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    natural crotch fishing pole

    I wouldn't be so bold as to say that's the "only set up" that would have worked. By hanging a porty or BMS there, the wrap(s) could be placed there, again reducing the dynamic forces, versus the compounding effect of the block with friction device below.
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    natural crotch fishing pole

    I would have hung a medium porty or BMS belay spool on that tip, reducing the forces outright, and only run the line down through the fork to keep it in line with the spar.
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    2ton ratchet puller failure

    I have one of these that I pin into the receiver of the winch mount. I wrap a rope several times around a tree for bit, then hook two or more loops of the rope in the hook. I have more problem with the winch twisting to one side and crossloading the cable. (Piling up on one side of the spool)...
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    2ton ratchet puller failure

    I haven't had issues with regular batteries. I know the benefits of deep-cycle batteries, but most of them only have a year warranty. I just use regular batteries for truck, tractor, boat, camper, you name it. If it goes bad before the date, they replace it. And I can't tell that trolling...
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    2ton ratchet puller failure

    I was using a battery off my tractor last year, and it was a year out of date. I could pull one tree (heavy leaner), and then have to take it back to the charger to charge while I rigged the next tree. On the heavy red oak, I had a piece of 3/4" Stable Braid tied into a continuous loop through...
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    2ton ratchet puller failure

    [ QUOTE ] chain hoist doesnt sound like a bad alternative considering u had two guys hanging on the thing without a problem, for some reason anything with a chain always kind of bothered me a little bit (weakest link theory) but id be willing to give it a shot. for now ive been messing with my...
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    Log Dolly Truck Mounts?

    I have absolutely no respect for a thug who would write you up over a light bulb, dirty license plate, not wearing a seat belt or any such insignificant infraction. $680 for a working man to have to pay because some lousy trooper who was too lazy to get a real job was "patrolling" for...
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    2ton ratchet puller failure

    Agreed, but judging by the remaining paint, and the fact that he said he bought it new last spring, wear seems out of the question. Mine looks way rougher than that, and yet shows far less signs of wear.
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    2ton ratchet puller failure

    Looks like a faulty unit to me. Even if it were stressed, the holes in question would not be affected, as they are merely the pivots for the handle.
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    2ton ratchet puller failure

    I did look at that....the angle on mine is more favorable than yours appears to be, somewhat like yours in the last photo. The pivot points are not near as elliptical as yours. I can't tell if yours is that way from wear or from casting flaw. I've had my oldest one for probably 12 years, maybe a...
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    loopie slings and carabiners

    I like tying a cow hitch to cinch a porty on tight, but I also like being able to call down and have the ground personnel rotate the porty around the trunk to stay in lead with the rigging point. Much easier to do with a whoopie sling.
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    2ton ratchet puller failure

    I just went and looked at mine. Neither of them have the holes wallowed out like the ones pictured above. And I bent the handle on my old one right off. I replaced it with a piece of steel pipe and haven't had a problem since. They claim the factory handle os designed to bend before...
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    2ton ratchet puller failure

    If you look closely, you can see where/how the spring engages the pawl on the left. It has a hook that grips the pawl lever, holding it toward the spool. The spring for the pawl on the left is not engaged on its lever. Let out enough cable to allow the lever to flip back over, and re-engage the...
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    X-rigging rings

    [ QUOTE ] Seems like you can't post anything except for basic skills, or else the others that use basic skills get their panties in a whad. [/ QUOTE ] Either that.....or folks who over-rate their stuff get theirs in a wad when others aren't dumbstruck with admiration of their AWESOMENESS...
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    Petzl tackles LEAD(Pb) Throw bag issue?

    I don't worry that much about the lead. I just wish someone would make a dependable throwbag that would LAST. I've been through a dozen of the plain ones from WesSpur, and had one of their "Unbreakable" bags burst not long ago. Granted, I buy mine to use and I don't pamper them, but I have had...
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    X-rigging rings

    Seems to me that as it was a bucket job to begin with, all the rigging drama was unnecessary. Each of the individual limbs could have been either cut/chunked, or rigged down from themselves. Then, with the head weight reduced, proceed with cut/chunk, or rope down in pieces. A BMS or mini-porty...
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    2ton ratchet puller failure

    I have two of those red More Power Pullers. They have paid for themselves over and over again. Looks like your spring just got inverted. Might be something that should retain it, which might have gotten broken or something. (You may have to play out some cable to make room for the lever to pass...
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    X-rigging rings

    I have no problem dampening with LD up top. I know for a fact that with a medium porty and 9/16" Stable Braid, a fair size piece will float down nicely with two wraps and NO ONE handing the rope. The weight of the rope itself gives a fair amount of resistance. The BMS works well also, though I...
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    when you get tired chunking down a spar, do this

    I shoot for the 1/5 mark, per Jerry's vids, but often I'll go a bit longer on stuff under 12" diameter, and give it a heave as it leaves the spar. I landed some yesterday from as high as 65' and got them to hit flat. First cut was ~14' long.
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    Bull Rigger Bollard

    One other suggestion....for those of us who still hand-coil our ropes rather than use rope bags, twist is always an issue with bollards. The GRCS as well as my ratcheting bollard, only wrap clockwise. (And though the GRCS bollard will allow either direction, the fairleads dictate clockwise). How...

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