lowerin devices...what do you think???
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ropensaddle
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The funny thing 20 foot fall your just as dead as 200 footJust sitting here thinking. Some new members really crack me up. (And i'm speaking as a relative newbie to this site myself.) They may be the big fish in their little pond but they're in the ocean now. For example, i've been top climber for the the last couple years in my neck of the woods, yet there are guys here that could take me to school without even breaking a sweat. Guess it all depends on our experiences. 90+ feet is a decent sized tree to me yet have worked with guys from a different climbing background that just laugh at something that size. There is a wealth of experience on this site if you are just humble enough to accept it. Well, guess i'm done rambling.What was this thread about? Oh yeah, lowering devices-grcs for me-sometimes wonder how i worked without it-definitely makes life easier!
Rickytree
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ya and that was just one of the trees today. started it at 9 and finished at noon. the one tree had triaxle and a half of wood in her.
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
They are great for any one that can afford them they
are overpriced like most arbor gear I use my winch on
free spool the drum on the shaft end three wraps lowers
and if need pull hold tight on tail and you have more than
you will on grcs.
are overpriced like most arbor gear I use my winch on
free spool the drum on the shaft end three wraps lowers
and if need pull hold tight on tail and you have more than
you will on grcs.
ricky whats a triaxle? on lds got da kk model yer talking about canyon a good starter
for sure use it to make cash for a grcs,btw (GRCS)it is worth every penny and you will make it back in increased production, if your dead set on a kk brake we could probally work it out for mine to get ya started to a grcs, ricky welcome to the site.
chipper winch????
Rickytree
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triaxle
a triaxle is a dump truck with 3 axles. the problem is where i live and close too it there are alot of topped trees. example of one i took down on my website. and the tops just don't seem strong enough to go really big.like below the last topping. so the limbs have to be brought down one at a time. the big one on the site gave me a chance to experiment alittle. like putting the bull rope half way up the branch and cutting it off at the bottom. worked great was able to control the butt with my hand. thanks for the welcome!!! cheers
a triaxle is a dump truck with 3 axles. the problem is where i live and close too it there are alot of topped trees. example of one i took down on my website. and the tops just don't seem strong enough to go really big.like below the last topping. so the limbs have to be brought down one at a time. the big one on the site gave me a chance to experiment alittle. like putting the bull rope half way up the branch and cutting it off at the bottom. worked great was able to control the butt with my hand. thanks for the welcome!!! cheers
John Paul Sanborn
Above average climber
I had one yesterday that was all of 75 ft, if not more. Nice catface around 30 ft up.
I footlocked up an adjacent tree, did the deadwooding on that one, set my line nice and high, swung over to the catfaced removal.
Started the brushing it out sans gaffs, then had them sent up whe it was more of an effort to move around without them.
Used the GRCS to rig out big tops since this was over a deck and in a heavilly wooded area. My client (the primary contractor) did not want any trees dinged up in the least.
I was able to jump and spear cut a few sections out, but most of the top was rigged.
Then i pushed off double and tripple firewood lengths onto some brush below.
All told, from out of the truck to taking my saddle off was 2.5 hrs. (2) 75+ ft cotton woods after lunch, one deadwood one removed.
But then these were stand-grown, so I was able to use the 18 inch bar on my 346 down to about 10 ft.
The funny part was that it was a huge house-in-the-woods with monster deck and landscapeing. It took over 45 min to haul all the gear back out. (I had 4 ropes out, since I was using a retrievable block and tag line before lunch)
I footlocked up an adjacent tree, did the deadwooding on that one, set my line nice and high, swung over to the catfaced removal.
Started the brushing it out sans gaffs, then had them sent up whe it was more of an effort to move around without them.
Used the GRCS to rig out big tops since this was over a deck and in a heavilly wooded area. My client (the primary contractor) did not want any trees dinged up in the least.
I was able to jump and spear cut a few sections out, but most of the top was rigged.
Then i pushed off double and tripple firewood lengths onto some brush below.
All told, from out of the truck to taking my saddle off was 2.5 hrs. (2) 75+ ft cotton woods after lunch, one deadwood one removed.
But then these were stand-grown, so I was able to use the 18 inch bar on my 346 down to about 10 ft.
The funny part was that it was a huge house-in-the-woods with monster deck and landscapeing. It took over 45 min to haul all the gear back out. (I had 4 ropes out, since I was using a retrievable block and tag line before lunch)
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
Twenty ton bucket
winch with shaft to one side to mount drum!
ayuh sounds a tad stronger than the old grcs
John Paul Sanborn
Above average climber
But can you pick it up and carry it into the woods behind the house, or into a small old-town back yard?
Magnum783
ArboristSite Guru
I built my own one like the kk one and love it but am doing just was Jmak said saving for a GCRS so soon as I get enough I will have one. Before you guys jump of the handle about me making one I am a certified welder and it was X-rayed prior to any use. I also had one of the KK ones to measure before atempting anything.
Jared
Jared
treevet
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I ve had a Bollard since they came on the market. Ratchetting friction devices look fantastic and I ve seen them work many times at seminars. That GRCS looks like something I would buy if I wasn t worried, knowing myself when there is a shot to take with a big lead or log I wouldn t be inclined to take it off the tree and put it back on. I d probably smash and destroy it at some point. I slammed my bollard once and I had it reinforced and it s a load to carry around. Prob smash a GRCS and you re S. O. O. O. L.
John Paul Sanborn
Above average climber
I've slammed big wood into my GRCS, busted a handle, bent various pieces... the spool is none the worse for wear.
I abuse my gear. If it were delicate I would not own it.
That sait, I find it prudent to have them remove it when I start crashing stuff down left and right. Don't want to take unnessesary chances.
I abuse my gear. If it were delicate I would not own it.
That sait, I find it prudent to have them remove it when I start crashing stuff down left and right. Don't want to take unnessesary chances.
Rickytree
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I second that motion!! bring a shovel and your good to let them go.
treevet
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I had a limb on a pin oak today half way over a house that I could have used some crank on. I shot a bean bag into the end of it and bean bagged a crotch but the crotch gave no turn either way and it was the only relevant crotch. I had a tag line on it but when it finally got moving off the roof it detached. It worked out ok but again if I had some crank on it it would have been "no worries mate". Do they nail you for replacement parts?
i know you guys on this thread are taking out trees fast but the grcs is amazing, the kk ratching bollard is realy tuff to crank up with and it can and has shot up the the tree if not set in a chainsaw notch, scary! for hauling back limbs you could go with a pole, gibbs and a fiddle block and even make your own, i waited for years to get a grcs, i wish it was the first purchase i could of saved, building rigging equip, around the grcs, on my second one yeah you can break em too j
treevet
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jmack, you say you re on your second grcs? They must be good if you replaced one at that cost. I guess it was totalled? Also is there some reason the grcs won t run up a tree if not notched in? I m on the verge of buying one but my gm gets confused w the porty and hes been using it for 5 years. He can handle the bollard (duh).
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