Drill for GRCS

Stihl Bt 45 is no good. From what I have seen and read, Milwaukee's Hole Hawg is about the only drill worth getting.
 
I'd suggest the Milwaukee Super-Hawg, rather than the Hole Hawg. I just used mine for the first time today. It's got a clutch in the low rpm setting, so that if it binds while drilling, the clutch will slip, so that the drill won't throw you into the next county or break your arm.

I did a cabling and bracing job with it today. We drilled 36" through Live Oak without any issues. The Super-Hawg never even worked up a sweat in the low rpm setting.
 
I wasn't clear enough in my first post. I don't believe that any gas drill will do what I want it to with the GRCS. If you really want a gas drill just for the GRCS, I think you will be disappointed. I was. Even a crappy "heavy duty" drill from Harbor Freight does better than our Stihl gasser.

Having said that, I wouldn't trade our Stihl for anything when cabling and bracing.
 
I would suggest that any drill is ultimately gas powered. Although I haven't used my Super-Hawg for running a GRCS, I can't imagine that it wouldn't provide superior power in that application. As to cabling and bracing, I'm a big fan of using sawzalls and angle grinders whenever possible. If there's not a power source on the jobsite, the gas motor I'm bringing to the party is a generator.
 
here's one. I use this and plug into HO's house. If no power small generator. U can find them now for like a couple hundo's. 1000 watts works fine. Will post vid. Doing removal tomorrow and a she's tight spot. Sent PM.
 

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Thanks all. For cabling I have had good success with a little impact drill by Ridgid. Its the new hyper lithium battery and is as small as your typical battery operated drill. But it doesn't drill, it ratchets. I can drill an 18" wood drill through whatever. This is just about my favorite shop tool.

I mostly am motivated to use the GRCS to pull climbers (myself included) back up into the tree. We are doing an extreme crown reduction on what seems to be the world's biggest Poplar. Just getting back up in it to work is ridiculous. I'm trying to make an elevator.

So far the jury is pointing to the Milwakee Super Hawg. Thanks for any advice.
 
Go to the Harken website and note that they specifically warn against using their products to lift personnel aloft Olly.

jomoco
 
We do that frequently but the climber always has his climbing line and is constantly advancing their friction hitch. I personally don't see an issue doing it that way.
 
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