Lifting slings for large timber?!?!

[agrimog]

he's the boss, your just the employee, he makes the choices and pays the bills, if you dont like his choices-find somewhere else to work...simple

[Mark Bolam]

Whatever you use, big pieces need big gear.

I hardly ever rig blocks down, I think it's the most overused technique in the industry.

Like Stevie, I'll use slings sometimes for speed, but they have to be the right length for the timber to minimise the drop.

 

Normally half hitch and choked steel crab. Frowned upon sometimes, but quick.

 

Timber hitches are slower, but when you learn the cheat of putting the twists in before throwing the rope round that improves.

 

 

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[Peter]

Does it not increase shock loading though? Buy tying a half hitch right close to the gob then a timber hitch further up you reduce the distance the timber has to fall before the rope catches it? With a sling surely it would have to be choked high up on the stem to take all the slack out of the system which would then cause it to fall further?

 

I'm not sure I like the sound of it but I've got a big pop to come down soon I'll try it out on, if it tickles my fancy in practice it would certainly make my life allot easier. Half hitch and timber hitch can be a bit of a drag on a massive stem with a big saw swinging about!

 

 

As long as it's tied halfway up or less, it doesn't matter how high or low you put the sling or half hitch.

[Stephen Blair]

Ed just make sure the slings are strong enough, sounds like you are thinking too much about it with only theory behind your thoughts.

Boss man has his own company for a reason.

[Joe Newton]

Whatever you use, big pieces need big gear.

I hardly ever rig blocks down, I think it's the most overused technique in the industry.

Like Stevie, I'll use slings sometimes for speed, but they have to be the right length for the timber to minimise the drop.

 

Normally half hitch and choked steel crab. Frowned upon sometimes, but quick.

 

Timber hitches are slower, but when you learn the cheat of putting the twists in before throwing the rope round that improves.

 

 

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God help me but the northern knuckle dragger is spot on by all accounts.

[TKO]

Awesome Thanks for all the opinions guys.

[Stephen Blair]

I'm am not technical in any way, I have no idea how heavy I piece of timber is and what forces are put on it KN as it falls , so I always use the strongest stuff I have got and don't push my luck.

I don't work in a big team so it's no beneficial to lower huge lumps.

Now crashing them down, that's diferent 😃