Off roaders - tree surgeons - what recovery chain?

[mcmoonter]

I bought three of these Tirfor ground anchors to recover a windblown tree. I want to connect the three anchors together in the middle of a lawn to pull the limbs out. Chain would be better than rope to link them using shackles.

 

I dont know owt about chains, but thought it would be worth buying something like a recovery chain that I could use elsewhere.

 

Ex Army Ground Anchor Pins / Tirfor Pegs | eBay

 

 

[tommer9]

Stick with the rope- you wont be able to get the necessary purchase from pin to pin with chain. If you have used them you will see what i mean.

[Rich2484]

Try steel cable, a bit more money wise but will choke better and easier to put away and carry than chain.

[treequip]

Try steel cable, a bit more money wise but will choke better and easier to put away and carry than chain.

 

Choking cable kinks it and weakens it quite badly.

 

Should be avoided if possible.

[woody paul]

The pins go throu a large metal plate you need 8 pins in total for the plate

[treequip]

I bought three of these Tirfor ground anchors to recover a windblown tree. I want to connect the three anchors together in the middle of a lawn to pull the limbs out. Chain would be better than rope to link them using shackles.

 

I dont know owt about chains, but thought it would be worth buying something like a recovery chain that I could use elsewhere.

 

If you use the anchors you can join them with chain or rope. If you use rope you can make a self equalising rig that shares the load equally between the pins. There isnt a huge ammount of grip in the pins, three will only do small branches

 

When you say recovery and other uses, chains can do a lot of damage if used for fecovering vehicles.

[mcmoonter]

The pins go throu a large metal plate you need 8 pins in total for the plate

 

Do you have an illustration / pic of that set up?

[mikecotterill]

I might know a guy who can do a set of 8 and a plate for about 70 quid. He's in Manchester tho

[woody paul]

Do you have an illustration / pic of that set up?

Here are look under anry ground anchors images.

[Guss109]

Here is another pic for you to see what it looks like