Tree Bolts at an angle...

[j0sh]

I've got some heavy duty bolts used to attach crossarms to power pole(about as strong as grade 8) I'm not worried about the strength. but i want to put them in a very, very big tree. like a 3ft diameter tree. I have some screw in steps in it now but i'm basically straddling the tree and spread eagle to climb them since they are coming out each side.. Now I have these bolts and am wondering what guy's think about putting them into the tree straight out, but towards the front. I'll attach a diagram for easier understanding. my bolts are like 14" long btw.

 

[IkemanTX]

I've got some heavy duty bolts used to attach crossarms to power pole(about as strong as grade 8) I'm not worried about the strength. but i want to put them in a very, very big tree. like a 3ft diameter tree. I have some screw in steps in it now but i'm basically straddling the tree and spread eagle to climb them since they are coming out each side.. Now I have these bolts and am wondering what guy's think about putting them into the tree straight out, but towards the front. I'll attach a diagram for easier understanding. my bolts are like 14" long btw.

On the large diameter trees, I do mine more like this...

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[Nutterbuster]

I think that could work. I have a lot of very big trees in the riverbottom I hunt. But you may find that everything about them is a pain. Harder to shoot around, harder to climb, and you may need to make a dedicated lineman's and tether just for thise trees. I usually roll with 6 feet for average "basketball-sized" trees, but some of the big oaks and hickories you'd need twice that to work with, IF you could get a rope around them in the first place.

Eberhart climbs big'uns, and he uses t screws to attach his tether because you can't reach around a really large tree.

 

[noxninja]

I think that you will be fine

 

[j0sh]

I think that could work. I have a lot of very big trees in the riverbottom I hunt. But you may find that everything about them is a pain. Harder to shoot around, harder to climb, and you may need to make a dedicated lineman's and tether just for thise trees. I usually roll with 6 feet for average "basketball-sized" trees, but some of the big oaks and hickories you'd need twice that to work with, IF you could get a rope around them in the first place.

Eberhart climbs big'uns, and he uses t screws to attach his tether because you can't reach around a really large tree.

This is why I wanted to move the bolts forward because the lineman’s belt gets caught onEVERY screw in and if the steps were closer to the front I would have that issue. For bigger trees I made a 4ft rope loop to girth hitch to my existing tether to make an “extension” instead of making another tether all together and I can carry it in the same Molle pouch as my tether. Handy


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[Nutterbuster]

This is why I wanted to move the bolts forward because the lineman’s belt gets caught onEVERY screw in and if the steps were closer to the front I would have that issue. For bigger trees I made a 4ft rope loop to girth hitch to my existing tether to make an “extension” instead of making another tether all together and I can carry it in the same Molle pouch as my tether. Handy


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Makes sense. I may start playing with the t-screws, 'cause some of those big old monster trees would make nice little stand locations.

 

[drew13]

On the large diameter trees, I do mine more like this...

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[IkemanTX]

The pecans and cottonwoods where I hunt can both get ABSOLUTELY HUGE. There are a couple cottonwoods in perfect observation locations where I could climb to 40-50 feet and look out over nearly a hundred acres of edge. I just haven’t gotten the guts to try climbing a tree I can’t advance a linesman belt up.

I’m wondering if Eberhart is climbing without tying in when he mentions being able to hunt from a “flat wall” type large tree....?


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[j0sh]

I’d bet he doesn’t tie in at all since he’s basically a squirrel after 30 yrs of climbing trees lol. This tree I've got set up will be one I'll leave set up for basically forever. It's literally the only good tree i could get in and its right next to a deep creek. I could never get any tree stands on any of these tree other then maybe a hang on which I'm super leary about anyway. Thank God for my saddle


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[Sipsey]

The angled drilling has worked for me for going on three decades. I was introduced to the original woodpecker drill by a local legend and he advised a 45 degree entry towards the tree center, especially for the top two which act as a platform. I’ve climbed huge trees with little issues.

 

[j0sh]

Good tips guys, ill give both eay a try. I was hust thinking of the ergo of it. Have the holts feel more like a normal ladder when climbing then having feet climbing at a 45. We shall see.


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[Boomah21]

The angled drilling has worked for me for going on three decades. I was introduced to the original woodpecker drill by a local legend and he advised a 45 degree entry towards the tree center, especially for the top two which act as a platform. I’ve climbed huge trees with little issues.View attachment 6056

This is how I have been doing it in my practice setups