Thanks everyone for input.
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] <mailto:[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
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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.
