Adjustable Crane Slings.

cody willard

cody willard

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Just wanted to give a recommendation on slings and to my “tree dad” Nick Taylor Sr a shout out.

I learned on the first gen of these slings, and the second generation are even better. Without a fought the tasters and most easily fine tuned set up for the tree industry.

When I started learning crane rigging with him, you were scolded if the butt ever left the stump! With these slings, there’s no excuse!

It’s also extremely fast for the ground crew, because the chokers needed are much smaller and rapid to take on and off versus undoing clove hitches, or big long endless loops.

There will be some tubs are afraid of using prussiks in crane rigging……… Well we use them nonstop for life support, and manual reading. Literally have taken hundreds of pics of these and never had one slip assuming you set them right. Eventually, it’s all muscle memory.

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$3k for rope slings with prussik adjusters seems like I’m missing something.


We do most of our tree picks with a single choker, sometimes two. Friday we used 3 for the first time in forever getting a broken top and a tree off a house.
 
Lumberjack said:
$3k for rope slings with prussik adjusters seems like I’m missing something.


We do most of our tree picks with a single choker, sometimes two. Friday we used 3 for the first time in forever getting a broken top and a tree off a house.
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You can drive an XL or a Lariat.

I have used them for many years and they are worth every penny, the ground crew can remove them about three times faster than traditional slings.

It’s kinda like going from a Blakes hitch to a hitch climber system. Once you try it, you couldn’t imagine your back.
 
Similar to @Lumberjack. We keep 2 eye to eye slings on the ball but often only use one. I use the CMI slick pin shackles easy on/off.

For 36" diameter plus wood we switch to steel cable slings with sliding choker hooks. Not as easy to use as the nylon slings but it protects the eye to eyes from being damaged.
 
I use what ever the crane guy comes with. Mostly 2 long eye and eye and a short eye and eye for the top and chains for the big wood. 3 grand seems steep for stable braid slings.
 
Hey Cody, didn't your dad write an article about his sling setup years ago in the TCIA Tree Worker Newsletter?

We've tried Sherrill's version of your dad's slings and prussics years ago at The Crane Man Crane Climber Workshop in Penn, and honesty they were cumbersome compared to using 3 Samson Quantum-X Slings in 2-25' lengths and 1-30' length, all with a 5/8" diam. Plus, the Quantum-X are stronger in a smaller size, than a bulky Stable Braid.

I'm sure that you and your dad, as well as others are proficient at them though, so whatever works for someone is a good thing.
 
Jehinten said:
Similar to @Lumberjack. We keep 2 eye to eye slings on the ball but often only use one. I use the CMI slick pin shackles easy on/off.

For 36" diameter plus wood we switch to steel cable slings with sliding choker hooks. Not as easy to use as the nylon slings but it protects the eye to eyes from being damaged.
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Do you have a link to the chokers your using?
 
Treetopflyer said:
Do you have a link to the chokers your using?
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We had them made locally here. I'm sure they'd ship, but I imagine the freight wouldn't be cheap.

The quote here is slightly different than pictured, it does not have the eye thimble shown. I had them add that after the original quote. Screenshot_20250429_071836_Gallery.jpgScreenshot_20250527_230144_Gallery.jpgScreenshot_20250527_230619_Drive.jpg
 
Jehinten said:
We had them made locally here. I'm sure they'd ship, but I imagine the freight wouldn't be cheap.

The quote here is slightly different than pictured, it does not have the eye thimble shown. I had them add that after the original quote. View attachment 98689View attachment 98690View attachment 98691
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Oh my are those sexy! :love:

Another thought I just had is making a long taper rubber wedge on a tether for jamming the slide in place while you set it. Maybe easier maybe not. But those chokers are nice!
 
flushcut said:
Oh my are those sexy! :love:

Another thought I just had is making a long taper rubber wedge on a tether for jamming the slide in place while you set it. Maybe easier maybe not. But those chokers are nice!
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That's a good idea, I might try that, or a wooden wedge would be easier to aquire. I do have them set in a loop before sending them up. Slide the loop open and drop it over the stem. Wrestling them around a big trunk at the end of the day is no fun. It only took one job to decide that the ground guy needed to connect the hook.
 
chris_girard said:
Hey Cody, didn't your dad write an article about his sling setup years ago in the TCIA Tree Worker Newsletter?

We've tried Sherrill's version of your dad's slings and prussics years ago at The Crane Man Crane Climber Workshop in Penn, and honesty they were cumbersome compared to using 3 Samson Quantum-X Slings in 2-25' lengths and 1-30' length, all with a 5/8" diam. Plus, the Quantum-X are stronger in a smaller size, than a bulky Stable Braid.

I'm sure that you and your dad, as well as others are proficient at them though, so whatever works for someone is a good thing.
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He is my “tree dad” haha, not a Taylor. I believe he has been in TCIA a time or two. They do alot of unique crane stuff. He comes from an iron worker background hanging steel.
 
But the sticks are usually gone by the time I get to trunk wood.
I was just thinking a rubber wedge with a tether can be tied to the slide and reused and always on hand.
 
Originally for knuckle boom work with reduced head height, 1/4” chain, 4300lb per leg. The 3/8” setup is good for 8800lb per.


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