On May 12, 7:10*pm, jeff_wisnia
wrote:
Mike wrote:
Hey all....I was at a party at a friend's house on Saturday and they
had a zip line for their kids in the backyard. *It was about 15 feet
long about 6' off the ground when not being ridden. *A steel cable and
a zip carrier for the kids to hold on it with a little 2 stair unit at
one end. *I have to build one now. *Anyone ever try this? *Surely the
hardest part is getting the zip line itself tight enough, yeah. *Any
tips? *I have lots of trees and am thinking about doing a really long
one, maybe 70-80 feet.

Thanks for any info....

Mike

P.S. Expensive kits these -http://www.railrunnerzipline.com/products.asp

This one's a lot cheaper:

http://www.byoswingset.com/funridfunrid.html

We've used one of these for about ten years in one of our our sensory
integrative therapy rooms. We only have about a 15 foot run there
located over gym pads on the floor. It's held up fine all that time.

Jeff

--
Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight.

Thinking again about the zip line idea....if I buy a 150' kit, how
easy (or wise) would it be to try to cut the cable and have 2 zip
lines? Of course, additional hardware would be required. Bad idea?
That cord HAS to be tough to cut.

Mike