simple lowering technique

[atree]

what about a tag line running through the HC back to were you just cut the log off??

[skyhuck]

what about a tag line running through the HC back to were you just cut the log off??

 

Its getting complicated now, if your gonna do that you may as well just use a pulling line with the lowering line.

[Robert_S]

"i remember when i first started i would ofter have to go and get the line and strop from a pulley up in the skys because the weight of the rope would take it up past me lol"

 

hahah ive had that one now if im for example 10foot below the pulley my groundy puts a stopper knot in the rigging rope 10 feet from the end, its now always on the same level as me.

Edited February 13, 2010 by Robert_S

[Stephen Blair]

then its a zip line mate lol

[Stephen Blair]

hahah ive had that one now if im for example 10foot below the pulley my groundy puts a stopper knot in the rigging rope 10 feet from the end, its now always on the same level as me.

 

good idea

[atree]

Its getting complicated now, if your gonna do that you may as well just use a pulling line with the lowering line.

 

hahaha.Yes your right.

[Robert_S]

then its a zip line mate lol

 

what is? haha this all started out as a very clever simple solution, we will have a crane in next

[Stephen Blair]

the clue is in the title 'SIMPLE lowering technique' lol

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

the smaller the bit of timber then the smaller diameter limb to lower it off, seems obvious i know but i am sure you guys have lowered small stuff before and it has just dangled, then you have to help it down, if you have a pulley in then this isnt a problem, but on small jobs time is money and installing a pulley takes up time, i have a big lowering kit that rarely gets used, i always have an old climbing line in my main bag for pulling and lowering.

 

I have always found instalation of a pulley far less time consuming than having to make amends for un controlled/expected friction in the lowering line.

[Stephen Blair]

only if you dont learn from your mistakes lol