end because it will kill them. ( that chokes the nutrient flow through the cambium )
instead; use a large auger bit to drill clean through a living tree ( same size as your cable ) string your cable through the hole you drilled in the tree, and take it down, at an angle, to an earth anchor set in concrete in the ground.
Great tips! I’ve talked about most of these in other videos, although I’ve never tried the drill through method. I usually just use 5 or 6 1’ long 2x4s placed vertically between the trunk and the cable to prevent ringing the tree and instead spread the pressure out vertically.
@@FunsizedAdventures yeah, the slat method ... that is better for sure, but not as good as a pass through eye bolt, or running the cable through ...but trees actually adjust themselves to loading, they kind of pull, then relax, and try to find the most comfortable way to deal with any load placed on them, ( and that means your going to run out of turn buckle if you don't have a cable back-stay anyhow )....so i prefer cable through back-stay, on mature trees.
@@FunsizedAdventures I apprenticed at freespiritspheres for 3 years, and am also a studied arborist.. I would be building tree houses, but I have all kinds of more important work to do....but I still study, and do, tree house and zip line, design.