Groundies device...

[Hedge hunter]

 

anyone used one of these?

[Stubby]

Being an old git from way back I just take a turn or two with the felling rope round a trunk that handy. So basically no .

[yogibear]

yes, absolute winner i think they're ce marked now aswell.

[Hedge hunter]

yes, absolute winner i think they're ce marked now aswell.

 

ok cool i have to experience one tomorrow so ill see how it is........

 

looks top.

[Hedge hunter]

Being an old git from way back I just take a turn or two with the felling rope round a trunk that handy. So basically no .

yeah im the same but you got to move with the times grandad...

[yogibear]

ok cool i have to experience one tomorrow so ill see how it is........

 

looks top.

 

its a bit like a hobbs block but lifts a lot more with a lot less effort. have fun it makes rigging so much easier in the right situation.

[Stubby]

yeah im the same but you got to move with the times grandad...

 

Naa its toooooo late for me bud

[Hedge hunter]

its a bit like a hobbs block but lifts a lot more with a lot less effort. have fun it makes rigging so much easier in the right situation.

cool...

 

im sure ill use the old ways still but if there is a place to use it i will make a point of trying it out...im sure it would make "over pools" dismantles easier.

[yogibear]

cool...

 

im sure ill use the old ways still but if there is a place to use it i will make a point of trying it out...im sure it would make "over pools" dismantles easier.

 

we only used it because we were dismantling beside a reservoir and it sped the job up no end.

[benbound]

I think I read that that winch can provide a 40:1 mechanical advantage which sounds good but does bring anchor point failure into the equation if not managed responsiblly. Like Stubby said quite a lot of us probably come from the wraps around the trunk generation when these sort of forces just werent in rhe game. Dont get me wrong I think that modern lowering gear when used correctly makes the business safer and more efficient but I would hate to read about an accident involving one of these devices where somebody has cranked it all up too hard and ripped half the tree out!