Wood is strong under tension, weak under compression.
I only use mine a dozen hours a year or so and it still makes me enough money I could replace it each year. Sure, you could do it another way almost every time. I'm completely fine with you doing that.
If I didn't have a manlift that can...
Haha.
With that setup you can move the main line's rigging point around by adjusting the second line's length before lifting with the main line.
Only "needed" it once, made major bank doing it.
3. One for the main line, one for the drift line to run over, and the third pulley on the end of the second line with the main line running through it.
There's nearly 1k GRCS's in existence. I'm fine with being in the minority.
With a GRCS on each line it's frickin rediculous what you can do.
Charley Wagner and I set up a similar system (with 2 GRCS's) to get a white oak down that was over a specimen Jap Maple. The only difference was I stuck a block on the end of the drift line instead of tying 2 ropes to the...
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