Saturday, May 26, 2012

Adjustable Tree Support

The thorn-less Chilean mesquite I planted in the dog yard needed some support to keep it growing upright.
I attached an eye hook to the wall: drilled hole with hammer drill and epoxied it in. The rope was ran through some tubing to lessen abrasion on the rope.
A loop of rope was run through a piece of hose and bowline loops tied to each end. This is the piece that is used around the tree. A Niteize large figure 9 carabiner clip was clipped to both loops after wrapping around tree. The rope from the eye hook on the wall was then tightened using the figure 9 end of the Niteize clip. This system allows for easy tightening or loosening adjustments.
The supported tree.



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