Our paintball tower is a success!

changed my mind, put some nails in

nails DO NOT hurt a tree, trees simply heal, as a syruper, I drill trees every year with a 1/2 inch bit, they heal fine

ive seen a tree grow right over a 2 inch thick pipe being used to hold up a clothsline

dont worry about hurting the trees, just put in some nails for safety-but, im not trying to force this on you, it would be hypocritical of me to say you're a total idiot for trying this, you're not, but still, nails are a good idea

we wanted to use rope for the sheer beauty of not having to use any nails.  there aren't any real limitations to using rope except for the concept of weight going into it.  we made sure we had good strong rope.  nails do damage trees to some extent.  i didn't mean that they die in a few minutes.  that was one of our goals. we tested it and it held.  that's good enough for me and my pals that are going to be using it. your not going to use it, so it's really none of your concern, but i do enjoy your effort of trying to pump all your garbage about weight and how we didn't try to make it safe.  we did gather resources that were safe, and guess what kiddies... it flippin held and the crows nest will too.

with this crap friken said... i would also like to say that it is dangerous.  i never said it wasn't going to super safe.  we took a chance, and it worked.  we used multiple rounds of rope. YES, IF YOU ADD ROPE, THEN THE ROPE BECOMES STRONGER AND HOLDS MORE.  you guys may not know how to do lashings and use everyday rope to build stuff, but we do and have a lot experience.  to not take this as being cocky, but if a "carpenter" tells you that adding rope will not help. well, he obviously doesn't understand much about rope, and using all the weight differintials you want, but adding rope and reinforcing it (which we did) does and will help to take tension and the amount of stress being put on a particular piece of rope.  it's simple to understand.  wow! you may have learned something after all kiddies! 

i'll say it once again to see if it will soak into your halfbaked brains.

It works and it good enough for me and my friends.

HITMAN 4 HIRE wrote: we wanted to use rope for the sheer beauty of not having to use any nails.  nails do damage trees to some extent.  i didn't mean that they die in a few minutes.

as the son of two foresters, i have easy acess to information about trees

I asked both my parents, seperatly to prevent bias, and they both replyed that nails cannot harm a tree-unless, A) the tree is a sapling B) the nails are the size of a splitting wedge or C) you pound the nails in with a buick--quit saying nails can cause harm to a tree

wood is dead already, its not like your going to stunt the trees growth

rope can rot, unless it is made of nylon or other synthetics

HITMAN 4 HIRE wrote: actually no i HAVE NOT posted any pics yet, but we have COMPLETED the 2nd level and will now start on the walls. so hang in there fellas.

its taken you this long to built two levels? and you dont even have walls?...work harder

well, at least your rope wont have to hold as much...

maybe at least an idea of how big it is?...feet or paces or anything