Yup. End of the day, find a strong limb and hook a couple chokers to it and make a swing. Send yourself upmthe hill same as a turn of logs. Beat the hell out of walking. You know I'd always hold onto the choker too, just in case the limb broke, to be safe. Lol.
Many times if I was in view of...
Actually as I recall the yarder I ran the most you didn't set the brake on the haulback while pulling in on the main you just feathered it, there was no setting it otherwise you'd burn sh-t up. i can't recall the exact number of gears and the actual speeds but it was awesome to suck the load up...
Usually the haulback line has an accumulator brake that you just set some drag on to keep the spool tight while,pulling in on the mainline. F-ck me I've seen and pulled, beat, and repaired every make and manner of rats nest that you can imagine from people not setting accumulators and brakes...
Yarding. Cable logging was what I mainly did in the woods. The haulback is only needed when downhill yarding or flat i suppose but I've never yarded a flat block, not ever. Conventional scoops up all the easy ground. When uphill yarding no haulback is needed, way easier to rig and run. I've run...
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