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["Toni Pralle" <toni.pralle@gmail.com>]

<I wonder if I could put something around the bark first, to
protect it? Something so the rope would slide on that and not directly
on the bark? I can't think what would<<

I have used scrap 2x4 pieces parallel to the branch. This works if the
rope is going to be taut. I have also made a 2x4 sandwich but you have
to kind of watch it to make sure it doesn't get too tight. And then
the rabbits came so I never did succeed entirely.

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Toni in zone 4 Iowa USA
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