Wouldn't a short rope on a normal sized tree work better?
“Wouldn’t a short rope on a normal sized tree work better?”
I guess, but the song that came to my mind specifically called out the length of rope and type of tree (Toby Keith - Beer for My Horses)
All kidding aside, please pray for this family
How about a long rope from a short tree -- over and over again?
Depends on how you want to kill him.
You have the Short Drop, your preferred method.
You have your Standard Drop:
The standard drop, involves a drop of between four to six feet. It was considered an advance on the short drop because it was intended to be sufficient to break the person's neck, causing immediate paralysis and immobilization (and perhaps immediate unconsciousness).
Then we have the Long drop:
This process, also known as the measured drop, was introduced in 1872 by William Marwood. More scientific than the other two. Instead of everyone falling the same standard distance, the person's weight was used to determine how much slack would be provided in the rope so that the distance dropped would be enough to ensure that the neck was broken. Prior to 1892, the drop was between four and ten feet, depending on the weight of the body, and was calculated to deliver a force of 1,260 lbf, which fractured the neck at either the 2nd and 3rd or 4th and 5th cervical vertebrae. However, this force resulted in some decapitations.