Rig N' Wrench

Tried it out today. Awesome awesome awesome. Tip tied everything on a pine and 3 gums. Was able to swing limbs around like a pro. 9/16 atlas wasn't too friendly with it but it worked. Lesson learned, don't take up too much slack. When I misjudged and needed more rope for the life of me I just couldn't pull myself some slack. Probably the crunchy beat up rope. Dropped tops into it. Amazing. Told the rope man not to slack it when the top went into it but he did anyway. It had so much momentum he couldn't hold it and the phone and cable wires took the bruising. He had a stupid look on his face when I said "do what I friggin tell you to do". I already had it engaged and set. Shouldn't have happened. It was a small top. Over all everyone thought the new bling was super cool and enjoyed not using the Porty. I can wait to try it with the Sirius 12mm. Should run much better. I love this thing. It will probably meet my needs for 50% of what I do. Add the omni block and I'm golden. Literally. So the 2 big blocks and the beast ring whoppie continue to gather dust. The 3 ring still rocks for setting and retrieving from the ground. Man I love my toys.
 

I had Starlet film me taking out a standard silver maple caught in the wires. She was also working so she missed quite a bit of the dismantle, mainly the end when all hands were needed to pick the tree up again. I don't normally do removals without spurs... that was an oversight packing up the truck. Im still learning this tool and a few of the pieces got a little weird and and I didn't balance em quite right or whatever. tree got down, no wires or fence or garage damage. The Rig N Wrench made it a lot faster than what I would have done before.
Oh the soundtrack is a Starlet and her sister Shannon original. As is all the editing and so on.
 
treebing said:

I had Starlet film me taking out a standard silver maple caught in the wires. She was also working so she missed quite a bit of the dismantle, mainly the end when all hands were needed to pick the tree up again. I don't normally do removals without spurs... that was an oversight packing up the truck. Im still learning this tool and a few of the pieces got a little weird and and I didn't balance em quite right or whatever. tree got down, no wires or fence or garage damage. The Rig N Wrench made it a lot faster than what I would have done before.
Oh the soundtrack is a Starlet and her sister Shannon original. As is all the editing and so on.
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Great video! I think I'm sold or the riggin wrench.
 
I get it.. looking forward to trying it though I just lent my RW to Big John...
I tend to move my rigging point around a lot from the bucket so may not be a great fit for my personal rigging style, still the 3:ma system has to make things a lot easier for pretensioning and handling bigger pieces without a wrap. I also tend to rig bigger pieces.. the ones you were rigging would be about as small as I generally go...

gotta say though, one of the things I don't like about tip tying is the way a piece can swing around the trunk and clobber the climber. I didn't like the look of that last piece. I just prefer to have pieces swing down and away from me as long as there is room, which there almost always is. Near balance (slight;y tip heavy) with enough stretch in the line to let the piece end up below me is my go to move... like a ballet... its pertty
 
This tool has also moved my rigging style toward tip tying, which I didn't like before. But I see the advantage more and more, especially when there is more foliage on the tree. It makes the limb easier for the ground guy to maneuver. In fact, I use the porta for the groundie and the RW for me to provide 2x the control.


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This tool has also moved my rigging style toward tip tying, which I didn't like before. But I see the advantage more and more, especially when there is more foliage on the tree. It makes the limb easier for the ground guy to maneuver. In fact, I use the porta for the groundie and the RW for me to provide 2x the control.


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Since I worked on a crew with a grcs I am all about tip tying for years now. The way you can take down a tree with a goods is simply amazing. And like you said, having the butt come down first is SO nice for the ground crew. Rig n wrench looks like an amazing tool! You could easily use it with a goods- lessen the force on your rigging point and lift all day!
 
The grcs is a necesity. The rig n wrench fills in the gaps and eliminates trunk anchors but is limited to what the ground can handle. You can't take more wraps. That last cut in the video looks akward but it saved me a lot of time to be able to pull it over away from the 3 phase on the backside. Dawon was then able to control it above all the service drops and cable phone etc. Everything had to come down through wires.
 
Thanks for that, Steve. I think my next rope purchase will be the 12mm Sirius... a tad pricey, but sounds like it might be the best one for the RnW.
 
treebing said:
I have been digging 1/2 16 strand and liking it.
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Me too. 200' hank of XTC 16 and a 150' hank of Forestry Pro are what I'm using now, but the 12mm Sirius seems like it might be a nice one.
I'm amazed at how different they all perform in the thing. Little friction, the FP... more friction, the XTC... I'm thinking the Sirius might fall in between.
 
I got a chop and drop tomorrow but I am thinking about using it some of the times just to get so more practice with it. Kind of a no lose situation, if its to big just loosen up and let it crash down. Learn from error and cut next piece smaller. Paid for the day and not the job on this one. Gotta love rich people with no mechanical aptitude.
 
I think that the key is working with your groundman and seeing where he?she is comfortable. Wet rope makes a difference as well as to how much the groundie can handle. Their weight, their hand strength, Rubber gloves, no rubber gloves.
 
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