Doing your own lowering.

[Le Sanglier]

Just wondering, normally, on a lowering job, I lower the limb myself using handy stubs for friction, I find this keeps the groundy free to deal with the material with two hands. Really big stuff we use a third bloke and a friction device.

Do many others do this or is this too "Flintstones"

[treequip]

Just wondering, normally, on a lowering job, I lower the limb myself using handy stubs for friction, I find this keeps the groundy free to deal with the material with two hands. Really big stuff we use a third bloke and a friction device.

Do many others do this or is this too "Flintstones"

 

Its old school and what worked then works now:thumbup1:

 

You dont need to do the entire lower yourself, the groundy can manage the ropes while you cut then you can take over to free both hands up for them.

[Le Sanglier]

Its old school and what worked then works now:thumbup1:

 

You dont need to do the entire lower yourself, the groundy can manage the ropes while you cut then you can take over to free both hands up for them.[/quote

Understood; I find that if you take charge of the whole thing it runs smoother. (Emphasisng not really big stuff!)

[Graham]

Just wondering, normally, on a lowering job, I lower the limb myself using handy stubs for friction, I find this keeps the groundy free to deal with the material with two hands. Really big stuff we use a third bloke and a friction device.

Do many others do this or is this too "Flintstones"

 

Always doing it. With two of us working while one man's dealing with the last piece the other is on its way down. Def not 'Flintstones'. Job gets done.

[Le Sanglier]

Thinking about it (he said warming to his theme) it also cuts out a lot of the shouting and hand signals as there is no need to suggest amount of wraps or leave a bit of slack so it drops out of the way. My groundy whilst excellent at tidying up and goes all day without a grumble dislikes the dramatic nature of rigging, so it avoids all the tantrums and over cautious wrapping.

[kimtree]

i dont do much climbing any more mostly work out of a MEWP but a mini portawrap works ok for small lowering.just have to make sure that the rope is wrapped so the device wont twist around the wrong way.or use a swivel to stop that

[MOG]

if you take end of rope and put under branch etc on crocth turn it into loop and you can lower it not knots and drop it too ground and then pull all rope out. need a long rope tho, or other option get a good groundie

[woody paul]

Do it a lot quicker no shouting. Did a job before Christmas driver of car mouning about are cones were to far out in the road, I had a limb rope at the time so when he was talking to groundy lowered the limb right in to middle of road then he saw the reason why after a bit more ranting though.

[tuttle]

there is also a trick to fix a pulley to the piece being lowered and fix the free end the remaining spar.

 

halves the weight.

[Le Sanglier]

there is also a trick to fix a pulley to the piece being lowered and fix the free end the remaining spar.

 

halves the weight.

 

Technically I suppose you need not use a pulley, just make sure the rope is through a crotch. Good tip:001_smile: