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tying the block to but hitch this piece: weighed in at 550 and peaked the meter at 1550... again no run in the line ps.. ya I got a little side tracked.. would never use the crosby on a dynamic load on something that heavy.. It might work, but why bother...

here's the biggest piece we did all day.. 1100 lbs.. 3 wraps, no run at all.. it was all stretch in the line and this is where it ended up.... shock load maxed out at 2300 lbs , just over 2x weight.. that says a lot about true blue eh? No doubt there's a bunch of folks here that think it says...

I was going to get into more experimenting with the crosby today , but instead brought out the dyno, hooked to to the skid loader as a ground anchor. the rigging system was one block set up about 20-25' in this dead dead oak, as a redirect, and one block in a high central lead. We lowered pieces...

looks good.. give it a go today

I was thinking just an extra wrap. I'd have to think about it too hard to figure if the half hitch would work.. I'll just try it and get back to you. Maybe tomorrow.. doesn't seem likely that the crosby would slack up enough to lose its grip, but it only has to happen once to make it another...

I've worked with some big strong climbers that could one hand some big limbs... none of them would have tried to one hand the above limb... I got my second bucket maybe 10 years ago. I was cutting and chucking my max on a regular basis... both elbows got bursitis, which was just a puffy pocket...

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pXDOICITvuc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> That crosby hook made this job go a lot faster..

this limb was 15'+ long... Once it was hung I could just barely lift it up with one hand to unhook it with my free hand.... It was over the deck and tips brushed the roof as it dropped. There was no chance of damage with this set up and no chance of holding that piece with one hand...

1) because the lowering line was run through another part of the tree and wasn't worth going to get and re-position for two cuts... other situations might require its use as well... suppose there was an obstruction and it couldn't be lowered straight down... or for working solo 2) we live or...

that's about right. I got them from a supply house. not sure of the name right now.. I think it's best to be able to tie on and take off as needed, thus the short sling... good stuff IMO it wold be nice if treestuff would sell the hook by itself as they do with the rigging rings (even though...

I AM happy paying 65ish for the hook alone... can't go wrong at that price

limb is 15' long.. boom out of reach, limb over wires.... or even if the piece is too big to handle when dynamic, but can be lifted and unhooked when hung... don't need it often but its pretty quick on and off.. I got bursitis in both elbows right after buying my previous bucket.. had to adjust...

here's a better pic, adjusted to show the sling is girth hitched... That's a pretty sizable oak limb, growing out over the wires... easy to slice when its hanging.. from the bucket of course.. less use if you're in a saddle

I keep this short sling with crosby permanently attached in the bucket.. don't use it on a regular basis, and it does come in mighty handy in certain situations. I moved rigging points around 15 times yesterday. All with multiple rigging points through various combinations of blocks, shackles...

used the crosby yesterday like this... keep it on a short line in the bucket for easy on/off on when hanging a piece off itself

working from the bucket on most jobs.. with a skid steer on the ground, the rigging goes pretty quick.. not a lot of time needed to re-position and handle the pieces between cuts... tie it off and cut as soon as the rope comes back.. It looks like a valuable time saver to me... a few seconds per...