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:thumbup: I can see it being within wll and safe and efficient hand tight. This group of firs is next to primaries. Would be nice to hang marketable lengths... Log buyer is just across downtown.

Roger that! Thanks. I'll look into a grcs video. Is it such that the shock load is negligible enough to not pretension, if a power drill is readily available?

Good thing I have blocks for fair leads. A bid to submit calls for removal of 4 large firs, on top of each other, in a row. Winching onto a gin pole action. Stuff to learn. Tricks to pick up. Feeling like a bigger fish with a GRCS, ya know, a milestone, and a useful component component in...

The ratchet straps holds the top of the POW upwards. The anxious strap on the bottom, as usual.

Fwiw, a choked $4 ratchet strap, with the ratcheting buckle hooked to the top of the POW, does wonders to prevent flop.

I learn so much here! Are bollards milled, not welded? Why bollards but not POWs?

Treebuzz has a lot of gear for sale on Treebay. BTW, there is a GRCS for sale. I just bought one on TreeBay.

A good welder could easier build you a new one, or just pick on up on TreeBay.

Seems like rope glazing on expensive bull-ropes would balance out increased expenses on hardware, but for some reason people don't make them. Seems like a larger drum with less room for wraps on a shorter barrel might work better for bend radius, at least. Certainly a successful design, just...

Essentially a piece of pipe with handles and rope guides around which the rope is wrapped a variable amount for variable braking force. Some large bollards for lowering are aluminum, like the GRCS. Is the Hobbs all steel? http://www.treestuff.com/store/catalog.asp?item=16862

Since aluminum dissipates heat better than steel, and you can build them as strong as needed, why doesn't anybody make them?