5,500lb Treehouse Platform! *Treehouse Utopia*

What do 5,500 pounds of steel, a lotus flower, and nine heavy-limb TABs have to do with our next treehouse at Treehouse Utopia? Find out here, in our behind the build video! Our project manager Scott Atkins breaks down the engineering of this gargantuan treehouse platform. Then, we take you onsite with our crew to learn about the build process. Join our site lead, Mike Reynolds, and carpenters Travis Moose and Geoff Ayr as they show you what it took to bring this heavy metal substructure to the trees.

[@samsungemployee5243]

You cant call a treehouse a fort because if the tree is burnt the house will fall

[@scrumpymanjack]

Getting those holes for the TAB wrong is pretty basic. Whatever else is in this video, that bit really doesn't make you look good.

[@danmernyak4987]

I would put supports on the ground at that point

[@psilocube3968]

the root ball is absolutely massive. it is at least 20 ft down and 20 ft in each direction from the center of the tree.
she is going nowhere

[@o.s.m.7957]

I have these amazing 100yo? magestic oaks and curious if you could suggest possibilities for treehouse placement. May I email you?

[@SailorBarsoom]

That hexagon ring is itself beautiful. I almost want to put stained glass in it.

[@o.s.m.7957]

What is the future concern for tree growth using this ring?

[@maigematthews5620]

The only future concern is the widening of the circumference of the tree as it matures; which is not a concern at all. Why, because they have accounted for it with the space between the ring and the tree itself.

[@-veaux-4700]

i was there

[@MitchellDeitrich]

oh yeah very cool!

[@fadzrimhamzah]

I watch you in discovery channel asia and i love it

[@RobinLewisMakes]

Solid!

[@maigematthews5620]

If you can grow 5 to 10 oak trees and space them specifically for building a big ol’ treehouse, how would you place them?
How high can you build a treehouse before the tree sway being an issue?

[@xaokue6437]

Nailing the trees is a killing.

[@appleuser4154]

Can someone please tell me what those support pieces that pivet called? I’m trying to build this out of wood and need to know best way to support the platform

[@amandaworley2064]

Oh first comment lol

[@maigematthews5620]

What was the budget on this project?

[@amandaworley2064]

3/32 could they not get a drill bit for that???

[@SamurayBaggio]

Fuck ! , like if you remember this from ark survival envolved

[@muzboz]

Very cool. :)

[@nickb2208]

Does it make the tree sag or sink if it floods or the grounds mushy/ coverd in water?

[@maigematthews5620]

No.