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If only I had time I would. Just got 'home'. I did sleep every night of this trip, which is different. Also a two week trip instead of one week. I didn't even get time to call 2 childhood friends over the last 2 weeks. Saw Miriam's brother for 40 minuted when he picked me up at the airport...

Someone gave me about 100’ altec 1.25” rope. So that’s what I use if I’m not using winch cable. Sometimes both.

I had a job where the tree must go this way. 110’ 50” DBH cottonweed slight back weight over the transmission lines for an industrial park. Big c-sucker of a tree slightly swampy ground so it was full of water. The city didn’t want to cut it, utilities said it was outside their ROW( doubtful)...

Why go larger than 3/4"?

I’ve tried flaking. Not for me. 😁

I’ve got a 200’ 1” that I flake into a 30 gallon garbage can, stupid heavy!

My ears are just fine because they put on hearing protection at the words "shotgun" and "loud"

You can make it here by 8:00.

Now my ears are ringing just reading that

Beautiful!

Amazing. I'm staying on the border of City of Chicago, in Oak Park, where I grew up. Light polluting is ridiculous. Never dark!

I just had to put down a cow for my sister. A shotgun in a 10,000 square foot tin can may just be the loudest thing I've ever experienced. :O

I broke on ancient 1/2" in a no-risk pulling a back leaner scenario. Idk what happened, as knowing the situation, i was ducked out of harm's way , down behind the machine. Remember that the rigging point is to be the weak link in the whole system!

I've snapped 1/2" quite a few times, and 9/16" once (Stable Braid) while pulling. he drama of the rope breaking isn't near as monumental as what happens next with the piece being pulled. I bought a 175' length of 7/8" StableBraid a. while back for a job I had pulling a really big tree. Wound up...

Ive only broke 5/8ths one time. Butt tied 40 or so inch by 40 foot log with my 36" dead eye. No more dead eye

go with 3/4“ and you have better ratio WLL. also terminate with large portawraps so you don‘t loose strength like with knots.

Agreed

5/8” or 3/4” amsteel II will pull everything. I think Stig had 1” amsteel II and pulled with a forwarder.

I am going out on a short limb and saying a 5/8” stable braid is strong enough to break the traction of any on road vehicle( four wheels) pulling on it from the dirt.

With new, good condition rigging line you’d have to work pretty hard, and be pretty stupid to snap it. As Kavey says, when it does happen it’s a lot less dramatic than some would have you believe. Others experience may be different.