Rigging with karabiners

[Evo]

Get yourself a nice tree out in the open and push the limits. You might be surprised at what you can rig.

There is nothing like seeing 22’ saw logs being lowered off a neighboring spar. The whole thing bending like a noodly spring

 

[Matias]

There is nothing like seeing 22’ saw logs being lowered off a neighboring spar. The whole thing bending like a noodly spring

Biggest I have rigged like that were 16'x24". I have cut plenty of 20-25' logs off, but only with room to flop'em. I have gotten pretty good at landing them flat without measuring though.

 

[flushcut]

I have plenty of those. Sounds like I really should quit floppin'em, and make better use of the opportunity.

Play around a bit if you are inclined to do so.

 

[Matias]

Play around a bit if you are inclined to do so.

I definitely will

 

[27RMT0N]

I need to do surprisingly litter lowering of material, but it's mostly fir limbs 6" or less, so I use a sling to choke the limb that has a biner on it to connect to a loop in the rope. A very solid, tight connection, no knots required. Once I get into lowering trunk wood, I switch to knots, but I agree having a biner on the end of the line, plus a half-hitch is also fine in most situations.

I have had the same steel DMM biner on the end of my chipper winch line for choking logs and brush and dragging it through the dirt for like 3 years. That thing has been through hell and still works perfectly.

 

[Friedrich]

I need to do surprisingly litter lowering of material, but it's mostly fir limbs 6" or less, so I use a sling to choke the limb that has a biner on it to connect to a loop in the rope. A very solid, tight connection, no knots required. Once I get into lowering trunk wood, I switch to knots, but I agree having a biner on the end of the line, plus a half-hitch is also fine in most situations.

I have had the same steel DMM biner on the end of my chipper winch line for choking logs and brush and dragging it through the dirt for like 3 years. That thing has been through hell and still works perfectly.

kind of funny, i once bought a new shiny dmm steel biner and it broke internally (gate) while rattling around in my gear-bag.

 

[Matias]

kind of funny, i once bought a new shiny dmm steel biner and it broke internally (gate) while rattling around in my gear-bag.

That had to have been already defective at the time of manufacturing. Lucky it broke in your bag and not during a climb. Similar situation but with car parts is how my stepdad ended up crashing into a wall at 180mph

 

[climbingmonkey24]

Like others have said, hooking the line onto itself with a carabiner for easy rigging isn’t uncommon. I myself do it plenty. Being aware of the forces on the carabiner, and knowing when to adjust your technique or use an entirely different technique altogether so as not to overload the carabiner is key.