Treehouse attachment bolts are going in! BTM Manufacturing in Kansas City custom made these for me. They are stronger and larger than anything you can buy online, coming in at 12lbs a piece! Holes were pre-drilled in the trees and have a glimpse of the gorgeous wood inside. The tricky part was trying to get them to go smoothly into the tree. We needed something natural and non-toxic to use as lubricant. We just ran several ideas, but ended up going with bacon grease that was left over from this morning‘s breakfast. Talk about “waste not, want not!”
The hoisting system was set up with two 1/2" aircraft cables (over kill I know but that's what I do) the aircraft cables were connect to four 4000lb towing straps. Focusing on redundant systems to avoid breaking a leg.
There were a few times today we worried we may have been in way over our heads. The initial steps and getting all the heavy lifting done is time consuming, but we are excited to get moving on the rest of the project. Our goal is to get at least half of the platform up tomorrow!
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