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  1. chris_girard

    GRCS Winch

    I will always be a HOBBS guy, but I am smart enough to know when there is something better out there for lifting material quicker than my H2
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    GRCS Winch

    I have never run it without using the pigtail
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    GRCS Winch

    Thanks for the info Muggs. I have always harped on my guys to run whatever lowering device they are using with a fairlead, so I know that it's not a fairlead issue. David Driver (X-MAN) used to have the same problem with the old GRCS model. I wonder if that is why Greg switched to a different...
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    Is this a green ash?

    I'm 99% sure that it's Green Ash
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    Maine climber killed in accident

    Agreed
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    Maine climber killed in accident

    Guilty has already almost killed himself and is another accident waiting to happen. You would think after his friend Jed was killed last year, he would be a little smarter, but not with the shit that I have seen him post. Reg, is a true pro and continues to impress me with his work.
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    GRCS Winch

    I had one of the original GRCS models from many years ago and the winch always jump wraps whenever I had more than 1 turn on it and locked up on us, whenever we tried to let pieces run. Does this happen with the newer models? What Harkin winch does the newer models use?
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    Saw preference?

    My favorite crane saw is a woods ported Stihl 362 with either 20" or 24" bar.
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    Lightning Threshold

    Same here Steve.
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    This is rigging!

    Yeah, with no gear reduction on the Hobbs, I kind of thought that the torque was going to be an issue.
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    Petzl guideline on choked carabiner anchor for spar work

    I demoed it for a week for TCIA a few years back and honestly wasn't impressed and I'm a big Petzl fan.
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    This is rigging!

    I'll be curious to see how much weight you can lift with the torquing of the drill. Keep us posted, thanks.
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    Petzl guideline on choked carabiner anchor for spar work

    I contacted Petzl last year about the change, and they had no idea why someone in the technical department changed it to the Petzl "Ejaculation" device which I found kind of weird? Petzl still shows the Zillion in a biner choked configuration. I choke my spar trees daily with a biner, Zigzag...
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    rip cuts to reduce rigging forces

    Hi Evo, we already tried that trick in the past and still had issues. X-Man (David Driver) has the same issue with his and has a way to mitigate it, but he also has a Hobbs. I think that Greg uses a newer version of the Harken Winch, so maybe there is no longer any "jumping" issues. Other than...
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    rip cuts to reduce rigging forces

    The majority of tree work is lowering pieces rather than lifting them. This is where the Hobbs outshines all other lowering devices, and it never jumps wraps the way the GRCS does (at least the older models like I had used to always jump).
  16. chris_girard

    Ziplining logs

    Thanks Tom, that's exactly what I was looking for. I remember this thread from years ago and was impressed with Eli's rigging.
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    Ziplining logs

    Tom, is there anyway you can get Eli's speedline pics to show back up for this thread?
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    Pelican Rigging ropes

    Please let us know if you get any hockling in the line when you use it. All the rope that has been manufactured in the last 10 years or so, hockles in lengths over 200' due to manufacturers outsourcing the fibers to cheaper made lines...from what I've been told.
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    Pelican Rigging ropes

    Pelican ropes is one of the best ropes, yet least known ropes in arboriculture.
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    We really must stop meeting like this! The relationship between the termination knot and the hitch.

    Agreed Rico, and proud to call him a friend of mine. Just chatted with him yesterday. He's doing well.

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