Guess the weight of the GRCS

[Mark Bolam]

I remember that middle pic well Johnny Two Saws!

[John Shutler]

1 hour ago, Mark Bolam said:

I remember that middle pic well Johnny Two Saws!

the top of that timber was 020 cut size such is the efficiency of the GRCS 

[AHPP]

On 04/03/2025 at 05:43, Mike Hill said:

 

If I lived in the PNW I would get a Hobbs too.Most of the rigging is negative blocking down of Conifer and your wasting the extra money on a GRCS using it as a bollard.

 

Underappreciated post of the thread. The other half of it could easily be that the UK isn't the PNW. We have shorter, spreadier trees, two inches above sheds. Lifting makes a big difference here. Can you do it with a Hobbs? Yes. Would you rather do it with a sailing winch? I would.

I've lifted bits of trees in the UK with:

Fat groundsmen

Loader

Truck

Petrol capstan

Hobbs

GRCS

 

I've owned all of them at the same time. Besides a small advantage on constant heavy negative rigging, the GRCS does what the Hobbs does, and more, better.

 

Cost isn't a factor. Buying new, if you can save $2500 for a Hobbs, you can save $3500 for a GRCS. There are also cheaper sailing winch devices than the GRCS. Second hand, I paid less for my GRCS than I did for my Hobbs.

 

Addendum: No, I obviously haven't owned a fat man as a chattel. No, I don't want to read your leaflet about bullying.

Edited Wednesday at 15:57 by AHPP

[AHPP]

And in real terms, if success and failure in negative rigging is coming down to a few inches of pre-tension or belly reel-in that a Hobbs might give over a dumb bollard, you're too close to the edge. Do it a different way.

[MattyF]

1 hour ago, AHPP said:

And in real terms, if success and failure in negative rigging is coming down to a few inches of pre-tension or belly reel-in that a Hobbs might give over a dumb bollard, you're too close to the edge. Do it a different way.

Thanks Alex I wonders where I’ve been going wrong all these years , now it’s obvious I’ll bow down to the GRCS and your skills 👍

[AHPP]

Bow only to reason.

[AHPP]

Anyway. You know what's better than all of this tut? A crane. And you know what's better than a crane? Standing on the floor watching a grapplesaw do the first 70% of the job. That's tomorrow. I'll be cross if I break a sweat doing anything heavier than shutting my wallet.

[openspaceman]

8 hours ago, AHPP said:

Fat groundsmen

Loader

Truck

Petrol capstan

Hobbs

GRCS

 

I've owned all of them at the same time

isn't owning groundsmen slavery?

[Mark Bolam]

Yes.

And sexist.

 

He’s covered his arse with an addendum though.

He knows the law.

[openspaceman]

13 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

Yes.

And sexist.

 

He’s covered his arse with an addendum though.

He knows the law.

Blast, I composed it earlier and forgot to send it