Found another use for the Safebloc

Benjo75

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Had a pine top that had blown out and hung in a White Oak with the butt stuck in the ground. So the top was still upright. Power company put the wires back up and left the top. The limbs were barely touching the ground wire and just a few feet from the hot wire. The top had 3 forks one of which was broken but still attached and upright. Instead of setting 3 separate blocks I ran 3 ropes through the Safebloc. We weren't letting anything run so rope on rope friction wasn't a problem. Set the main rope to the GRCS and the other 2 to portys. Pretensioned the lines and cut the limbs off. Then started blocking it off from the bottom.

If it hadn't been tied off the tops could have flipped and touched the wire. There was also a service drop a couple feet from the white oak on the opposite side of the tree. Couldn't really drop much. The job itself only took about an hour and a half and most of that was setting ropes and brakes. Just another advantage of the Safebloc. I've never seen it used this way but it works. Couldn't use in that configuration if you were letting ropes run. Unless you could find someway to keep it horizontal instead of vertical.
 

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Great application for that. We have done similar with using a double and single sheeve pullys, capturing the lines off the HOBBS with prussics attached by loop runners to the top of the HOBBS. That safe block was a good option. :thumbup:
 
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