I'm not what you'd call sage, but I have an 80m horizontal loop and don't bother with suspended weights. I figure there is enough stretch in my support ropes to handle any normal winds, and a major storm is probably going to break some tree limbs anyway. So much can happen to tree-supported antennas in big storms that spending too much effort on a support system just doesn't appeal to me. I'd rather prepare for a quick replacement should the need arise. My support ropes run from the corner insulators over the tree tops and down to points near the ground where I tie them off. I do NOT climb trees, so I don't have the option of tying them off higher up. (I use a bow and arrow to launch fishing line over a high limb, then use it to pull nylon twine over, and then use it to pull my support rope over. Quick and easy.) I don't have a problem with vandalism where I live, and the antenna stays up for a long time.
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