Rigging technique ??

[Dean Lofthouse]

Got a tree to take down in a very very tight spot with a 3ft x 5ft space to knock discs off into and loads of fragile things around.

 

Neigbouring trees are too far away to rig off so thought about doing this so when I'm discing down I can attach the lowering rope and lift the disc off the stem and lower without having to snatch it.

 

Blue line lowering rope, red line to be tensioned and use with a floating pulley above the stem

 

Anyone used it before

[testcricket01]

Got a tree to take down in a very very tight spot with a 3ft x 5ft space to knock discs off into and loads of fragile things around.

 

Neigbouring trees are too far away to rig off so thought about doing this so when I'm discing down I can attach the lowering rope and lift the disc off the stem and lower without having to snatch it.

 

Blue line lowering rope, red line to be tensioned and use with a floating pulley above the stem

 

Anyone used it before

 

done this before in tight spots where the whole zone is patioed works very well indeed you can even set to lines 1 for the rigging and 1 for your anchor

[redmoosefaction]

As the only adult in this situation, I say go for it!!

[WeeDee]

I have used a similar set up once before - but ended up fixing the pulley to a point in the rope (your red rope) in order to control its position. What caused the re-evaluation was when the tension went on the lowering rope the pulley shifted towards the lowering rope's side - so once the pulley was fixed adjustments could be made from either end of the upper rope.

 

Although looking at your particular problem, Dean, I would just take an eraser to the whole tree in one go!

 

Good luck.

[Dean Lofthouse]

Although looking at your particular problem, Dean, I would just take an eraser to the whole tree in one go!

 

Good luck.

 

Haha, that would be a good solution to the problem, the tree is next door and is a freebie (parents)

[Peter]

That kind of highline system creates a lot of lateral forces on the anchor trees, and it is hard to get enough tension to control the sagging.

 

Would a load transfer/drift line using the same two anchor trees work?

[wattie]

That kind of highline system creates a lot of lateral forces on the anchor trees, and it is hard to get enough tension to control the sagging.

 

Would a load transfer/drift line using the same two anchor trees work?

 

You could use a four way fiddle block for this.

[Mesterh]

There was a big in depth thread using this type of technique on here a while ago. I'm sure it was that Graham american guy.

[Mark Bolam]

Floating rigging line?

 

Tha'll be gettin' rid of tha Prussic next lad!

 

Them new-fangled lot on that tinterweb site have a lot to answer for....

[Mark Bolam]

I tried it something similar once Dean, but as Peter says, I wasn't happy with the lateral forces in the adjacent heads when the line was tensioned (they nearly ended up touching!).

 

Reg Coates blocked down a big Ash by lowering 3/4 discs which he had screwed eyes into. There's a vid on here somewhere. Very effective, if time consuming.

 

What's wrong with the decent crash mat / Dead-eye-Dick-with-the-discs option?