JulianLights
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- Jan 5, 2019
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Hi all
I have started to put my mind towards how I am going to construct my mega tree. Given I am not yet certain of the placement this year and we may be redoing the front yard next year I am thinking I will go with the portable hole 2.0 as the base of the tree with the option of cementing a pole in ground next year.
A few facts about the tree. It will be a 180 tree roughly 5.5m tall, including a star, with a 3m base. At this stage the tree will have 20 strings of 100 pixels using the Boscoyo high density strips. I will be using a winch to raise and lower it and will be using a 50mm x 4mm thick pole as the centre pole. I have some shrubs underneath the tree so the bottom ring will be raised by about 30cm so I will not be anchoring the ring to the ground like I have seen with other trees.
The question I have is around anchoring the base of the tree. I have done a DBYD and seen I have a number of services running in the vicinity of my front yard, I just don’t know the exact location. Without having to get a professional locator in or hiring equipment to locate them (and not knowing how to use them) I am trying to work out what my options are for anchoring the tree. I don’t want to drive my anchors in so deep that I risk hitting something! In addition to anchoring the base I plan on using guy-wires to help support the tree, possibly at two locations, near to the top and middle of tree but not sure how this will work with the winch.
Looking at the Instructions for the portable hole it uses 3ft rebar to secure the base but that is without guy wires. That is too deep for me so was thinking something like 30-40cm anchors, possibly these from Bunnings https://www.bunnings.com.au/whites-anchor-accessory-hold-down-auger_p0056594. However having rocky clay in my front yard using these could be a nightmare in itself!
Wondering what other people experiences are with the portable hole and if anyone has encountered similar issues with using relatively shallow anchor points?
Apologies for a long and possibly rambling post!
I have started to put my mind towards how I am going to construct my mega tree. Given I am not yet certain of the placement this year and we may be redoing the front yard next year I am thinking I will go with the portable hole 2.0 as the base of the tree with the option of cementing a pole in ground next year.
A few facts about the tree. It will be a 180 tree roughly 5.5m tall, including a star, with a 3m base. At this stage the tree will have 20 strings of 100 pixels using the Boscoyo high density strips. I will be using a winch to raise and lower it and will be using a 50mm x 4mm thick pole as the centre pole. I have some shrubs underneath the tree so the bottom ring will be raised by about 30cm so I will not be anchoring the ring to the ground like I have seen with other trees.
The question I have is around anchoring the base of the tree. I have done a DBYD and seen I have a number of services running in the vicinity of my front yard, I just don’t know the exact location. Without having to get a professional locator in or hiring equipment to locate them (and not knowing how to use them) I am trying to work out what my options are for anchoring the tree. I don’t want to drive my anchors in so deep that I risk hitting something! In addition to anchoring the base I plan on using guy-wires to help support the tree, possibly at two locations, near to the top and middle of tree but not sure how this will work with the winch.
Looking at the Instructions for the portable hole it uses 3ft rebar to secure the base but that is without guy wires. That is too deep for me so was thinking something like 30-40cm anchors, possibly these from Bunnings https://www.bunnings.com.au/whites-anchor-accessory-hold-down-auger_p0056594. However having rocky clay in my front yard using these could be a nightmare in itself!
Wondering what other people experiences are with the portable hole and if anyone has encountered similar issues with using relatively shallow anchor points?
Apologies for a long and possibly rambling post!