Recent content by oneelios

Well we will be hanging from a rope and there will be either a cable stop or some sort of tube slipped over the wire and a strong bungee cord hooked to that. I don't know for sure. I have been looking at many videos of what others have done. I just need to figure out the tension first that will...

The cable is actually metal-not sure what type though whether galvanized or not. I was considering a wood 8x8 as the main beam with a guy wire attached roughly at the point of the cable and then down opposite the cable direction into the base of another pole-possibly a fence gate post which is...

The cable is 5/16 I think-about the thickness of a standard pen. It will be about 90 feet long. I don't have it up yet because I need to know what tension will be on the poles before I decide how to build it. I am estimating roughly 10 feet high on one end and around 8 on the other. It will only...

I am looking all over to try and find out how to figure out the tension that would be on each of the poles used for a zip line I am trying to build in my back yard. I would like to build it so that it can support a 300lbs person. I am not very good with math so if someone would be willing to...