Its a solid , well built piece. I like how fat the bollard is. My man on the drum has mastered taking up slack / pretensioning/ lifting pieces all alone. Always remember to pay serious attention to what's going on around you when dealing with any winching device.Your generally in a position open to exposure down at base of Tree. Senas are super tight with these devices ..The power of the stien is large...anchor points that are suitable for the force you may need to apply during any specific operation need be chosen well. As the climber avoid getting you body in anyway between anchor point and piece being removed. The pieces can come off fast if pretensioned then cut if you say mid ty instead of picking the tip certain or the butt . Choose your cuts carefully with consideration of forces and how the final result will react when winching..It ends up resembling crane work sorta.. Having a pole with a hook that can push the prussic from winch line up the rigging line has proved very useful for long lifts. Again make sure whomever is operating the stein is super aware.Get communication devices if you don't have them... Locking of the load line to reset the winch line is the greatest limiting factor as opposed to non stop pull from say grcs..one man has to lock off reset while two people its smoother..We'll sometimes setup bigger pieces if feasible,I'll come out of Tree to help finish with the winch. Usually needing it on shorter wide thick trees with close targats like houses. I really enjoy pretensioned static rigging. Not so much always needing to lift all that often.. All in all the winch is from a high quality company. It's pretty fast too. High quality all around. Price is right. I love it.
I have an old sturdy klien bag that the whole kit fits in perfectly. Fricking steins heavy duty right. We always say two guys on that bag if the minis not right there. Or of course it gets dibs on the arbor trolley tours too.
Glad to help Dre. I'm gonna get my film on soon I sweR
