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What ever happened to Woody, I wonder? Interesting re-read. To more clearly restate myself, it seems to me, not necessarily true and open to learning, easier for someone poorly skilled to screw up a pull with a manual, either smoking a clutch or losing tension. If you have significant gear...

Negative rigging is often done on a running bowline, or marl or half-hitch preceding the RB. Be most concerned about cutting without certainty, or doing things when confused by the situation or frustrated.

There's a place for everything. As long as you don't run your clutch, stranding you vehicle where it is, you're golden. There is that problem of a learning curve. I've had an employee be more than willing to use my clutch to learn. The guy I mentioned, glazed his clutch down a steep...

aka FOGT in some references.

Is factory reverse typically geared lower (more powerful gear ratio) than first gear, in passenger trucks? Medium duty? Being able to see the tree, if backing away, sometimes helps.

4 low, and stick is different than plain stick, imo. I was warned about not pulling with a manual after my co-workers ruined the clutch on their bucket truck. I stand corrected. Maybe they're fine. I've definitely pulled things with my manuals before, just not hard-pull-trees. If it's a...

One on the gas, one with a little pressure in the brake... Two-foot driving. Manuals aren't good for pulling slow and steady, like an automatic or winch.

Try to get the redirect pulley AS LOW AS POSSIBLE AND SECURE. This will ideally lead upward to the truck, increasing traction. If your pulling directly with the truck, the rope will be above-horizontal, negatively. You really need throw line skills to get higher. A load in bed does a...