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I just figured that since he wasn't posting about it any more, Jaime was using it.

They recommend lubricating the wire rope, aside from how is better slides through the puller and not rusting, apparently it aids in keeping the wire from kinking up, as the strands can move about better against each other. A light lubricant that can penetrate. When you buy from Tirfor, their...

There must be a cheaper way to replace cable for a Tirfor without going through one of their distributors. All I can learn about their particular cable is that it has a wire core, and not a fibre one, so it doesn't get compressed in the puller. Basically, all they seem to want to tell you is...

Bob, thanks for the wire tapering tip, very helpful to know. That wheel attached to the tree is inspirational!

Similar, yeah!

Cory, another handle might work better, I don't know. The critical thing is the degree of curve that the pick has, Too much or too little and it tends to not strike the log at a good angle to stick. Good point about the pick loosening up. What I did to prevent that was to epoxy the long end...

I think I posted this before. With the Pine Borer problem, the municipality pays half the removal fee up to about a grand, so we get a lot of those jobs. The 1 1/2 meter logs and brush have to be neatly stacked on the property with pesticide added and covered with a plastic sheet. I move a...

Willie, I splice cable, but the stuff I had to buy for the Tirfor came with a thimble and sleeve attached. In the future I'm going to just try and find that type of wire rope. It has to be a lot cheaper than what they stick you for when getting it through their distributor. Actually, the free...

Very nice, and the shoulder sling is a great idea.

Thanks for the head's up. I've done a fair amount of tig stainless welding, but was never aware of the toxicity risk. I took a tig welding course from Panasonic, my welder brand, and the instructor never once mentioned a fume hazard. Wonder if he knew? I had a couple day job once welding...

There's chromium content in stainless?

Agree, Bob, the Tirfors are really well made. For people that don't have experience with them, they have these replaceable pins that if you exceed the pulling capacity of the device, they break. Nothing gets buggered up, no bent handles. I haven't broken one yet even when pulling so hard that...

Thanks guys. The Tirfor wire bought through one of their distributors here was pricey, but disappointingly it came on a wtf cheap very poorly made thin wire ring. The welding on the thing looks like it was made by someone in grammar school. If the wire came on something decent, I probably...

Peter made his stump grinder, it's real cool to see it and how it progressed. I'm wondering what things people have made to assist in their work? Coiling up wire rope is kind of a bother, especially when tired at the end of the day, and I use cable for pulling pretty frequently. This Tirfor...