Boom Lift

I need to decorate my 100 foot tall pine tree with Christmas lights?

The tree is 100 feet tall and we dont want to get a boom lift. I thought I could make a poll out of PVC pipe, but it might be to heavy to controll. I also thought if I used a sling shot, I could sling a rock tied with rope over the top of the tree, then tie the lights on the end of the rope and pull them to the top of the tree.

Get one of those radio controlled helicopters to pull the rope up and then tie off your lights and pull them up. lol

Try Here~

http://www.christmasdisplays.net/howtovideos.php

Click the video that says"Swimming Pool Dip Net Light Stringer"

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I have a 20'-30' that I have typically used what I call the "jump rope method". If you place the lights as high as you can with a small stepladder, than walk about 20-30 feet from the tree and start swinging the rest of the lights like the bottom part of a jump rope. When I get a large enough arc, I sort of snap them up and over to the tree. It's worked well for several years and believe it or not, the lights strands have not broken.

I have also had a tree service come to do some trimming a few months ago, and they used a slingshot to get their climbing ropes up to the top of my trees. This was a commercial slingshot, made specifically for the arborist trade. It consisted of a fiberglass pole about 10' long, onto the end screwed a "big" slingshot, with rubber tubing that would stretch about 6' or so and a little sack in the rubber tubing to hold the "thrown weight" which was attached to a pull cord. It was quite accurate, and went up to the tops of my trees. He said they ran around $100.00.

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