Beginners guide to rigging.......

[silky fox]

Great job Rich... Hobbes is one heavy duty block and so useful:thumbup:

[Mark Bolam]

One handing left handed.

At least two tree-cop cars en route then.

 

 

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[Marc Lewis]

Swinging an Oak tree limb over shrubs and stuff!

 

No Rockstar in use.

 

 

Nicely done mate

[Rich Rule]

One handing left handed.

At least two tree-cop cars en route then.

 

 

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Sorry couldn't reply sooner, just got out of nick!

 

Cant believe the lengths the tree police will go to. They sent the international division to the yard in Oslo...

 

:lol:

[silky fox]

Funny as fook lads! :D:D:cool:

[Fredward]

Trying to understand rigging forces and using a block and pulley as a redirect.. The wider the rope angle the less force on the pulley/block? So if you were rigging and had a lower anchor point 'A' on the trunk of a tree with 120degree rope angle and point B on a side branch with an angle of 90 degrees, then the block should be at the top with the smaller pulley for redirect on the trunk or the other way around?

[Jake Andrews]

Iv seen better pictures but hop this helps abit Fredward

Jake:thumbup1:

[Fredward]

Cool thanks Ive seen those charts before but looking for a definitive answer as to which hardware goes where

[Jake Andrews]

If I understand your question, I'm sure it's different for everyone but I allways use the block in the middle of the tree(strongest anchor point) and put my redirect in the crown, even if its above the block. Generally the redirect is mainly for brash and smaller log wood so not too concerned about overloading the gear.if I'm worried about overloading gear then im cutting waaaaay to big a piece for a redirect to handle. Cut smaller if worried or get to a point where you can remove the redirect and lower from the block. Every tree and every scenario is different though. Also don't just think about the gear taking the loads but if the trees anchor points are up to the task as well. If in doubt, cut smaller, hope this helps.

Jake

[mikeh]

Hi Adam, I'm only on page 5 st the minute and wanted to say to you that your Thread (& explanations) are brilliant! I'm a beginner and can follow everything your saying just fine and finding info invaluable. For those who are making additional positive contributions - Good On Ya! For those (albeit experienced guys no doubt) who are just saying they disagree with this that or the other and merely 'Dissing' what your conveying - leave him to just get on with it as for less experienced people this is all good stuff and when we ourselves have years of experience as some of the Critiques then maybe we can decide for ourselves what snippet of info is 'unimportant' to us. But when you wanna learn MORE info is GOOD so MORE of this please - doing a great job! Now I've got that off my chest I'll get back to page 5 thanks!