We have done and probably will do tree installs again in the future. That said we don’t do them like that. I have no idea if that install would hold up long term. Could break the zip tie could girdle and kill the tree I don’t know for sure.
The installs we have done are almost all 900mhz canopy with yagi antennas. We also have a handful of force 200 that are on trees. Most of these are 30 feet or more in the air. We use a standard j-arm lag bolted to the tree with 3/8 drive lags with shoulders on them. Cable is brought down the trunk of the tree with normal hangers and then generally buried to the home. The only issue with this install that I have found is at times years down the road when we go back to relocate or upgrade and are pulling the j-arm down the lag bolts snap with not much pressure to them. I suspect they are stretching at the tree grows. So far we have never found any that snapped before pressure was applied. We install on mostly maple and pine. Not sure if that helps. Best Regards, Brandon Yuchasz From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Monday, November 07, 2016 12:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Tree install He would be the one to ask about tree installs, that is for certain. From: Bill Prince Sent: Monday, November 07, 2016 10:57 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Tree install Matt Jenkins at Smarter Broadband (Adam's company). I think he left, but I'm not sure. Up in the Sierra foothills where they survive, trees have to be your friend. bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 11/7/2016 9:53 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: There was a guy down by Bill Prince that did lots of tree installs. His name escapes me. Used to be on this list all the time. Matthew? M name I think. From: Adam Moffett Sent: Monday, November 07, 2016 10:46 AM To: Animal Farm Subject: [AFMUG] Tree install I just encountered this Wimax unit tied to a young maple tree with a big zip tie. We were speculating about what's going to happen to the tree in the future. The tree is maybe 30' tall at this point and roughly 6" in diameter. Is this going to hurt the tree? Is the tree going to go around the antenna? I have historically avoided any installs in trees, so I have no experience with something like this. <wlmailhtml:%7BEC20E6CA-7165-44FF-BCF8-0ED421C96272%7Dmid://00005283/%21cid:embe45cfbf-25c5-40ee-83c3-d9db61a913b7@cciadam>
