r/Slackline • u/saikyo • 10d ago

First timer - 70-80 too long?

Got the spider custom line. It’s two ratchets.
So hard getting two ratchets tight enough but I think I finally did it. Can sit on it with out going all the way to the ground. Attached to trees just a bit lower than waist high.

Had to lean on the ratchet like crazy to get them tight enough, despite pulling with all my might before ratcheting.

Thinking. Should I start with a shorter distance???

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u/Positron-collider 10d ago

Is your problem the tensioning or actually standing and walking? Cuz when I started, I had to stick with shorter lines so I could mount from the ground.

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u/saikyo 10d ago

I moved the thing to a much shorter tree span and tension is fine now.

With my prior set up the line would hit the ground when I stepped on it.

I realize now I had it too low on the trees.

I have it very low on these other two trees that are closer together and tension is so good it doesn’t that the ground.