Stein dual VS. GRCS?

i sort of agree with the above post!
This analogy may be a bit of a stretch but here goes....its like comparing a Philips head screwdriver with a flat head! they both turn screws but have different applications. Why do we as buzzers always feel the need to determine what is the best! best rope,best saddle,best lowering device,best climber,! Yikes!! isn't a lot of it personal taste....I love that we have such versatility in our trade!!!
 
Ran a GRCS on Friday, the Dual yesterday.

I used both where they were appropriate.

Where the Dual wins - there are two bollards and a 6600lb working load limit. That is one more bollard and 3600 more pounds to work with. I'm pretty sure the wll on the Good is 3000 - correct me if I'm wrong. 1/2 the price of the Good. Faster switch-out from pretensioning to bombing pieces.

Where the GRCS wins - pretensioning is much easier with one man.

Buy both! HA HA HA!
 
How about this one, best of both worlds? Anybody have experience with this yet?
 

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SRW (smart rigging winch)

they are just now producing a lot of these in the netherlands and if you guys are interested you should send Steven (the guy that invented it together with Kees) an e-mail. PM me for details if you want. Won't put it up here because I don't want to post any SPAM ;-)

It's a great device, I have worked with it on different jobs and it has a lot of potential.
But the Stein and GRCS are also great devices and I think it depends on what you like the most and what you want to do with a winch bollard.

The SRW has enormous winching capacities and that makes it verastile for allmost any job in treecare....but thats only my own humble experience ;-)

At the end off the day it only matters that the job is done and everything worked well and that really doesn't depend on wich bollard you have :-)

climb safe
wouter
 
You will definitly have to ask Steven this question and I'm sure he will look things up.

Maybe there are some companies allready fromout the states working with dealerships or somethings....i'll ask him tomorrow and give you a reply when I found out.

climb safe
wouter
 
wouter,

what are the chances of Steven sending one of those devices to me here in Scotland.....free of charge, I could be the first person in Scotland to use the SRW, it would be a great opportunity for Steven to market his new device beyond the confines of the Nederlands.

You can let me know,

thanks.
 
The SRW costs here about 2800 euro's.
Shipment has to be paid extra and Steven has no idea what the costs will be.

He said today to me that if you guys need a climber for a month or so he will take some SRW with him to the states ;-)

and he's probably not joking, steven works trougout all europe and is looking for lots off experience abroad.

cheers
wouter
 
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That translates to £2460.00 UK pounds.

The cost is astronomical and completely outwith the realms of reality. It would however look good in an abstract expressionist exhibition at the Tate Modern or Guggenhiem.
 
Thats a clean 5+ g's across the pond. Pocket change... Haha...

We use the GRCS quite often, incredibly handy a lot of the time, especially in multi-stemmed trees like elm or silvers... however, sometimes we bust it out for some redundant things and it ends up being a hassle to get stuff to the ground; where as just rigging tops out and blocking would be much cleaner.

Amazing tool to have in the arsenal, but I've worked with guys that had to do the dirty work before these devices were invented and they found ways match the pace. The key is finding when to rig with it and when not to.
 
First year using it so bound to be a couple hiccups here and there. "Incredibly handy" and "Amazing tool to have in your arsenal," sounds like I might have hit the jack pot once or twice, It's kind of implied that I was going in the direction of smart rigging makes the difference, to paraphrase my end statement better and pay a little homage to the old schoolers. Still learning and fine tuning my game, which is why I've signed up here, no need to hate.

...Maybe I put it on wrong... You insert the winch from the top... Right? :)
 
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