Difference between revisions of "Slingshot Method"
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| + | All you need is a slingshot, a fishing weight, some fishing line and some old waterski rope! Tie the weight onto the fishing line. Monofilament line works best since it'll slide through the tree limbs easier. I had some old red 8 pound test that I didn't like so I used that. The red made it easier to find in the yard later. | ||
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| + | I picked out an opening in the tree branches and shot the fishing weight through it. Then I tied the water ski rope onto the fishing line. | ||
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| + | From the other side of the tree, I pulled the fishing line and ski rope over the limb of the tree | ||
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| + | Then I tied the display piece onto the ski rope and simply pulled it up into the tree as high as I needed it to be. In this case, it was a star to which I'd attached 23 strings of LEDs which formed a sort of gigantic megatree. Then I tied the ski rope to a branch on the back side of the tree to hold it over the winter. | ||
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| + | Taking it down was a piece of cake -- just until the ski rope in the back and lower it down. | ||
Revision as of 19:06, 16 May 2015
Sometimes your ladder just isn't tall enough.
All you need is a slingshot, a fishing weight, some fishing line and some old waterski rope! Tie the weight onto the fishing line. Monofilament line works best since it'll slide through the tree limbs easier. I had some old red 8 pound test that I didn't like so I used that. The red made it easier to find in the yard later.
I picked out an opening in the tree branches and shot the fishing weight through it. Then I tied the water ski rope onto the fishing line.
From the other side of the tree, I pulled the fishing line and ski rope over the limb of the tree
Then I tied the display piece onto the ski rope and simply pulled it up into the tree as high as I needed it to be. In this case, it was a star to which I'd attached 23 strings of LEDs which formed a sort of gigantic megatree. Then I tied the ski rope to a branch on the back side of the tree to hold it over the winter.
Taking it down was a piece of cake -- just until the ski rope in the back and lower it down.