How heavy of logs/limbs do you guys rig with rope?

[Tree94]

Just a curious question, how heavy of logs/limbs do you guys rig on a normal basis using rope with a groundman?
Or how heavy of a load do you guys feel comfortable rigging with rope and groundman?

Id say I've never rigged anything over 500lbs ish.. (somewhere around there)
But I know some of you guys are more badass so I was just wondering..

 

[TheJollyLogger]

3/4 husky bullrope and a large portawrap positive rigging, I'd say I've gone 1500 plus, but it was a soft cut. Negative rigging I've probably never gone over a thousand.

 

[Tree94]

3/4 husky bullrope and a large portawrap positive rigging, I'd say I've gone 1500 plus, but it was a soft cut. Negative rigging I've probably never gone over a thousand.

wow, that's big

 

[TheJollyLogger]

That was oak, it gets heavy fast.

 

[climbhightree]

I look at it mostly in a length way, wood that is more than 10" in diameter usually only comes down in 6-8' lengths. That for us is a good length that the ground guy can still move the piece around some, and the mini can definitely carry it out.

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[no tree to big]

We have butt hitched some BIGGGG stuff that we couldn't reach with the crane or any farther with the bucket ( lots of room parkway trees) that weighed 2k plus I'm talking bucket is straight up 60 foot and the tips of the piece we cut touched the ground without letting it run or anything.

When we have lots of room to let stuff swing and run and burn we go big we go stupid big sometimes 1000 1500 regularly

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[climbhightree]

The biggest problem with going BIG is shock loading forces on the equipment. If you are within the WLL of them, and have the room, go as big as the crew is comfortable with.

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[no tree to big]

go as big as the crew is comfortable with.

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The whole crew? I'd have to rig 25 pound pieces if that's the case haha.


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[climbhightree]

The whole crew? I'd have to rig 25 pound pieces if that's the case haha.


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Climber and whoever is running the rope...for me that is the crew.

Shouldnt be just what the climber is comfortable with.

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[no tree to big]

Me and my climber work some magic. I've roped for a lot of horrible climbers so I've gotten pretty amazing if I do say myself

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[murphy4trees]

I;ve taken 1100 lb piece of oak on half inch rope .. but that was just for a video on reducing forces in rigging.. Piece maxed out the dyno at 2300 lbs.. most of the 5-6-700 lb pieces maxed out at 1400-1500 peak load..

 

[murphy4trees]

here's the dyno

 

[murphy4trees]

Here's a big tulip top coming over on half inch line

 

[CanopyGorilla]

pretty big. Fortunately our groundy is also a pro photog.

 

[Uzi]

We've riggged some huge pieces of green maple on a 3/4" husky rope with an XL porta wrap. Not sure of the exact weight but a skid loader with 2400 tip capacity wouldn't even budge them. We ended up loading them with the crane on our M977 which is 4500 LB capacity.

60" bar on the saw and my wife is around 5'10" if that gives a little scale.

 

[no tree to big]

We've riggged some huge pieces of green maple on a 3/4" husky rope with an XL porta wrap. Not sure of the exact weight but a skid loader with 2400 tip capacity wouldn't even budge them. We ended up loading them with the crane on our M977 which is 4500 LB capacity.

60" bar on the saw and my wife is around 5'10" if that gives a little scale.

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So you rigged that piece down?

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[Uzi]

No the trunk in that picture was only felled but we rigged 2 different pieces from that trunk that were the same diameter. Ill try to find a picture of one that was actually rigged down. I'm guessing it was 3-4ft. shorter that the one in the above picture. I should also mention there wasn't any targets under the tree by the time it was this low. If there had been I wouldn't have tried it there were some phone/cable lines running near by that prevented felling the trunk when it was taller.

Heres a shot of the trunk when it was upright.

 

[Zale]

Mini crane on the bucket. Nice.

 

[Uzi]

Mini crane on the bucket. Nice.

It is the best part of that truck I wouldn't own one without after using it. 1500 lb rating in any position makes so many things so much easier in tree work.

 

[CanopyGorilla]

We've riggged some huge pieces of green maple on a 3/4" husky rope with an XL porta wrap. Not sure of the exact weight but a skid loader with 2400 tip capacity wouldn't even budge them. We ended up loading them with the crane on our M977 which is 4500 LB capacity.

60" bar on the saw and my wife is around 5'10" if that gives a little scale.

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Son, no reason to use a huge bar on a little tree