grcs or hobbs

[Johny Walker]

grsc or hobbs, witch 1,& why , yr opinions ,

 

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[mistahbenn]

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[Johny Walker]

 

intresting vid ,cheers benny boy

[geoffers]

Bit of a resurrection for the thread. I’m looking at these two different bollards at the minute. I currently use the rc2000 and rc2001. Plus have used the rc3001 with the winch setup. Which is a game changer. The Hobbs and grcs both have the ability to lift and lower and
From the looks of it the Hobbs looks built like a tank, looks simple to use and solid. The grcs looks similar, probably not as strong and a little bit more going on to set up, but which one is the best/simplest to use?? My head and wallet says Hobbs, but I’m inquisitive about the grcs and would like to know the pros and cons before I make a dent in the bank balance.

Cheers

[silky fox]

Both are so good at what they do.Interested to hear peoples views I like the Heavy duty look and feel as well as the clunky opperation of the H2 but have to admire the smooth and versatile GRCS with it's Harken bollard is real quality.

[geoffers]

Both are so good at what they do.Interested to hear peoples views I like the Heavy duty look and feel as well as the clunky opperation of the H2 but have to admire the smooth and versatile GRCS with it's Harken bollard is real quality.

Cheers Paul. Have you used either of them much? The thing I like about the Hobbs is it just has the one fixed bollard that you can use for both operations without the need to change bollards. But the grcs has the two bollards, one for lifting and lowering with a nice smooth winch which looks great to use, and one for heavy negative rigging. Do you know what the winch is like when using the Hobbs is it easy and simple to use compared to the grcs? As it’s hard to find videos and demos on the Hobbs.
Cheers mate

[Steve Bullman]

Ruled out the other devices?  I forget the name of the recent one that was doing the rounds 

 

[Darrin Turnbull]

In my days of Kusche & Partner we had the grcs , but didn’t last long until the winch got bent.

And was never repaired.

[MattyF]

Bit of a resurrection for the thread. I’m looking at these two different bollards at the minute. I currently use the rc2000 and rc2001. Plus have used the rc3001 with the winch setup. Which is a game changer. The Hobbs and grcs both have the ability to lift and lower and
From the looks of it the Hobbs looks built like a tank, looks simple to use and solid. The grcs looks similar, probably not as strong and a little bit more going on to set up, but which one is the best/simplest to use?? My head and wallet says Hobbs, but I’m inquisitive about the grcs and would like to know the pros and cons before I make a dent in the bank balance.

Cheers

What are you going to be doing with it ?? The hobbs is simple and great for pretensioning lines rigging big and you can dump big loads no worries on it it will lift but nothing like the grcs winch although it will lift it takes time if you try.
I can live with my Hobbs type block though.

[Rupe]

I've used both but owned a GRCS for 15 years now. Its a great tool but remember it's a groundie s tool not a climbers tool, so for it to work well you need a good operator and ideally keep the same operator for as long as possible.