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its easy for you to work out paul, remember that MA=DE/DR measure the radius of the SW pin (11mm ish i quesrimate) then measure the length of the harken handle 254mm 254/11= 23:1 then measure the grcs pin & remaining stowed strap by the looks of the trees you were on lets say 72mm and repeat grcs handle is 90cm ish so: 900/72=12.5:1 all that maths aside ive been using the grcs for a decade, im a big lad and i can get a fair bit of tension on the grcs yet it seems i can get just as much tension on the sw and sometimes more. back to the maths if you were working on a tree with a monster girth and the grcs strap only JUST fit around you would get more tension on the strap on the grcs so in answer, if you are on a big tree it will be negligible and even reversed eventually the tipping point "X" would be............ 900/X=23 or 900/23=X + 39.1304347826mm from falcrum to edge of stowed strap so a mere (40mm-11mm) 29mm width of stowed strap gives you LESS MA than the SW mounting method! hope that helps xxx

£2300 including a half day training on the device certainly wasn't too much for my boss! that's only a couple hundred more than the grcs! Paul although the lever to mount the smart winch is small the MA on medium trees is actually greater due to the fact the strap isn't stowed on the tension axle

i have one of their custom tarps/ rainflys, and god did it piss down that night! i use treeboats usually they are deffo the best but are only 1 man, when the missus comes with we can share the connect very comfortably, if my hammock's a rocking for treetop camping the treeboat has no rival unless you're concerned about weight that is. henassy is good but even the zip opening ones arnt that great to get in & out of 8ft up. My longboat has cosy insulation and the tent which is really neat! it lets you sleep in the open until the rain dropping on your face wakes you up, lean forwards sweep back 4 clips and your in the dry! the tentsile flys must be put on on or near the ground unless you have multiple guys up multiple trees that is! but man it looks sooo cool!! PS ill include the tentsile stingray rain fly in the sale!

glad you liked it it was my rig, the lower platform was the stingray upside down and the upper level sleeping compartment was the connect literally only used for that one job so grab your-self a bargain

i have a tentsile stingray for sale only used once for some film work so basically brand new, i have a tentsile connect which i am keeping £350 if you're intrested

nick you can stay clippped in with a treeboat no prob's the clip on tree boat tent is designed for this, also the TB tent is super easy to put on in the tree or pull over you in the midddle of the night as the rain starts, it is expensive but i spend over 40 nights a year in it so went for quality

first put something sharp like a circlip pick down to clean out the hex hole then put your hex key in, saves rounding off the top of the grub screw

treeboat with a cozy! henasey is great on the trails but not for up in the topps, DD is great lightweight but not as comfy or as quick to put up as a DD, got 8 hammoks & 2 porta ledges, only ever use 1 porty, the hennasy or the treeboat dependant on task.

treevolution is the only sensible option, great guys there!

what do you want one of them for?

i got some from tree stuff 2day, only bought them 2 days ago!!!!!!!! they're so light they come fed ex express, i was like wtf have i got from the US?......................... NO WAY! they came already!!????????

HS & JS i posted something for mike a while back to do with loler stuff as he said his account is blocked but he's not me, just a mate, the names George BTW my friends call me Gorgeous i work with mike sometimes on big jobs, your probably better mates with him than me if he'll let you borrow the SW! we wanted to rent his for a speed line job and he wouldn't let us have it without him as the operator even though the boss owns his own! Old mill did you used to/ still live in Stroud, gloucestershire? your avatar says surrey?

I used to work your way before i moved down Gloucester. old boss uses ben saxton: 07917543637 hope that helps. our guy charges £65 then £45 for repeats he travels your way but how often i don't know Mike: 07835029923

lol funny bunch, lots of haters hiding behind keyboard ay? a few shots of me rocking the SW, climber on the tips isn't me though:blushing: this was our 1st job with the SW, we picked some big old bits off that garage, gob them on the top & crank them up felling them towards the RP, the grcs does that just as well but when we came to swinging those big stems round the SW excelled! way easier to put on the tree too, a higher SWL & you can pre tension bits that are on the metal bollard, you can run 2 ropes but TBH its easier to manage if you just use a 2nd device

Tree kit claim to have them in stock but when we tried to buy one turned out they didnt have one but can get them in. we bought one form our loler examiner he imports them, £2300 with a half day install/ training. they've sold more SW's in Europe than grcs's the UK is too small & bigoted maybe, it got a hammering on AT once before but really cant see why, its far superior IMO, would never go back to the grcs now