vicuna
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New Member here. I have been binge reading this forum. Would love a final opinion on this so I can be as safe as possible.
My goal is to use rope to help me with direction of felling a few trees. I am reasonably sure I can get them to go with a chainsaw - but a) I would like the extra safety and b) I would like to learn the technique now on some smaller trees so that when I have trees that truly need the rope, I am comfortable with it. So I'll be practicing / learning on small trees where if I mess up the direction, it won't hurt anyone or anything.
I am a homeowner on 10 acres (coming from a condo so I am somewhat new to this). I'd like to be self sufficient as much as possible. I will call in for professional help on anything huge if I ever need it. I have learned basic chainsaw skills over the year both with reading and the Game of Logging Class. they do have a live class on rope felling but looks like it might be many months until I can get to one. I'd like to get started so when I go there I have some knowledge.
My searches have led me to the Maasdam Rope puller kit - seems highly recommended here. and it seems simple enough to use. I understand about the need for a progress capture pulley.
1) Can someone please recommend a specific progress capture pulley for me?
2) also can someone recommend the slings I should use?
I have also come across the wyeth-scott power puller.
3) Seems like overkill for me - but I'm all for overkill if it will enhance my safety. Looks like a little bit more to learn with this one: I would have to learn how to tie a knot midline to connect the rope on a tree to the Power Puller. on the plus side it looks like I would not need a progress capture...and this thing looks to be very well built - so wondering if that would add to my safety? Is this worth looking into and learning the midline knot? or just stick with the simpler Maasdam. (I have no other use for the puller other than tree felling).
thank you for any info!
My goal is to use rope to help me with direction of felling a few trees. I am reasonably sure I can get them to go with a chainsaw - but a) I would like the extra safety and b) I would like to learn the technique now on some smaller trees so that when I have trees that truly need the rope, I am comfortable with it. So I'll be practicing / learning on small trees where if I mess up the direction, it won't hurt anyone or anything.
I am a homeowner on 10 acres (coming from a condo so I am somewhat new to this). I'd like to be self sufficient as much as possible. I will call in for professional help on anything huge if I ever need it. I have learned basic chainsaw skills over the year both with reading and the Game of Logging Class. they do have a live class on rope felling but looks like it might be many months until I can get to one. I'd like to get started so when I go there I have some knowledge.
My searches have led me to the Maasdam Rope puller kit - seems highly recommended here. and it seems simple enough to use. I understand about the need for a progress capture pulley.
1) Can someone please recommend a specific progress capture pulley for me?
2) also can someone recommend the slings I should use?
I have also come across the wyeth-scott power puller.
3) Seems like overkill for me - but I'm all for overkill if it will enhance my safety. Looks like a little bit more to learn with this one: I would have to learn how to tie a knot midline to connect the rope on a tree to the Power Puller. on the plus side it looks like I would not need a progress capture...and this thing looks to be very well built - so wondering if that would add to my safety? Is this worth looking into and learning the midline knot? or just stick with the simpler Maasdam. (I have no other use for the puller other than tree felling).
thank you for any info!
