Hobbs or GRCS or other

[Lee Winger]

It would be good if any HOBBS/GRCS users out there could put together a workshop, regarding how to use and get the best out of these great bit of kit..

 

I'm sure a workshop such as this could also bring in a few quid to its organisers!

 

Would you be up for it Reg...:wave:

[RC0]

It would be good if any HOBBS/GRCS users out there could put together a workshop, regarding how to use and get the best out of these great bit of kit..

 

I'm sure a workshop such as this could also bring in a few quid to its organisers!

 

Would you be up for it Reg...:wave:

 

Lee, the hobbs has instructions/guidelines plastered all over it. The winch and mouting options are permenant feature's so there's no swapping and changing involved. I will say that not only does it appear bomb proof but idiot proof also.....hey, at least, I figured it out!

 

Perhaps there's a little more scope for a GRCS workshop, which does have changeble parts i.e. the winch, visor, and of course the winch/drill/man-lift facility displayed in Bodeans video....although I'm not sure that our UK trees are really tall enough to warrant taking a generator on the job. But who know's, it could catch on!

 

I will, however, put some video together of the hobbs over the next couple of weeks, no problem at all:icon14:

[frans]

It would be good if any HOBBS/GRCS users out there could put together a workshop, regarding how to use and get the best out of these great bit of kit..

 

I'm sure a workshop such as this could also bring in a few quid to its organisers!

 

Would you be up for it Reg...:wave:

 

Love to! Greg Good and myself. Let us know when you have the plane tickets, lodging, food, and transportation organized. 4 days and 2 nights should do it in order to get maximum coverage. I am going to need a bit of spending money also...

We need 1 month advance notice....

[Bundle 2]

The GRCS is an expensive piece of kit. It would be hard to justify in my opinion...

 

How does everybody think a fully self contained powered version would go down?

 

[frans]

 

I second that.

I spotted this winch at a TCIA show.

http://www.wesspur.com/portablewinch/portablewinch.html

 

When the guy was unpacking it, the capstan got bent from simply being carried around.

It is made of super thin alum.

 

Also, any chunks, bits of tree, pine cones, whatever will come right down and crush the super delicate parts on the engine.

 

Usually with tree work, communication with the climber is essential.

With that engine running you cant hear anything

[andy goddard]

grcs hands down every time!

[andy goddard]

the power capstan good tool 4 pulling cant use multi strand with it !theres alloy block stops rope going behind pulley that snaps if use multi strand

[Tully]

GRCS is indistuctable.

Ive seen 2 tonne blocks dropped on it.

And it hasn't budged.

[BrendonV]

I bought a GRCS this week. I had borrowed one on a job I had and since then I cannot see working without one. Haven't de-virginized mine yet, probably next week.

[nod]

Hi Andy Goddard

 

I see you got a GRCS then. I took one down to Cardiff last August for you. Called you up 1001 times, thought that Torchwood must have locked you up in one of them there vaults.

 

Glad to see that you made it out anyways.

Rob @ Treeworker