Oak rope swings

[Overworrier]

Anyone have a way of fixing one to a branch without having to get up the bloody tree or have massive ooomph to lob the lassoo over the damn branch??

I have limited mobility & no-one wants to help. There is a guy in the USA that does it but unfortunately I'm not so well-off that I can afford for him to come here!!!

You can get the rope over by tying the end of the rope to a thinner piece of string and tying that around a tennis ball or similar.....as long as the string is long enough to be able to throw the ball up and over, you should be then able to pull the rope over behind it.
Not sure if that would fix it exactly, but might be a start!

My dh said do what dreamingoffields said then tie a figure of eight knot at one end of your rope, then pass other end of the rope through the loop in the knot. You should then be able to pull the end of the rope and the knot will go up to the branch.

My dh said do what dreamingoffields said then tie a figure of eight knot at one end of your rope, then pass other end of the rope through the loop in the knot. You should then be able to pull the end of the rope and the knot will go up to the branch.

I remember doing this as a child, all was well until the rope snapped! It needs to be tied tightly to the branch so it doesn't rub backwards and forwards - the friction will otherwise wear it away. Sadly, it means some one has to get up there. How high is the branch?

Thankyou for the replies.
The branch is 4m high & I've asked the local odd-job person & my parents.

My Mum told me off as it will ruin the tree so she won't help me. The very-occasional gardener has the gear but won't do it. DH has a significant fear of heights.

I always had this vision in my head of my child swinging on a double ine with a friend, chatting away.....

Took decades to get DD, moved to a typical countryside home that's crying out for the swing & now I've hit the brick wall

Ruin the tree? How big is it - there's probably more weight in the birds that roost in it than a child!

I would so the throwing with tennis ball and string, but if not can;t you ask a tree surgeon? They are used to being up in trees.

If you can get the maths right, can you make a sleeve (of something like heavy tarpaulin) to put on the rope at the point where it will (no longer) rub the tree.

I second the tennis ball / lighter rope trick. Can't the DC do that?

OP, if your DH is a bit scared of heights (don't blame him), could you look into hiring a tower to work from? I know Jewson do them as a couple I know hired one to paint the outside of their house. far safer than a wobbly ladder.

It's a 15m Beech tree & DD is 3....a very tall 3 year old whom everyone thinks is 5....If I stretch her arms overnight.....

Tree surgeon might be the only way then my Mum can REALLY tell me off (I'm 42!!!)