Favorite Come-Along

southsoundtree · Jul 4, 2017

Amsteel is awesome.

I had to pull my truck out of a hole with my maasdam continuous rope-puller, solo. The stretch worked to my advantage... Crank it hard, back the truck up a little with the stretch pulling in, rinse and repeat.

Sometimes you want stretch, sometimes you don't. It can be dangerous.

stang1911 · Jul 10, 2017

Has anyone else had this happen to their maasdam?

Limb It · Jul 10, 2017

I havent seen that with mine. How long have you had yours? Have you ever used a cheater on the handle?

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stang1911 · Jul 10, 2017

2 yrs with no cheater. Thinking maybe bad cast? Just thought I would post this up for safety.

Fivepoints · Jul 15, 2017

I've had one of the Wyeth-Scott More Power Pullers for a number of years. I would have bought the amsteel version but I bought mine before it came about. It's a really great piece of equipment. I think mine has 35 feet of cable on it. I don't use it nearly as much now that I have a mini skid but when you need one, you really need it. I'm amazed at some of the stuff I've been able to do with it. I've also used it more than once to free a stuck vehicle.

New2trees · Aug 4, 2017

Hey just a newbee here so take this for what its worth.

I am got a masdaam on order and plan pull Arborplex with the masdaam.
I will attach a short section of Arborplex with a carabineer on one end and a blakes hitch on the other. Then with the carabineer attached to the end of the masdaam and the end with the blakes hitch attached to the pull rope to the load/tree, so that I have a backup in case of slippage and also to allow quick/controlled release of the Arborplex to the load (by way of the blakes hitch) when desired.

ClimbMIT · Aug 4, 2017

New2trees said:
Hey just a newbee here so take this for what its worth.

I am got a masdaam on order and plan pull Arborplex with the masdaam.
I will attach a short section of Arborplex with a carabineer on one end and a blakes hitch on the other. Then with the carabineer attached to the end of the masdaam and the end with the blakes hitch attached to the pull rope to the load/tree, so that I have a backup in case of slippage and also to allow quick/controlled release of the Arborplex to the load (by way of the blakes hitch) when desired.

Not sure if you are saying you are going to run Arborplex through the Maasdam or just as a back up? If so the Maasdam will only work with 3 strand rope and Arborplex is 12 strand. Here is what you need for Maasdam to function properly
https://www.treestuff.com/store/catalog.asp?category_id=7&item=1663#detail

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HolmenTree · Aug 9, 2017

Hey the Tree Buzz is loading up quick now!! Thanks to who ever fixed it.

This may be a little off topic ftom a come a long but logging today with 200 feet of 3/4 Stable Braid, couple of blocks and my diesel pickup in 4x4 low range.
Works like a charm skidding trees up the shoreline hill onto the customers wood pile. Chipper and dump trailer deal with the limbs.

New2trees · Aug 9, 2017

Rolling coal

New2trees · Aug 9, 2017

ClimbMIT said:
Not sure if you are saying you are going to run Arborplex through the Maasdam or just as a back up? If so the Maasdam will only work with 3 strand rope and Arborplex is 12 strand. Here is what you need for Maasdam to function properly
https://www.treestuff.com/store/catalog.asp?category_id=7&item=1663#detail

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Thanks for your reply,

I was just going to use the Arborplex as a backup.

I am just doing some solo work around my house, not a working arborist ( PS not completely solo, I always have my female roommate watching, so if I get in trouble she can call 911). So I will be using the masdaam to rig branch's that are over my roof and can not just be dropped. Since the branches are above the roof I did not want to trust the "pinch sheave" on the masdaam with a thousand pound branch, plus figured it would be a lot easier (safer/faster) to use a blakes to lower the branch than trying to use the winch.

I already have 150ft of Arborplex for general use and 200ft of Blue moon as my climbing line, so being the cheap guy I am... I did not want to buy another 150ft of 3 strand just for the Masdaam, so since the masdaam comes with 20ft of 3 strand I figured I could just use a blakes on the end of the supplied 3 strand to tie to my Arborplex and then use the short pig tail with a blakes just for a backup in case of slippage at the sheave and also incase I had to pull more than 20ft of line for some reason.

HolmenTree · Aug 12, 2017

HolmenTree said:
Hey the Tree Buzz is loading up quick now!! Thanks to who ever fixed it.

This may be a little off topic ftom a come a long but logging today with 200 feet of 3/4 Stable Braid, couple of blocks and my diesel pickup in 4x4 low range.
Works like a charm skidding trees up the shoreline hill onto the customers wood pile. Chipper and dump trailer deal with the limbs.

This site is freezing up badly again....but sure not freezing here in northern Manitoba.
Temps here are getting up into the 30C's (90F's) with 50% plus humidity .Hitches, Prussics are slipping, Husqvarna AutoTunes want to call it a day. The Stihl MTronics are holding up good though.
Yesterday had this 90 ft white spruce to remove to finish this job in cottage country. Heavy side lean over the cabin so I had to shoot up a 90 degree to lay guy rope with the Big Shot and Zing It.
3 ton block handled the redirect, tensioned with my diesel pickup. 395XP-36 felled it straight into a "hole" into standing shoreline timber without further damage.
Skidded it after onto the wood pile for dissection. Noodle split the first 10 rounds with the 395. Happy that jobs done in this heat working solo.