Push over trees with a small compact?

   / Push over trees with a small compact? #61  
Oh, c'mon. All you need is a snatch block used in reverse, doubling the amount of cable it can pull.
Can I get one of those "pull extenders" from an interweb discount outlet?
 
   / Push over trees with a small compact? #62  
Probably shouldn't be using a steel line at all, not enough stretch.
Suggest
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keeps pulling even after you stop ;)

Myself, I want no stretch when directing a tall tree down. I want to know exactly how much effort it's taking to displace the tree in the direction I want it to fall.


I trust gravity that much! And my hinge cuts just a little less ;-)

It's the wind that really gives me concern.
 
   / Push over trees with a small compact? #63  
Myself, I want no stretch when directing a tall tree down. I want to know exactly how much effort it's taking to displace the tree in the direction I want it to fall.


I trust gravity that much! And my hinge cuts just a little less ;-)

It's the wind that really gives me concern.
Different scenarios, in my view. When just holding a tree to protect an obstacle, and using wedges and/or gravity to push it over, then yes... no-stretch line is best.

But when pulling a tree up and over it's point of balance, the classic "reverse leaner", I can see where ning's stretchy-rope argument has merit.
 
   / Push over trees with a small compact? #64  
Myself, I want no stretch when directing a tall tree down. I want to know exactly how much effort it's taking to displace the tree in the direction I want it to fall.
Agreed. This goes along with my dislike of cutting into a tree when any line on it has been pre-tensioned. It increases probability of barber chair, as mentioned several pages back.
 
   / Push over trees with a small compact? #65  
Agreed. This goes along with my dislike of cutting into a tree when any line on it has been pre-tensioned. It increases probability of barber chair, as mentioned several pages back.

I learned long ago..

"There are as many was as there are men!"

And that is a salute to the many men in the world!
 
   / Push over trees with a small compact? #66  
Ropes with lots of stretch are great for climber fall arrest or using a rubberband effect to pop stuck vehicles out of mud but I'll stick with the consistency of a stout 3/4" static bull rope with a 5-1 fiddleblock pulley block attached for dropping trees. I use the same set up even if I plan on pulling with a truck or tractor.

Fiddleblock attached to bull rope.
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Fiddleblock attached to anchor.
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As for the well covered subject of pushing over trees with a compact tractor - Yeah no, LOL.
 

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