Haul-back line..oops double post. Abandon this thread. .

[southsoundtree]

Any tips, tricks, or cautions?

I have to continue with dismantling this maple and was thinking of swinging everything to the stripped trunk over our landing zone using a haul back line.

Since I tend to use aerial friction and self-lower most brush rigs, I'm reconsidering hand- tensioning a drift line to the rigging point over the drop zone and still catching and lowering pieces myself on a lowering line (natural crotch or maybe Rig'n'Wrench) while my ground worker works the drift line.

Any thoughts appreciated, on topic, as well as tangential thoughts for discussion.



The trunk where I'm standing is fully stripped with a natural crotch rigging point where I am in the picture, more or less, with the drop zone below.

I want to drift/ swing as much brush and small trunk wood as feasible from the viewer's right.

The trunk to the left can be free-dropped.
The large dead central leader may stay as habitat, or I might have to come in from above with two or three climb- lines.

 

[Chris Schultz]

Span rig?

 

[Muggs]

I've used my 6mm retrieval line for this before. Tie it on the rigging line with a loop knot, leave it completely slack, with the end where you can grab it. Rig as normal, then haul the line back to you with the 6mm.

But yeah if a span rig would work, that's what I usually prefer.

 

[southsoundtree]

Span rig?

The landing zone is ideally 10' past the remote rigging point.

Span rigging will end up hanging between the two rigging points.






The whole work site is on a hill. Trying to reduce walking, thereby reduce potential for twisted ankles/ falls/ etc, as well as effort and time.

 

[southsoundtree]

Sorry. I got a double passing when I edited for adding pictures.


Let's abandon this thread.