Anchor Style Lowering Device

paul phalloides

paul phalloides

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Howdy!

I have an older style lowering device I got from my father. It looks exactly like an anchor from a boat with pins on the top and bottom of each lateral arm and an eye at the top of the vertical piece. My father always referred to it as the break. We run 1/2'' rope on it and it works just as well as any of the newer lowering devices I've used. I'm just curious if anyone else has seen or used this style of lowering device. There is nothing printed on it and I can't find anything that even looks similar to it on the internet. I'm really interested in knowing what company made it and why they stopped making them.

Thanks!
 
i use that exact bollard everyday. found it in the chain saw bone yard at my shop. i really like how simple it is. a lot of flop when loaded and unloaded tho, but i dont really mind. if i knew how to post pics i woulda made the same post haha
 
My boss said he got one when the port-a-wrap first idea was out instead of wrapping trees.

I still have it and a newer lg porti in my rigging bin works just fine
 
CutHighnLetFly said:
i use that exact bollard everyday. found it in the chain saw bone yard at my shop. i really like how simple it is. a lot of flop when loaded and unloaded tho, but i dont really mind. if i knew how to post pics i woulda made the same post haha
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Do you pre tension your line or why is there flop when loading? Maybe I'm misunderstanding
 
Does your regular porti not do the exact same?

Any porti is tied at the bottom making a pivot point. Unless it's strapped to a tree like a grcs it should go up and down. But when you tension it its in the T position and when you actually load it with a piece it remains in tension until it hits the ground and unloads the weight from rope to the ground.

So how does it flop for you when it's loaded
 
imagine the difference between the porti unloaded, and instead of the drum or bollard or barrel, whichever you prefer, pointing at you (coming off the tree perpendicular) when loaded, it flips completely and is parallel with the stem. its hard to put it words, its not a huge difference, but because how the rope comes off it and is wrapped, it just seems, to me, that it flops around more. maybe paul here can weigh in
when your lowering something and its touching the ground and your positioning it to lay how you want, the play at bollard can be noticable
 
Original Port-a-wrap. Many people copied it. I still use mine. You will notice one leg is shorter than the other. The short legshould point up the tree when loading and have only one wrap with the rope then making additional wraps on the long leg.
 
I notice the flop your describing but I've only used port-a-wraps a handful of times so I don't really know what the difference in flop between the two is. Do you think the port-a-wrap is a superior design?
 
i feel like i would more time around a port a wrap to decide which i thought was better. i just like it more, but for no real reason. i guess in part its easier to describe how it works than a porti for a fresh ground guy.
i know that if i could no longer could use that anchor tool we have, i wouldnt replace with a porti, i'd probably get a stein rc1000, or if i had $ and did the kinda work to justify the need, straight to the Bull Ringer Bollard.
https://www.treestuff.com/store/catalog.asp?category_id=197&item=3525

that things just pimp. and simple
 
CutHighnLetFly said:
i use that exact bollard everyday. found it in the chain saw bone yard at my shop. i really like how simple it is. a lot of flop when loaded and unloaded tho, but i dont really mind. if i knew how to post pics i woulda made the same post haha
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Yo, I remember you talking that thing up. Now I really have a better mental picture. It does look like flop would be real bad without a lot of pre-tension.

I like a larger diameter bollard for a few reasons. You can use less wraps for similar effect. You can also sweat a bit easier as hinges are closing over and rig line slack is introduced. The GRCS is awesome for this reason...no flop, and sweat the line, regardless of the number of wraps.

I'll bet that Bull Rigger Bollard is nice, too. In fact, it would make a nice GRCS back up if you were adamant about not lowering anything on the Harken.
 
I ahev two of them and one porty III..

gotta admit, I much prefer the old style... the only problem with the inversions was that the wraps can come off in a hurry... they can't come off on the new porty.. its a closed system...
The only time the thing will invert is on blocking down a spar or blowing a top, where the rope goes slack for a couple seconds... In critical situations, I'll switch to the GRCS for such drops..
I just don;t like the way the new porty grabs.. the friction is smoother on the old original...
 
The guy I learned from had one of those portys. I am not to fond of it, but the nice thing about it is you can flip the rigging line off without having to go up to the device.
 

That device was manufactured by Charlotte Rigging Supply (CRS). No longer in production. That design was modified to the Porty 1, which was modified to the Porty 2, which was modified to the Porty 3.
I have the evolution of models in my basement, except for the 1 pictured. I have the 1st Porty 1 and 1st Porty 2. Manufactured at Aerial Equipment in Wheeling, IL.
 
We had issues with wraps coming off when butt checking / negative rigging wood. Not the best thing to happen with a big ol' chunk of Red Oak hanging on the end of the line! Super easy to use though.
 
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