new capstans

[wrekin tree care]

Hi all first off my friend has asked me to do post for him. He is a coded weldeder and is going to make a few designs of capstans to break into the arb market they will be very competitively priced. they will be weight tested and will carry a ce mark as he contacts to a larger company that will cay out this. I just wondered if any of you have any ideas or advice that he could put into his designs as i do very little lowering my self and my capstan has proved fine for me.

 

Many thanks adam

[swinny]

You'll be hard pressed to compete with the "tree runner " is it?

 

only about 125.00

 

Have you checked the market and what else is there ( don't mean to offend if you allready have)

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Theres too many in the market these days and ive always loved the buckingham model design and have it in two sizes

[Nellybelly]

Theres too many in the market these days and ive always loved the buckingham model design and have it in two sizes

 

i'm totally the other way tony i could never get on with the buckingham ones and prefer the isc design in the 2 sizes

 

do you think it's just that we tend to stick to what we know:confused1:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

i'm totally the other way tony i could never get on with the buckingham ones and prefer the isc design in the 2 sizes

 

do you think it's just that we tend to stick to what we know:confused1:

 

 

No, I tried a lot, and went back everytime, have you tried it tied up rather than loose and hanging down?

[Arctostaphylos uva-ursi]

Are you talking about "flying capstans" the lowering device or capstans in the true sense of the word i.e. devices for winching, hauling and lowering?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Are you talking about "flying capstans" the lowering device or capstans in the true sense of the word i.e. devices for winching, hauling and lowering?

 

good question, I was assuming flying types as due to the guy being a welder

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

What i want is a Claus Mattheck inspired tensile triangle optimised version!

 

I reckon it would be strong but light and smash break tests

[swinny]

I just use a stein rc2000

 

wish i knew about the tree runner when i bought it, but the rc2000 is rated more...... then again i wish i'd had enough spare brass for the rc3000

[scotspine1]

Good luck to your friend and his venture, the market for lowering devices is saturated.

 

Unless he can improve on the Buckingham Portawrap 3 he's wasting his time.

 

It's is an arb design classic, that rare combination of something in treework that not only looks right but does the job right with the minumum of fuss.