Vertical Rig'em & Roll..."eucman style"

[MikePoor]

Vertical Rig\'em & Roll...\"eucman style\"

I just got my R&R grapple last week! I'm amazed by the thing! I was trying to figure out a quick way to make occasional vertical picks with the R&R. After some brainstorming & looking only at materials i had laying around the garage, i went simple.

 

[MikePoor]

Re: Vertical Rig\'em & Roll...\"eucman style\"

The: ropes, friction hitches, quick links, etc. are just for positioning the grapple to ALMOST vertical. Once you close the grapple, the R&R goes to whatever angle the stem is.

 

[MikePoor]

Re: Vertical Rig\'em & Roll...\"eucman style\"

Enough playing around at the yard! Where is a small tree with no targets below? Ah, an old topped elm with lots of vertical old watersprout regrowth.

 

[MikePoor]

Re: Vertical Rig\'em & Roll...\"eucman style\"

It was too easy to grab these. Once i grabbed the stems out over the yard (nothing under them- could've been dropped), the ones over the house were next.

 

[MikePoor]

Re: Vertical Rig\'em & Roll...\"eucman style\"

I put a tagline one the butt end to control swing. Since this was the first tree where i used it vertically, i took small picks to get a feel for it.

 

[No_Bivy]

Re: Vertical Rig\'em & Roll...\"eucman style\"

interesting....

 

[Colin]

Re: Vertical Rig\'em & Roll...\"eucman style\"

That's pretty awesome, Mike. You'd a thunk they woulda designed a bracket for it to operate horizontally already, eh?!

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Every click a different pic!

 

[easyphloem]

Re: Vertical Rig\'em & Roll...\"eucman style\"

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The: ropes, friction hitches, quick links, etc. are just for positioning the grapple to ALMOST vertical. Once you close the grapple, the R&amp;R goes to whatever angle the stem is.

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So the positioning ropes are not actually holding any weight? I'd like to see another shot of the setup. Very cool looking, and one of the things about the R&amp;R that I haven't liked is the inability to pick vertically.



SZ

 

[MikePoor]

Re: Vertical Rig\'em & Roll...\"eucman style\"

I didn't the positioners to carry the weight. So, i used friction hitches that would slip under heavy loads. In this case michoacan w/ only 3-4 wraps (just enough to position the 400-500 lb grapple)

 

[MikePoor]

Re: Vertical Rig\'em & Roll...\"eucman style\"

As the piece is laid down flat, the Michoacan friction hitch (excellent climbing hitch IMHO) slips to take tension off the positioner slings. On a side note: Big Thank You to Mark Adams for the article featuring the Michoacan! AND to Martin Morales for inventing it! I'll try to post some stuff soon!

 

[MikePoor]

Re: Vertical Rig\'em & Roll...\"eucman style\"

Hey NB, MB, &amp; EP, How are you guys doing? Yeah MB, the next R&amp;R is going to have a tilt option! Yes Easy, the positioners do hold a little weight, but just until the friction hitches slip. Even if the they broke, the piece would not drop &amp; would NOT even TILT! The R&amp;R swings freely on cable so it swings to whatever the piece is balanced out at.

 

[No_Bivy]

Re: Vertical Rig\'em & Roll...\"eucman style\"

When will the new tilt option be available?