In praise of natural crotch lowering/rigging.

[hamdogg]

i'm a bit wary of rigging.

I don't like those pieces swinging around near my ladders.

 

 

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[kevin bingham]

I hate having to pull the rope back up to me to retire another limb. With a block and pulleys one tug and the rope is back at me and I'm ready to go. That alone is worth it to me.

[silky fox]

Great point Kevin!

[Gary Prentice]

I think the "youth" should be made to do a working stint "old school" to give them a better appreciation of the difficulties and techniques involved.

 

[BenR]

Using pulleys also transfers the load through more of the rigging line using all of the stretch in the system. rather that end of the rope getting most of the bang.. I will natural crotch but only if its just one or two pieces.. If doing a decent size removal as Rich said: Planning!! I dont often need more than two pulleys up the tree and I don't often move them round that much either. If I am going to be moving the rigging point around a lot for some reason I use the x rings splicing as a cambium saver so its retrievable.

[JaySmith]

I haven't used natural crotch since I first started out. For me using a pulley is a no brainer, it prolongs the life of the kit and also protects the tree, especially if you are reducing or pollarding.

 

I believe it can also help (less experienced) groundies to understand how quickly to let a bit run/stop it if you use a pulley or block as no matter what the bark is like the rope goes at the same speed. Even if I'm doing a quick limb removal i'll always use a pulley as it only takes minute to install and as some of our rigging ropes cost hundreds of pounds you want to preserve their life span and get the maximum use for your money

[Mick Dempsey]

@AHPP this one?

[AHPP]

19 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

@AHPP this one?

 

Yes. Cheers.