Fabricating your own lowering device

[colwoodlandcare]

Has any one out their fabricated there own lowering/winching device like the Hobbs or GRCS lowering device.

 

 

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[Quercus-90]

Try a search I'm sure I saw something on another thread

 

 

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[treequip]

I have made a couple of simple drums over the years.

 

Its a bit more complicated with PUWER and LOLER these days so Shhhhhhh

[Roni Macdonald]

I also have made several fixed drum devices which we still use, and used a yacht halyard wincn on 1, not so successful.

[D A Tree Surgeons]

Ive made one like the stein 3001

ill get some pics up this week

works fine

[Breezeblock]

our latest incarnation

[kimtree]

check out my early posts.mine was made with a harken 46.since then i have also made a bollard that slides into the carrier

[Suffolk-Matt]

Ive made one like the stein 3001

ill get some pics up this week

works fine

 

 

Be interested to see that as was considering the 3001 myself.

 

Interested also to know costs for these homemade bollards.

[Rich2484]

Steel tube. Thick enough to cover yourself. Big flat plate, 1/2 or 3/4 inch plate. Some solid rod to put through the tube. A damn good welder.

 

They are simple to make with the right metals.

 

But as it's been said puwer and the like will have you over a barrel if it all went wrong and someone got hurt.

[treequip]

Steel tube. Thick enough to cover yourself. Big flat plate, 1/2 or 3/4 inch plate. Some solid rod to put through the tube. A damn good welder.

 

They are simple to make with the right metals.

 

But as it's been said puwer and the like will have you over a barrel if it all went wrong and someone got hurt.

 

 

 

It wont just be if it goes wrong, if they find you using it under any circumstances they aren't going to be impressed.