WTB GRCS Bit Driver

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I just picked up a M18 cordless for cabling and my GRCS. Wondering if anyone has a drill driver for it laying around. It seems outrageous to spend over $60 for a little drill adapter (until I think about taking the time to make one). Perhaps one of you fine chaps has one collecting dust?
 
Either you're overdoing it or underdoing it. The m18 hammer drill is too light weight for the winch. The m18 cordless superhawg is a tad heavy duty for cabling.

I need my bit, btw. *Very rarely*, but I do. Problem with it is that the grcs tangles up the rope - it goes too fast.
 
It’s the super hawg. Variable speed so tangled in low low shouldn’t be a issue? I plan on a variation of English reeve for hauling brush up bluffs.
And while it’s weight aloft seems like a tank I do bolt some big wood on occasion. Have a codom western red that is about 24” above the union and needs at least 3 bolts to stitch her back up
 
I find that 1/2" line is much less likely to tangle on the bollard than 9/16" You can still tangle things up in low gear, so make sure. you keep a fiddleblock set nearby to take tension off the bollard for untangling. Better yet, arrange the work so that the drill operator can keep their eyes on the GRCS rather than the piece being lifted.
 
cerviarborist said:
I find that 1/2" line is much less likely to tangle on the bollard than 9/16" You can still tangle things up in low gear, so make sure. you keep a fiddleblock set nearby to take tension off the bollard for untangling. Better yet, arrange the work so that the drill operator can keep their eyes on the GRCS rather than the piece being lifted.
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Thanks! Got plenty of half inch line. Just wish I had a 400’ hank. One thing at a time though
 
@evo on Friday I'll working a rigging workshop with shelter tree that involved the grcs. Greg good as well as several others who I know work with them will be there, I'll ask if anyone has one. Wanna pm me your email something incase anyone has one, I can try to get you in contact with them?
 
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evo said:
It’s the super hawg. Variable speed so tangled in low low shouldn’t be a issue? I plan on a variation of English reeve for hauling brush up bluffs.
And while it’s weight aloft seems like a tank I do bolt some big wood on occasion. Have a codom western red that is about 24” above the union and needs at least 3 bolts to stitch her back up
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Going all technical, eh? That will be a great tool for those applications. I'd like to see pics of the high line setup. Wish I had one! Couple months ago I forgot my m18 hammer drill and used my superhawg to drill a few 5/16ths cabling holes. They drilled out fast!
 
The M18 version of the Superhawg weighs about the same as the corded version. The difference is not having a the weight of a heavy duty power cord hanging off it while you're aloft.

I'm sure this isn't news to anyone using a drill with the GRCS, but I've found that pretensioning with the forward speed works well for me. After that I switch to reverse to get brute strength lifting capacity.
 
evo said:
It’s the super hawg. Variable speed so tangled in low low shouldn’t be a issue? I plan on a variation of English reeve for hauling brush up bluffs.
And while it’s weight aloft seems like a tank I do bolt some big wood on occasion. Have a codom western red that is about 24” above the union and needs at least 3 bolts to stitch her back up
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If you are only going to be working on one of the high line you might want to consider a Norwegian Reeve instead of the English. I think it would be easier to single hand a Norwegian reeve. And please take pictures. It sounds like some really cool rigging.
 
Santiago Casanova said:
If you are only going to be working on one of the high line you might want to consider a Norwegian Reeve instead of the English. I think it would be easier to single hand a Norwegian reeve. And please take pictures. It sounds like some really cool rigging.
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Minor change but saves a bit of line. I will look into it! Another detail is the haul back which I could delete. A simple line on the main load pulley to haul back would be sufficient.
I do have a job coming up in the next few months of removing ivy on a steep bank ( I wouldn’t call it a bluff, even though it has a slight vertical element to it). It would be nice to have a better gin..
 
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