Marc-Antoine
TreeHouser
The ratchet screw isn't designed for heavy lifting, either whole tree or thick hinge.
As Benjo said :
I've used one a couple times, maybe 10 years ago. It needs very few room to work and it avoids the hammer, but it's quite a big chunk of aluminum. The main problem is that the screw bites the wood just at the edge of the trunk by very few threads. It isn't really easy to drive in because the torque applied to the handle tends to pivot the screw side way instead of along it's axis. Surely a lack of training from myself but still.
I heard that the owner threw it away because the ratchet part went south, likely the steel wore the aluminum.
As Benjo said :
mostly for toppling tops or big logs.
I've used one a couple times, maybe 10 years ago. It needs very few room to work and it avoids the hammer, but it's quite a big chunk of aluminum. The main problem is that the screw bites the wood just at the edge of the trunk by very few threads. It isn't really easy to drive in because the torque applied to the handle tends to pivot the screw side way instead of along it's axis. Surely a lack of training from myself but still.
I heard that the owner threw it away because the ratchet part went south, likely the steel wore the aluminum.
