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Excellent thread, right at the core of what makes the Treehouse so enjoyable. And learning about weight capacities of your rigging is always a good thing.

I'm thinking a combination of many of the suggestions mentioned here when all used together will minimize the bounce. A large brush pile at the impact spot, tying off the butt, rolling it off the other trees to help land it flat, etc. I think Jay will pull it off with style. 8)

Remember that multiple wraps will divide the load on each wrap. If you use a 5000 lb rope and take 5 wraps between both trees then you theoretically have 25,000 lbs of restraining force. Just as a spider web can restrain much larger prey if there are enough strands.

If you go through the stand and do all your trimming and deadwood removal first, you could use all the brush to build a bed for the tree to land on. The trunk can't bounce unless it lands on something hard enough to bounce off of.

Scary how much we think alike on so many things, Brendon. My thoughts exactly. But I'm going to offer my two cents anyway because I'm like that. I think your plan is sound and I agree with Burnham that the proximity of the stone entrance is intimidating. I also agree that it could kick when it...