Tree Swing Eye Bolt

The eye of the bolt should be on the bottom of the tree limb.

Tree swing eye bolt. Tree house tribeam kits tree house brackets tree house attachment bolts tabs tree house large lag bolts tree house bridge kits 1 3 4. Everything i read from arborists said that eye bolts are the healthiest install for a tree. The tree will eventually grow. Although this sounds destructive the tree will heal around the bolts.

You can use larger eye bolts but not smaller. A baby swing may need three. In the meantime abrasion opens the tree to disease and infestation. If you hire an arborist to hang your tree swing odds are they will use eye bolts through the limb.

I simply drilled a heavy duty 5 inch eye bolt into a strong limb of the tree. Tire swings only need one eye bolt but most other types of swings need two. These nut eye bolts are useful for attaching tree swings to branches or cabling things like zip lines or load bearing treehouse cables. Tire swings only need one eye bolt but most other types of swings need two.

7 in stock can be backordered. Square tree house kits swing and zip line hardware kits swing between tree kit. Yes it is a hole in the bark which could allow disease but it is a single hole and is then plugged with the eye bolt the tree should heal around the eye bolt and make the bolt stronger over time. Tire swing kit for trees or swing sets.

Stainless steel eye bolts and nuts webbed straps and screw lock carabiners 43 95 everything you need but the tire and hanging strap to the tree includes 3 eye bolts with locking nuts screw lock carabiner and 3 webbed straps. Bolting a swing to the tree 1 find eye bolts that are 5 8 inch 16 mm in diameter. These nut eye bolts are useful for attaching tree swings to branches or cabling things like zip lines or load bearing treehouse cables. A baby swing may need three.

There are simpler methods but this one certainly avoids the issues of direct rope attachment.