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Need to hang a ENO hammock between 2 large trees. (Yellow Pine) The straps broke bark off. Thicker straps?
The ENO straps chipped some of the bark off. (Yellow pine has large 2"-3" scale bark, easy for the scraps to slip under and pry off). I like the trees (one of the likes about my property), so risking their health is not going to work. I want this to be at least a seasonal install. (the hammock will come on and off w/ clips, but I'd like the anchors to stay up) At this point I'm thinking screw hooks may be the least invasive to the trees, however I wanted to reach out to gather opinions. I could probably get some larger (maybe 4" wide) straps made up, but would leaving those up on a tree all summer have adverse effects to it? I don't know the effect of covering a 4" ring of bark, and am not willing to risk the tree to find out.
Covering the bark with 4" straps won't hurt the trees, but potentially stripping the bark most of the way around the tree can.
I would also use screw hooks to attach it to the trees. It works very well. Just make sure to use thick screw hooks if you plan to ever have more than one person in the hammock. Thinner ones can give way.
Also don't be surprised if you need new screw hooks in a few years. As the trees grow, they will end up growing around the screw hooks (virtually "swallowing them").
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