The rope won't slip in the winch when it's under tension. When applying the initial tension to the winch, grab the tail coming out of the winch and pull back several times with your full body weight. This will snug the rope into the slots cut on the drum. I keep a 50 foot length of 3 strand pre-threaded in my winch, with an eye splice and thimble on the pulling end for easy attachment to a prusik with a carabiner.
Cool. Thanks. We call that a Klemheist knot down under. The Prusik feeds back on its self in the centre. Maybe they're named different in northern hemisphere? Both very handy old school climbing knots.
This year I taught our daughter how to tie the Prusik for her safety line when she climbs up to her tree stand... honestly I never thought to use if for felling... Thank you....
1:50...equal to or lessen than. Good point. When your Prusik rope is bigger it straightens and twists the rope it's attached to. There are super strong climbing ropes of very small diameter that wouldn't cost much if you were worried about the strength of the Prusik loop. That is a variation of the Prusik loop I'm used to climbing. Thanks for the video.
Wow! Very cool. I've wondered about using cable (wire rope) when it was too long or too short. This could be the answer, use two cable, and cable to rope prusik to cable. Thanks!
This reminds me of my neighbor Bo. He cuts down trees for a living. I figure he will die doing that job. He bought a New John Deer tractor. On his next job he was failing a tree against a strong lean. They had just poured concrete and the tree had to go the other way. He hitched up two good 2500 pound ropes. He cut the wedge and part of the back cut. Then he culled with the tractor. He thought, I guess, he would just pull it over with the tractor. He broke both ropes and the tree fell over the concrete. He was lucky the concrete was not touched. Your doing a good job. Later
This was really helpful! It's the exact task i need to do, but i didn't know how. Thanks for teaching me about prusik knots and locking pulleys!
The rope won't slip in the winch when it's under tension. When applying the initial tension to the winch, grab the tail coming out of the winch and pull back several times with your full body weight. This will snug the rope into the slots cut on the drum. I keep a 50 foot length of 3 strand pre-threaded in my winch, with an eye splice and thimble on the pulling end for easy attachment to a prusik with a carabiner.
Well done and informative.
Cool. Thanks.
We call that a Klemheist knot down under. The Prusik feeds back on its self in the centre. Maybe they're named different in northern hemisphere?
Both very handy old school climbing knots.
I’m in the states and I call it a klemheist too. I know the knot from rock climbing, perhaps different user groups have different names for it.
This year I taught our daughter how to tie the Prusik for her safety line when she climbs up to her tree stand... honestly I never thought to use if for felling... Thank you....
Great video. That's simple enough to use. Take care and have a blessed day and I'll see you on your next video.
wow thanks for the demo that looks super handy.
1:50...equal to or lessen than. Good point. When your Prusik rope is bigger it straightens and twists the rope it's attached to. There are super strong climbing ropes of very small diameter that wouldn't cost much if you were worried about the strength of the Prusik loop. That is a variation of the Prusik loop I'm used to climbing. Thanks for the video.
Great explanation!
Well explained.
Wow! Very cool. I've wondered about using cable (wire rope) when it was too long or too short. This could be the answer, use two cable, and cable to rope prusik to cable. Thanks!
Thx for your videos … very instructive
Thank you. Great information
Do you think I could use my More Power Puller in place of the Maasdam Rope Puller? I have a few trees next to some buildings I need to take down.
This reminds me of my neighbor Bo. He cuts down trees for a living. I figure he will die doing that job. He bought a New John Deer tractor. On his next job he was failing a tree against a strong lean. They had just poured concrete and the tree had to go the other way. He hitched up two good 2500 pound ropes. He cut the wedge and part of the back cut. Then he culled with the tractor. He thought, I guess, he would just pull it over with the tractor. He broke both ropes and the tree fell over the concrete. He was lucky the concrete was not touched. Your doing a good job. Later
Good video. How did you get so muscular?
Always glad to see women making videos in this kind of genre, it's too male dominated. Cheers
My atv is not made to tow. I use a steel cable, 20 ton pulley block and my 4x4 Chevy . This gets it done much more safely.
There is no job so important that we can't take the time to do our job safely.