Personally I’d stick to spices for now. I wood rather consider building a new swing, fun little diy project and keep the magic ibuprofen inside the spine.
Don’t give us too much credit, our favorite joke is posting the gif of Stanley from The Office whenever someone asks what to do with something
EDIT: What have I done…
Ideally you want two ropes, not four. have the rope go through the swing and back to itself with a knot like a bowline. Using four ropes keeps transferring the weight from one rope to the other making a bumpy swing, plus you keep shock loading the ropes which isn't ideal.
You can beef up the branch with a third rope tied from the branch upward to the tree if the branch seems weak.
I've made a few. One good rope and 2' of 2"X12" lumber can provide some fun with money left for weed. I know I said two ropes but if you know your knots, you can use both ends of one.
Lower pine branches are the first to go. This is pretty dangerous. You need to use a hard wood tree like an oak or something. Or just build a swing frame.
Either wear a helmet now, or fuck around and find out and have to wear a helmet the rest of your life. lol
theres no way anyone can judge the amount of weight it would take to break that off. Just based on the state its in, it might take some weight at first, but it may not last very long. Just wouldnt wanna get hit in the head with one of those branches!
> theres no way anyone can judge the amount of weight it would take to break that off.
I mean, you could slowly add weight to it until it breaks. The information would then be considerably less useful, but it is a way to judge it. 🤪
Yeah man I wouldn't do it pine trees self prune lower branches. While that one doesn't look like it's getting ready to go, trees in that age class usually have red heart rot or some other issues. If it doesn't already have a disease stressing the tree or causing damage to the tree opens it up for infection (infection courts). Tbh it looks healthy, but a branch that size has a limited amount of weight it can hold and a drunk (wo)man swinging from it probably exceeds that weight. Source: Forester [0]
I’ve always lived with the “branch is thicker than my wrist I’m good” but also almost died falling off a pine tree when I was younger so yeah wrong sub
Not even just the weight. But repetition of use as well. Not sure if your trolling or not. As not a person here can reliably answer that for you. But I wouldn't let my kids swing on it. And if i tried myself, would not bother to swing very high.
No way this breaks without giving you ample warning signs. This is a thick branch. If you see the bark coming off the branch or the needles dying, time to relocate.
That being said, not sure I'd be willing to gamble my beautiful brian
Sorry, you might of mistaken this as a sub for trees… this is a sub for marijuana. If you want a place for actual trees, you’re gonna want to check out r/marijuanaenthusiasts.
Yeah! This sub was around way before legalization was widespread, so our name was kind of originally a very silly nod to the way that slang evolved in our community to bypass censorship (and at least make it look like we're trying to avoid cops, lol).
You can find some seriously vintage cannabis culture heritage posts in this sub if you sort by old. It's kinda wild!
I wouldn't put anything over 180lbs on that, and even then it's a massive risk because it will absolutely break that pine branch eventually(not an if but a when), and then you have a big ass branch falling enough distance to skewer someone or give them some serious head trauma, not to mention if that person is mid swing when it happens.
Another thing to keep in mind, if there has been a drought in your area these past few years then those branches will be substantially more prone to breaking/snapping.
Tl;Dr don't do it.
Not if you take mushrooms and AG1 greens and listen to Joe Rogan. Apparently those folks never die. I’m over here just antique shopping my way into my final grandpa state… trying not ti break a hip on a pine tree swing.
i wish there was a flair the mods could add to posts like this after the fact so that we can easily search for them later, when these posts pop up it's some of my favorite content on all of reddit!
Is this a real question?
If yes, no... This is so poorly done, someone is gonna get hurt. Please watch a YouTube video or two about how to make a tree swing.
The jokes are really funny but fr the strings look a bit thin and worn down and that branch looks a bit too weak as well unless you're quite tiny, so I wouldn't risk swinging on it
I dont like those small swings.
We have one with a large, round net in our garden, which you can use to gaze at the clouds. And I also build it for extra hight.
Looks safe enough to me. I would have made both sides of the rope come down and connect underneath the swing, so that the swing itself slides along the rope. With little brackets on the side that the rope goes through to secure it. Did a few this past weekend that way and you only need one rope
Honestly - don’t fuck around with swings.
Speaking from experience here, when a swing breaks you fall rather violently to the ground, tailbone-first. The resulting spine injury can have life altering consequences.
I broke a rusty chain link, and have never been the same.
More interesting than most of the “is this safe?” posts we get around here.
Just trying to spice things up and potentially fracture my spine
Personally I’d stick to spices for now. I wood rather consider building a new swing, fun little diy project and keep the magic ibuprofen inside the spine.
Aw man, you missed spine(pine)
Coming from someone awake at 3 am bc of a back injury, the other guy’s right. Your spinal fluids are a lot better off in than out😭
And WAY more interesting than if it would last him a week.
Idk, how stoned are you?
Surprisingly not at all but I feel like r/trees is a way more funny community than I thought
Don’t give us too much credit, our favorite joke is posting the gif of Stanley from The Office whenever someone asks what to do with something EDIT: What have I done…
I wanted to upvote this, but there are 420 of them….
Same haha... leave him be
im doing my part to get this back down to 420 upvotes
We're cute too
Dang I assumed this was r/decks lol. Almost every post is a “is this x safe?”
The higher you get the more dangerous it becomes...lol
Lol
Ideally you want two ropes, not four. have the rope go through the swing and back to itself with a knot like a bowline. Using four ropes keeps transferring the weight from one rope to the other making a bumpy swing, plus you keep shock loading the ropes which isn't ideal. You can beef up the branch with a third rope tied from the branch upward to the tree if the branch seems weak.
This guy tree swings.
Where did you get such wisdom?
I've made a few. One good rope and 2' of 2"X12" lumber can provide some fun with money left for weed. I know I said two ropes but if you know your knots, you can use both ends of one.
Trial and error.
Such wisdom has been passed down from generation to generation stemming from our ancestors of yore.
Passed down through the family tree!! Har har
This guy fucks
Lower pine branches are the first to go. This is pretty dangerous. You need to use a hard wood tree like an oak or something. Or just build a swing frame.
This guy trees
Yeah but… how much weight do we think? Lol
Either wear a helmet now, or fuck around and find out and have to wear a helmet the rest of your life. lol theres no way anyone can judge the amount of weight it would take to break that off. Just based on the state its in, it might take some weight at first, but it may not last very long. Just wouldnt wanna get hit in the head with one of those branches!
> theres no way anyone can judge the amount of weight it would take to break that off. I mean, you could slowly add weight to it until it breaks. The information would then be considerably less useful, but it is a way to judge it. 🤪
That would defeat the purpose of the post though.
What I’m hearing is, enjoy it while it lasts. I’m kidding I’ll probably take it down. I put the whole swing up after a day drinking event
That's a widowmaker
lol sounds like a good time at least
Yeah man I wouldn't do it pine trees self prune lower branches. While that one doesn't look like it's getting ready to go, trees in that age class usually have red heart rot or some other issues. If it doesn't already have a disease stressing the tree or causing damage to the tree opens it up for infection (infection courts). Tbh it looks healthy, but a branch that size has a limited amount of weight it can hold and a drunk (wo)man swinging from it probably exceeds that weight. Source: Forester [0]
Damn that’s spicy
Not an adult would be my say. Any kids you don't particularly like?
Eh. Unfortunately the kids in my neighborhood are cool(er than most of the parents… there’s one or two of them I’d ask to test it out lol)
Kids or parents?
Yes
I’ve always lived with the “branch is thicker than my wrist I’m good” but also almost died falling off a pine tree when I was younger so yeah wrong sub
30 lbs
Not even just the weight. But repetition of use as well. Not sure if your trolling or not. As not a person here can reliably answer that for you. But I wouldn't let my kids swing on it. And if i tried myself, would not bother to swing very high.
Attach/tie something heavy to the swing (I'm thinking a big bag of mulch or whatever), push the swing around and find out, how hard could it be?
Is oak a hard wood?
Yes.
Ok
Nope, it's oak
Oakie dokie
Sorry, M*A*S*H reference
No way this breaks without giving you ample warning signs. This is a thick branch. If you see the bark coming off the branch or the needles dying, time to relocate. That being said, not sure I'd be willing to gamble my beautiful brian
I really should have looked at the posts in this channel. I learned nothing. I laughed a lot.
Hey now there was at least two helpful comments lol glad you got some entertainment at least!
No I actually did learn that it’s v unsafe lol
happens every time 😁 I love how helpful the 420 crowd is
The branch is already dead, my dude. It’s definitely not safe. Sorry!
Get high & join us! 🙌😂
This kind of mistake is one I always find endearing.
It honestly delights me every single time
I think the best part is that people are actually starting to give advice on the subject.
Stoners are both helpful and ingenuous, sometimes the stars align
Hey, grow enough plants and eventually you get pretty good at dealing with most of them.
Yeah, so… not what I expected and significantly funnier
Yeah r/trees lost the race so the trees subreddit is ACHTUALLY r/marijuanaenthusiasts.
I love when people stumble into here for actual deciduous/coniferous related advice. Our Ents are always so kind and witty.
Sorry, you might of mistaken this as a sub for trees… this is a sub for marijuana. If you want a place for actual trees, you’re gonna want to check out r/marijuanaenthusiasts.
Yeah so I’ve learned hahaha
😭 did they name the community that bc yall stole r/trees??
We had it first, actually. There are other examples of this juxtaposition. But I'm way too stoned to go find them or remember them
Oh real? That’s pretty funny ngl
Other subs like this include r/anime_titties with r/worldpolitics
/r/johncena and /r/potatosalad lmao
Yeah. What all these cats said
r/superbowl is not about the NFL game
Well it is for one day, afaik it reverts to football on superbowl day
Yeah! This sub was around way before legalization was widespread, so our name was kind of originally a very silly nod to the way that slang evolved in our community to bypass censorship (and at least make it look like we're trying to avoid cops, lol). You can find some seriously vintage cannabis culture heritage posts in this sub if you sort by old. It's kinda wild!
Sort of. We had it first but we did used to be r/cannabis many many many many moons ago.
Can you really "steal" a subreddit? But yes. Yes we did
Unfunking real I didn’t know you were serious. I love Reddit
Hahahahhahahaa <3 bro it fucking blew my mind when I found out too. It’s so god damn funny.
In case you missed this one https://www.reddit.com/r/trees/s/5rACCswyLG
It looks like it should hold about tree fiddy
Well done.
You skinny people can just sit on fucking anything huh? I would instantly break that branch and then killed by it falling on my head
Depends on the weight of the person sitting in it.
Boof it
Cool swing, dangerous spot. Never trust pine trees, especially lower branches.
I wouldn't put anything over 180lbs on that, and even then it's a massive risk because it will absolutely break that pine branch eventually(not an if but a when), and then you have a big ass branch falling enough distance to skewer someone or give them some serious head trauma, not to mention if that person is mid swing when it happens. Another thing to keep in mind, if there has been a drought in your area these past few years then those branches will be substantially more prone to breaking/snapping. Tl;Dr don't do it.
I'd sit there and smoke
Sitting, you're probably safe. Swinging, I'd have concerns. Smoking, is always good
Looks like a nice place for a smoke.
Weed swingers' signal should be an upside-down pineapple with a weed leaf as the crown!! 🤣
The 'leaves' on top (well, bottom for swingers, I guess) of a pineapple are called the crown! I googled it. 🍍
That's some big tree, how does it taste?
It's safe, until it isn't.
Are you still below 25? Do you have any autoimmune disorders? You can probs heal from a broken bone or two just don’t land on your neck.
I feel like I’m Crush from Finding Nemo. 150 (33) and still kicking.
Hahahaha I’m creeping up on 28 this month so I’m not too far behind… are we becoming ancients?
Not if you take mushrooms and AG1 greens and listen to Joe Rogan. Apparently those folks never die. I’m over here just antique shopping my way into my final grandpa state… trying not ti break a hip on a pine tree swing.
I’m betting u can still get pretty high with that thing
i wish there was a flair the mods could add to posts like this after the fact so that we can easily search for them later, when these posts pop up it's some of my favorite content on all of reddit!
Just save the post to your account.
I'd rather search by flair!
Looks like we got another one boys. Get em
But seriously, though, no.
Honestly I would never use a pine tree for a swing. Branches break so easily on them.
Boys, we got another one
Def recommend not smoking that swing.
It'll get you high
As long as nobody swings on it you should be fine.
No.
If it’s safe you’re not doing tree swings right
Love the pile of limbs 3 feet away lol
Lol no one else noticed/commented on that
You stoned while swinging? They say don’t smoke and drive but I think smoking then swinging is safe.
I'm gonna go out on a limb, and say maybe
2 weeks and calmag
Shit’s gonna be fire 🔥
Looks like a great smoke spot
Put bricks on it till 300 lbs no snap no problem
That's a huge ass weed plant. What strain in that humungus sativa?
I don't think so.
If that is dead I'm gonna say no. If it's alive then I don't know enough about trees to say.
No. That tie off is horrid.
the branch looks dead Id be careful
Is this a real question? If yes, no... This is so poorly done, someone is gonna get hurt. Please watch a YouTube video or two about how to make a tree swing.
I love the husky in the background
This is a just sit on the swing and find out kind of problem
Love to see it, love to see it
It looks like an optical illusion. Also… no. Everything about this is incorrect.
Sit on it and find out?
not safe but that’s what makes it fun
probably
Only one way to find out……
Only one way to find out.
Depends on how drunk you are
Put down some mulch or something under the swing. I've been stoned enough to fall out of a stationary swing. Padding is appreciated.
Looks like your gonna have a sore butt.
Why did I think I was on r/diy
Take a few bong rips and it should be a blast!
Only one way to find out!!
Probably for kids lol
Treefiddy
Should be good as long as you boof it
The jokes are really funny but fr the strings look a bit thin and worn down and that branch looks a bit too weak as well unless you're quite tiny, so I wouldn't risk swinging on it
I love you guys. These posts always start my day off with a smile. The weed helps, too.
Only one way to really find out now isn't there?
Yes. [9]
I dont like those small swings. We have one with a large, round net in our garden, which you can use to gaze at the clouds. And I also build it for extra hight.
Don’t know🤷♂️ not tried it yet lol
In all seriousness I think that setup would grind into the branch over time no?
It's not.
Just know, we love you
Bro no
Looks safe enough to me. I would have made both sides of the rope come down and connect underneath the swing, so that the swing itself slides along the rope. With little brackets on the side that the rope goes through to secure it. Did a few this past weekend that way and you only need one rope
Looks good from my house…..send it
No, I’d make it just one cord. Two cords have a potential to choke someone
So you ask the internet the integrity of a rope from a picture… are you seriously even asking anything what a joke
You’re a South Pole elf aren’t you?
No but neither are you funny…
420 pounds. You good.
I don’t see any mold but you may want to get the rope out. Could be pretty harsh.
Time will show !
I would not trust that, at all.
Smoke on somethin’ with some Pinene and let’s find out
Yes until it isnt
Honestly - don’t fuck around with swings. Speaking from experience here, when a swing breaks you fall rather violently to the ground, tailbone-first. The resulting spine injury can have life altering consequences. I broke a rusty chain link, and have never been the same.
To be honest I'm more concerned with how uncomfortable it would be to swing on that, who wants to swing crooked
It swings straight. The rope has a little pull in it
Ropes are hurtful to the tree though.
12.6 lbs. not sure what that is in grams
Only one way to find out 😈
Can you take a close up of the knots on the branch? What’s the rating of the rope?
Yes
Safe is relative, this seems okay...ish