Is it worth the money ????

[Arborbarber4]

I was thinking of purchasing a GRCS is it a valuable asset.Please reply

 

[Sunrise Guy]

Lots of old posts on this. Check 'em out. I have a GRCS and it is very useful. As you get used to it, you'll find different ways to use it.

FWIW, if you check out my site you'll see a few pictures of a limb that was perched over a storage shed. We rigged with my GRCS and when it was cut free it didn't move an inch! No ground crew using any type of bollard could take the stretch out of any ropes to the point that the limb would hang perfectly suspended as it did with the GRCS.

 

[Grace Tree]

I pulled this tree upright with the GRCS by myself and felled it at a 90 degree angle to the garage. I wouldn't be without it.
Phil

http://users.adelphia.net/~plsmallwood/leaner.jpg

 

[beowulf343]

I wouldn't be without it.

+1

Sure, most jobs can be done without one, but now that i have one i can look back and realize how much easier it could have made my life.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

What do you bill per crew hour?

If it saved you 1 hour per job used, how many jobs would it take to pay for it'self?

Do you have a "big saw" that gets used only a few hours a week? I've talked to seversal guys who won't by the GRCS based on price, but see nothing wrong with a 3120+36 in bar that is use on stumps 2-3 times a week at the most.

A block and winch will save you several hors per week, and make the intree work easier.

Picture a rig getting hung up where you have to down-climb to free it, then climb back up to continue. Using "The Winch", the gorund guys can crank it back up to free it.

You want to swing a piece over towards th block, but th angle is a little wide an the drop too far, The Winch can be used to pull the tip into the block as it hinges out.

You have a big job where you come down to break for lunch/water/potty whatever, the cam in the whinch spindle allws an easy belay to climb back up with some of your weight taken off your legs.

So many uses that makes things easier, and faster. One problem is that I often get ahead of the ground and need to stand in the spikes waiting for the rope back as they buck down the peice.

 

[NeTree]

As JPS said, if you're going to get the use out of it, it's well worth the money.

If it's going to get used two or three times a year, I'd take a pass.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

If it's going to get used two or three times a year, I'd take a pass.

If you climb trees regularly, your going to use it regularly

 

[Timberhauler]

I wouldn't be without one...We do alot of really big hardwood removals,and it's worth it's weight in gold.