I am placing an order with Wesspur on Monday and will have them throw one of these in with the order. I don't push off rounds or cookies very often but this tool looks very effective and easy to use..Plus its $30....I will let you know how it works. Looks like it might be good for flushing off stumps too....
Rigging cookies for tight spots
- Thread starter SomethingWitty
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I've paired up with him and his crew a few times now. Never saw one leave the tool box..
Chaplain242
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I see a lot of videos and diagrams that have a flat cut for the cookies. Anything bigger than 24” in heavy wood I start angling the cookie cut towards the ground (unless they are to be used as garden steps etc) - only needs an angle of about 2-5 degrees and the sawdust acts as a lubricant and a gentle to moderate shove sends it on its way... as long as not angled too much will still roll well afterwards too...
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theatertech87
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The whole reason for vertical speedlines is so you can push a chunk off and have it not bounce, if your aim is good , no need to worry about collateral damage
Not something to use every day or even every month, but for close quarters, it's awesome (use a rigging ring for best results)
Not something to use every day or even every month, but for close quarters, it's awesome (use a rigging ring for best results)
southsoundtree
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Don't lower anything like a saw over groundies.
Lower it, then have them come under.
If you let a lot of groundies, they will go under the downward load as soon as possible, and stand beneath it going up.
I don't understand how this works.
Is it a tool that you pound on with another tool, attached to a rope, letting you get two people involved to over-complicate a one-person job?
Even if you want help to pull the rounds, it seems way over-complicated. Then considering lowering saws when you can easily anchor to the bole...
Wooden dowels or teeter totter wedges or DK slider from Wesspur or a strip of Teflon all keep it one person doing a one person job, IMO.
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Vertical speedlines can be tricky, unless you fully understand how important it is to girth hitch each piece in a manner that can't loosen while free falling to the ground.
Personally I use duct tape at the girth hitch to make dang sure it stays snug n tight the whole journey.
Works a treat when yur boxed into tight quarters.
Jemco
Personally I use duct tape at the girth hitch to make dang sure it stays snug n tight the whole journey.
Works a treat when yur boxed into tight quarters.
Jemco
Chaplain242
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Or use a really long sling to circle the piece like a round-turn knot - makes it harder for the sling to slacken.
For dowels - I almost always still break up some dead twigs to inch/inch&half long and put in pocket and use them as kerf wedges and rolling dowels. Disposable/set&forget and no fiddling time with anything....
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Tying onto large diameter short length chunks is a lot of work and the choke can slip off
Bring along your cordless drill with a stout ⅝” diameter bit. Drill a hole about 3-4” in from the bark and down at a 45* angle. Like a toenail for framing. Thread your rope through, sometimes up and sometimes down. The chunk will flip differently Tie a stopper and off you go
You can go knotless by poking a sling Through the hole and choke it.
Vertical speed lining works great with a choked sling through a hole. Get creative with the drilled hole location and the top choke on the speed line. You can set it up to shove the chunk in one direction and have it slide down and end up in the other side of the trunk
Bring along your cordless drill with a stout ⅝” diameter bit. Drill a hole about 3-4” in from the bark and down at a 45* angle. Like a toenail for framing. Thread your rope through, sometimes up and sometimes down. The chunk will flip differently Tie a stopper and off you go
You can go knotless by poking a sling Through the hole and choke it.
Vertical speed lining works great with a choked sling through a hole. Get creative with the drilled hole location and the top choke on the speed line. You can set it up to shove the chunk in one direction and have it slide down and end up in the other side of the trunk
SomethingWitty
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That is quite an idea.
I can't see a girth hitched loop runner just sliding off the chunck once the rope has been loaded up..if so use thinner runners, Or make slings sorta like the speedline slings my guy @swingdude makes with that NE Maxim tech cord.
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If you do use NE Tech Cord be sure to make THREE round turns for the Fisherman’s
You can always count on Tom to say this whenever this NE tech cord is mentioned lol
