Definitely seems useful and worthwhile. When compared to the Rigging Rope Wrench, some benefits would be that it racks more compactly on the harness, variable friction, and it has the swivel of course. Don't see any problem areas yet, and I can't say if I would use it on a regular basis without giving it a shot for a few weeks, but I'm looking forward to the opportunity to try it out, and find out where it really shines
this holds more than the RW, but the RW is far superior if you are lifting or pulling limbs up. this will do it of course but only with fairly small stuff or rigged double whip.
I love this concept of having a block that will reduce the shock load on a system. Will there be any plans to develop an XL version for large negative block rigging?
This is really cool! Kinda hard to really understand whats going on in all the various configurations demonstrated in the video. (Gonna have to rewatch and pause till I comprehend it.) It would be really nice if in the demstration video, you drew on the internal parts on the outside (with dry erase marker or something), so the viewer can more easily imagine whats happening with the rope inside. (Or mock up a clear side plate for the visual demo if you really want to get fancy) Still tho, an awesome innovation! Its so cool to see stuff being developed :)
I like this, nice and compact! Running, lets say, 250 lbs on a long ride, like 45 or more feet, and running it fast, does it heat up much? And I'm not kidding, its compactness is what I love about it, and the swivel. Nice work!
I started a solo tree service recently and I'm looking for a friction device that will help me slowly lower limbs to the ground. This looks better than those thimble devices. In the maximum friction setting will it slow down a 200 lb. limb without me holding the rope? Are there other videos of it in use? I'm really interested in learning more about it as I need a friction device soon. Thanks so much.
The main bollard is attached to the inside face of the cheek. Tension on the rope pulled the cheek closed. It works very reliably, but I do have plans for a button lock version. Cheers.
I got to try out a prototype of this thing. It was great when you have an overhead anchoring point. It handled some good sized sweet gum trunk pieces all by holding with our hands. Apparently the swl is in the 5-6 hundred lb range. Seems accurate to me! @porkbrick pls let me buy a prototype!!
