rigging to pull over trees

[digga]

hi been doing some coppicing lately and got a lot of trees to pull over in the hedge row cant get a vehicle in there at the moment and to far to carry a turfer winch in there + plus saw and fuel have set up a fiddle block before but was looking for ways to increase the mechanical advantage and come across this on [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OKKJWZExl0]YouTube - How to Setup a Long Slackline[/ame] the guy recons the final set up is a 36.1 advantage? is that right seems like a lot ?

[armchairarborist]

them lampposts look pretty strong:scared:, can you put the tirfor in a wheelbarrow to make the carrying easier? or get a small tracked machine in to carry all the kit and do the pulling? anything to make a job easier:

[Tree Man Tom]

Put the winch rope in a tyre, then put that over your shoulder, and then carry the winch in your arms.

[bob]

looks like a tight slackline.

I have 50m or statick marlow set with a 6-1 which I regularly use to pull stuff over

Lighter and quicker than the tirfor

and if a massive pull required pull the system with little tirfor:thumbup:

[Treegeek]

Buy the time you've paid for all that kit that is now no good for climbing you could buy one of those baby tirfor's

[treequip]

Jockey winch by tirfor. (google it)

 

Smaller and lighter than a brides handbag and pulls 500kg (1000 with a block)

[digga]

i normally put a rope in the tree then put a prusik loop on that then attach a 5.1 set up which i have set up on a seperate rope attached to a stump with a strop just looking at ways to increase the pull on a few of the bigger ones as they have a fair back lean with out a using it as a bit of a learning curve i guess to see whats possible for future use

[Treegeek]

Seen a setup which is like a grcs but the winch (same type was bolted to a teardrop shaped plate with a eye in it and had a strop though it chockered to a tree, the guy who put it together said the whinch cost £75 at boat jumble.

Was the dogs dangles reckoned that the whole setup cost him £150:thumbup:

[digga]

have a few pulleys karabiners and a petzl pro traxion so havent really got to buy that much

[combined tree services]

have a look on pro climber for an assisted fell kit , this system is used for assisted felling when working in proximity to powerlines , it is verry effective , quick to set up and simple to use - should cost you roughly £260 ish . if you cant find anythin pm me and i can post some pics of the system we use . hope this is of use to you