I think Rocky speaks from experience..
I broke a rope once, thinking I was "helping" by reducing shock load... the limb acted like a giant lever, which I only realized was an issue afterwards... SO it is a fair warning.. and of course that limb was HUGE, so not that much of an issue on most...
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Here's a video I put up in 2011, but unlisted it after I realized it was incomplete, specifically about a point that Rocky often makes...
most of that vid was made in the winter of 2014-15...
I just made it public...
And negative on the skid steer.. I use the SS to lift a limb, but not pretension... just sweat in the lines.. put a couple guys on it if needed....
this is a variation of the rigging used to swing horizontal limbs a long ways before they drop in order to clear a house or other trees etc.. Kenny (treespyder) originally wrote about swing rigging by tying off near the COG (center of gravity) and pre-tensioning the rigging line back on...
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