It's all about the angle. When pulling a tree, you're not going to be at a 180° angle, closer to 120 or so. This angle will determine load minus any friction. Also, when pulling a tree over, tip failure isn't as big of a deal with a basal tie because you usually have another branch that will...
I believe they are double fisherman's. I love having a swivel on my bridge. I went with the smaller DMM and it sucks with a wrench setup. I recently added a ring to my bridge also for the times when i use the wrench
Anchor it off, start at the bury and milk the slack toward the other end of the eye and give it a hard fast yank (still talking about the rope) kinda like a shock load. This is the method I use and it seems to work well for me.
I gotta say, I don't own a mcrs or care who stocks them or not but I read some of the things Matt wrote and it just sounds batshit crazy to be honest. Kinda like he got into some bad LSD or something. Straight up old testament kinda shit. Gave me a whole new outlook on the guy (who I've...
I have a stock TM bridge and a bridge from the globe 3000 by the foot that I'm sending @yoyoman tomorrow along with a couple other things. I can't wait to see the difference in the numbers side by side