Wire rope winch on steep slopes

[Peter Simpson]

1 hour ago, Rough Hewn said:

Looks flimsy.
I've destroyed cheap winches before.
Rather dangerous.

No, quite heavy duty, simple to use and well made. Only dangerous if you abuse it and then like Tirfor it has failsafe mechanisms. And using rope rather than wire is a lot less perilous as well as being very easy to handle. I'm also only using for small loads and working by myself all the time I take great care. 

[Peter Simpson]

You'll find a really good review and concise explanation of the workings of the Maasdam Rope Puller on You Tube on Educated Climber, which is produced by a professional arborist.

[drinksloe]

4 hours ago, Rough Hewn said:

Looks flimsy.
I've destroyed cheap winches before.
Rather dangerous.

But it's only rated at pulling 3/4T, even ur smallest tirfor will lift 800kg and probably pull twice that, so not a heavy duty machine.

 

I take it they need to use 3 strand rope rather than ur normal braided lowering/bull type ropes?

 

Quite a bit of money for something so lightwieght that would probably spend most of its life on a shelf but i could see it beinghandy occasionally (if it could handle normal rope)

[Peter Simpson]

4 minutes ago, drinksloe said:

But it's only rated at pulling 3/4T, even ur smallest tirfor will lift 800kg and probably pull twice that, so not a heavy duty machine.

 

I take it they need to use 3 strand rope rather than ur normal braided lowering/bull type ropes?

 

Quite a bit of money for something so lightwieght that would probably spend most of its life on a shelf but i could see it beinghandy occasionally (if it could handle normal rope)

It is designed to take 3 strand half inch rope, the mechanism has grooves designed to grip the strands. It can take any length of rope. I'm sure your professional requirements are much more heavy duty than mine. I'm an amateur doing everything manually for firewood-if I can't pick it up and carry it I can't use it. So I am thinning small sycamores, coppicing hazel, and cutting up oak wind blow branches after the winter storms.