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Nails in trees?
"Laurence Wilmer" wrote in message ... I planted a eucalyptus at the end of my garden some 15 years ago, and (after chopping the top 6ft each year) it is now ideal for a good tree platform for my 5 yr old. I have some 4x2 beams and have identified some good mounting positions, to these I plan to screw some old floorboards. But what is the best way to fix beams and planks to a tree? I don't fancy nailing into it as that seems unkind, but I am not sure that typing with rope is going to be sufficiently secure for when all his friends get up there! Why not simply fit the platform to posts running up from and set into the ground? You are going to need some sort of access, so three or four strong posts, set far enough apart to support the whole platform, with stout metal rungs fitted into holes drilled through the posts, should look as if you planned them as ladders, rather than as supports. I would also put a very thick layer of forest bark on the ground around the platform and ladders. Colin Bignell |
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