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I have my own attachments, but the crane outfit i have called in of late brings their own, usually eye to eye wire rope. It all works. Preference is wire rope with a shackle. I don`t mind the headache ball, or here it`s a collar, up close. With conifers, knowing it`s clear of limbs and such...

Have used both clevis and simply an eye choker. Not a biggee, but I like the clevis for the added weight when slinging around a tree, and when dropping the hook down through a crown, it doesn't have to get so low and possibly run into more shit to need to take the eye off the hook. Another...

Another negative for spider legs is the guy on the ground not infrequently having to do gymnastics to get everything untied, especially with the half hitches also around the limbs and with wide spreads.

I agree with your premise, Chris, to only use what is necessary. Our spider legs are three legged, and two often suffice, where one might as well. i can't agree with the statement that a spider leg arrangement can be made non essential all the time by a single attachment (you didn't say that)...

Spider legs aren't a gimmick to make money, if you have seen the advantages with using them and make them up yourself. A person like MB with his experience, I wouldn't begin to try and convince to use something that he questions the merits of, but for the sake of discussion, I can say that I...

I don't at all see the single choker approach as a better way to get broad limbed picks to the ground. Multiple attachments reduce twist or tipping by evening out the load. Have seen it time and time again in crane work, with spider legs being a much more gentle way to get the load settled...

Shackle pins don't much bother me, but I do think about the possibility of mistakenly swallowing one.

Slings were never popular here from what i have seen. Wire rope all the way, pretty much with a shackle. Spider legs generally go with rope.