Moe, the brackets won't fit on the bottom of the tree. I went ahead and drilled the hole through and it mounted right up. Now I need to wait on this weather to clear (I guess someone forgot to tell this latest front that this is Texas) to try it out. If I don't like it, off it comes and I will put my Memphis Shades Hell Cat back on. I know I can live with that one. Thanks for the heads up Keith.