Sean, I've used the capstan to move logs up an incline, but never to pull a tree towards the lay. No experience with a Lewis type. Pulling a tree with a winch cost my bud and myself eight thousand bucks to repair damage. Take up was too slow to combat side drift from a big limb. I'm not...
Willard, that's really interesting about putting in a kerf below the back cut to help the split out of the strap when pulling with your vehicle.
One thing is also getting to know your pullers like with specific tree species when pre-tensioning. We normally pull Pines here, killed by bugs or...
I'm with Willard on trying to stand up a back leaning tree asap before putting saw to wood. The sooner you can get the tree leaning in the right direction with still wood that can me cut, the more it seems that success is insured. With a slow pulling implement, watching the top is enhanced by...
I pull a lot of dead trees, and I figure that with one that you want the holding wood not to break before required direction is achieved, the most hinge wood possible is best. Gary, what are you pulling with accented by the advantage set up? If you don't have the power to get a tree over...
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