The Bring Along

[Old Monkey]

I was visiting our local outdoor supply store and noticed a sweet little come along in the display case. Its palm sized and light weight and could be carried easily on the back of a saddle. The owner of the store and I always have good chats and we spent a half hour plying with this little gizmo. Its well engineered and beautifully built. Its compact and yet very sturdy. It can back off easily under weight. I don't have a use for it yet but I am sure I will find one. When things pick up I'm buying one. The guy who makes them is here in Boise. I do not think they are making him rich or anything. I think the price is pretty close to cost. All of the specs are at this site:



http://adventureengineering.com/ae/bringalong_index.cfm

 

[MasterBlaster]

Why do I want it on my saddle?

 

[Old Monkey]

Small cabling operations, possibly tensioning lines for speed lining. I am not certain of its application yet. I just know I want one.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Ha. I have those feelings, too.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I could have used something like that to help swing limbs off targets... But as I never work alone.. I can do that with what I have and not have to apply any extra stress on the tree up in the tree. Same with speed lines... But it is a cool little handy gadget that's fur sure.. Can think of a couple pines I could have used it on in the past..

I think that would work well with some black widow rope also

 

[No_Bivy]

cool

 

[The Branch Doctor]

That thing is cool as hell!! I can think of several different situations where that would be VERY handy indeed.

I love it when I accidentally stumble upon a cool new gadget while shopping!!

How much did ya have to pay for it?

 

[Old Monkey]

Its gone on my wish list. Its $219.

 

[gf beranek]

It's kind of cool, and very well made. I contacted the company to see if they would donate one for demonstration in my rigging video.

We'll see where that goes.

 

[TheTreeSpyder]

Compact, easily stashable power. Looks like it was manufactured as a peace of art!

 

[NickfromWI]

That thing is pretty sweet looking! I could see myself getting one. I occasionally find myself trying to jury-rig tensioning systems in the tree on the spot when doing cabling. This could come in handy.

I'm going to email him to find out how much rope will fit on the spool.

love
nick

 

[NickfromWI]

What's the knurled brass knob for?

 

[SkwerI]

According to the instructions, it looks like it is used to hold the two piece handle together.

 

[wll]

I was visiting our local outdoor supply store and noticed a sweet little come along in the display case. Its palm sized and light weight and could be carried easily on the back of a saddle. The owner of the store and I always have good chats and we spent a half hour plying with this little gizmo. Its well engineered and beautifully built. Its compact and yet very sturdy. It can back off easily under weight. I don't have a use for it yet but I am sure I will find one. When things pick up I'm buying one. The guy who makes them is here in Boise. I do not think they are making him rich or anything. I think the price is pretty close to cost. All of the specs are at this site:



http://adventureengineering.com/ae/bringalong_index.cfm

very nice tool ta have in the bag o chipps

 

[gf beranek]

It's a labor of love and American made. It's rare this day and age to find such a product on the market, and so reasonably priced.

It's all machined from rolled and billet stock. Not castings out of sand.

As close to a fine watch it ever a come-a-long could be.

 

[Gord]

I wish there was a full size comealong built so well.

 

[brendonv]

Looks like a nice tool.

I've got a small frame lug-all I bought after using one where I used to work. Pretty light, with a pulling cap. of around 1500lbs. I love it.

 

[thattreeguy]

It's kind of cool, and very well made. I contacted the company to see if they would donate one for demonstration in my rigging video.

We'll see where that goes.

thats the cool thing about being you aint it GB, Free stuff, to play with and give a review of, most excelent

Hey GB, did you know Blake Stretton out of dinsmore?

 

[gf beranek]

Blake Stretton? No, I don't know him.

Getting freebies for demos videos is always nice, but most of the stuff in my videos is bought and paid for by me. Even if I only use it once.

Since my accident I haven't worked and so I have little need for any new equipment. Though people still want me to do demo videos for products, and so today I have to rely on them to supply the wares. In which case I generally ship the product back. Unless, of course, it gets destroyed.

Breaking a product is usually the last and the funnest part of a video demo. You might have seen the "Drop Load Test" Done with the GRCS and Hobb's lowering devices. It was the brainchild of Frans Smith, of Healdsburg, Ca. Wicked fun that one.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I like that video!