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‘Nothing but a weeping a moaning and a gnashing of teeth’

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That’s an unhappy board.

Morning all, A day on the ground for me, raking up. A bit of a rest after 3 days climbing. Weather looking good too.

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I wouldn’t bother with them if you are hoping to save money!!!

Good morning Happy Hump-day Have midweek fun.

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Morning all . Dark , heavy due and a cool 9c . As Jase says above .

Good morning Arbtalkers and happy hump day 😉

It is just a cheap stove, but I wanted to try one because of the capacity, the last one was a heavier gauge with a separate oven, but could only take short logs

See here Trublue is a magnetic brake, Perfect Decent a centrifugal brake. Performs quite well with a 450kg rock dropped on the slack webbing.

And a lot of us have miraculously survived using ropes that touch things made of steel.

The DaWinchi is supposedly silent btw so they've probably used something cleverer than a ratchet. Maybe something tapered? Now dearest kram, You clearly have some imagination, mechanical experience, design intuition etc but once again I counsel and beseech you to consider what you might not know. I promise you, that to people who do know about tree rigging stuff, you come over as an absolute, weapons-grade walloper. I am genuinely interested to hear your perspective as effectively an outsider (not meant as an insult, you just don't know anything about tree rigging) but for the love of god stop writing as though you're the only one here with a brain cell, wondering how the rest of us got our feet down the correct trouser legs this morning. Exit fairlead so you don't have to cleat and reset - that's a Hobbs. Gears inside a drum - that's a GRCS. The winch for a GRCS is £2600.

To be fair, my V8,5ltr Ford Focus is cheap with flux, but Disco 4 was dear! Don't bother with a tipper, a worthless cost of money at that size! NFU is a good shout.

No. Both called Bob and both drive Delicas but I suspect aspenbob is less good in bed. Do ask if you run into maintenance problems. My Bob has had his for ages and has done head gaskets on the side of French motorways etc.

I reckon the 2kg would be enough to tension the wire on a capstan. With an 8mm diameter semicircular thread machined in the capstan and a fairlead to keep the wire in the groove. Drop the tail to the ground and then launch off on the active part of the rope. Once on the deck unclip and the next person clips on.

I dont know what bullshittery is required under EU rules for testing, rating and bringing a rigging product to market, but I see it as a fixed cost whether its a solid basic bollard or a fancy winch combo thing, and there are much, far cheaper bollards of higher capacity. The lowering functionality is a plain bollard with a ratchet strap to the tree. The winching is a rotating bollard with a ratchet wheel and bearing. Its a very simple steel fabricated device. Steel is not great for your rope. Could be improved by welding on a fairlead for the rope to exit when its in use as a winch, so that theres no need to tie it off and reset it every few feet. If the rotating drum had a gear reduction, hidden in the base, you could have a massive mechanical advantage for a drill powered winch. Neither suggestion would add much to the price.

Is that Bob of this parish, AspenArb? I've no idea, i think mines probably the short wheelbase or whatever is standard. Many parallels with the Shogun in terms of running gear and suspension. A few things that will need someone familiar with jap imports.

Go on?

Fire escape I reckon. Why the 8 wraps and 2kgs though OSM?

The downrigger appears to be a moving cam that is applied by the load, but its still rope based friction to slow the load. Predictable friction yes, it needs to be adjustable for heavier and lighter loads. Or the adjustment could be built in and automatic, theres a few ways to do that but I'd suggest its a step too far. Adjustable, like adding a extra wrap on the bollard, is what arbs are used to.