Experiments with a gyn pole winch

[Sawset]

Setup in a couple minutes - enough time to drive a couple stakes and string a rope. Portable.
Most have a winch, or a hydraulic unit, or cable pulls, something like that. Maybe it's like my lack of a tv in the house, I found I couldn't remember to get batteries for the remote, guesse I'll need to find something else to do - or, I can never seem to get a winch in the cart to bring home, let alone setup.
The pointed attachment is a rafting dog, used for cabling rafted logs together:
(broken link removed to https://www.westechrigging.com/rafting-dog.htm)
The dog has the same angle of incidence as a splitting maul, yet small enough to wedge very tight. Twist it to break it loose. Blocks offer 6:1 reduction, so 150lb reduces to 25lb.

 

[Osage]

Setup in a couple minutes - enough time to drive a couple stakes and string a rope. Portable.
Most have a winch, or a hydraulic unit, or cable pulls, something like that. Maybe it's like my lack of a tv in the house, I found I couldn't remember to get batteries for the remote, guesse I'll need to find something else to do - or, I can never seem to get a winch in the cart to bring home, let alone setup.
The pointed attachment is a rafting dog, used for cabling rafted logs together:
(broken link removed to https://www.westechrigging.com/rafting-dog.htm)
The dog has the same angle of incidence as a splitting maul, yet small enough to wedge very tight. Twist it to break it loose. Blocks offer 6:1 reduction, so 150lb reduces to 25lb.

Excellent work Sawset !

 

[Sawset]

Truck is parked on a 10% slope. Made for easy work. I would have wanted to tip them onto the trailer, but its back in a ways, and kind of hard to get at. The rafting pin holds - if the hammer puts it in, them it takes a hammer to knock it loose.

 

[Bspring]

Excellent post. I would like to see more like this.