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Figured i would add some more books I've found, here's a handy book concerning wire rope, covers socketing, some splicing, and a bunch of the finer points of wire rope. https://archive.org/details/AmericanTigerBrandWireRopeEngineeringHandbook And this one is cargo rigging, covers all sorts of...

Thx Tim, no i messed up on the original post, but i posted them in posts 82 - 84.

Saw a pretty cool column derrick in my travels, installing a water tower. Had my wife take a picture, let me tell you she was as thrilled as i was :lol: Sorry about the dirty windshield, the bugs have returned.

You could do one on each wheel, and only lift the wheel that you want to turn lol

Smart idea! I might have to do that on mine lol

Well share the love brother! Lol I'm in Illinois, so cheap stuff there doesn't help me here. I did make my own grcs tho, non self tailing winch off Ebay.

They are not cheap, sparkys use them for pulling wire too.

Lol my phone handled it fine. Google book reader helps

Another free ebook that is pretty awesome Material Handling Cyclopedia -...

Guy lines at the end work well... sometimes with a pulley setup or even a come along

That should work amazingly!!! Good thinking!!! I might have to copy that!!

How many are you planning on picking? A strap choked to the tree and then choked to the end of the boom works really well for 180 degrees of swing, and a chunk of carpet could be used to pad the trunk. The bottom of the boom simply rests at the side of the tree, this is how i usually rig one...

Kneejam, thanks for sharing that, and welcome to the treehouse!!! If you were looking for rigging nerds, you came to the right place :rockon:

Excellent work Gary, your extensive work experience ranging from trees, diving, and crane work, (and a bunch more I'm probably not even aware of!) is both humbling and inspiring. Thank you for sharing that. Great quick thinking and figuring it out with what you had to get it done.

I wanted to show some cribbing techniques that I've found helpful, and figured i would put this here in this thread because technically cribbing is a form of rigging. Working pipeline has shown me the value of knowing this stuff (didn't have a clue about it earlier), and is so handy i think just...

Was flipping through my Google books, found a few more free books that some may enjoy...

Wow just noticed this, and I'm quite honoured! As far as welding goes, it's been randomly spread out i think. If you have a specific question, i would gladly help if i can Edit: i did manage to find the long winded explanation of my disliking mig welders for home use...

Forgive my terrible drawing skillz. Basically you are using the weight of the truck to help add down pressure to a log deadman. Attaching the load line to the deadman itself would probably be much stronger, but it is a trick to hold a truck fast for winching. Basically it's an expedient wheel...

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