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Originally Posted by NotaBRG View Post
I agree, there will be too much sag. Even if the rope had no stretch you would pull those two trees together enough for the swing to get too close to the ground.


I think you need a beam.
Yeah, that's why in that crappy napkin drawing I had the smaller tree staked to the ground to help oppose any bending forces. But "X'd" it out...
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