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Anyone hang nodes in tall trees? (piefed.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 day ago by CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/meshtastic@mander.xyz

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I live in Western Washington, and we have very tall (130ft+) Douglas fir everywhere. I have a few on my property and I'm coming up with a plan to hang a node relatively high up.

I have two options to do this safely. I can either use an arborist sling to shoot a rope maybe 60ft or so up, and then pull a heavier rope with the node up. Or, I could drop some fishing line and a weight from my drone and do the same thing, except possibly even higher up.

Has anyone done something like this? Am I overthinking this, or missing something?

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[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I would go with drone just because it would be more accurate and get you right where you want it. I haven't tried it but I have given it thought.

[–] hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I used a drone to hang a leader line for a high rope for my nephews swing. I'm talking like 60-70ft up. It was an amazing swing with a massive pendulum effect.

Highly recommend using a drone for this, just don't get it stuck up there.

Edit: at my last apartment, I did put a node about 35 feet up a pine tree. I used a 10ft PVC pipe, half inch, and lashed it to the center trunk so it stuck out the top a few feet to get solar. Worked really well.