Lumberjack
Banned
According to the Manufactors guidelines you could use the 1/4 in Black Widow, and a micropulley, keeping a good 5:1 bend ratio. The recomended minimum ratio is 4:1, and for $18 from Sherill you can get a lightweight system for small limbs. If you kept 10%WS then with the pulley, this rope, and an large 8 you could theoretcaly lower 700 pound peices!! I wouldn't put that load on it, but I like knowing that I could.
The Point I am making is that you could lower as much as you do on a 5/8" rope with a 1/4 inch rope. The whole system would weigh under 10 pounds, wereas the 5/8" rope would weigh more than that.
Carl
The Point I am making is that you could lower as much as you do on a 5/8" rope with a 1/4 inch rope. The whole system would weigh under 10 pounds, wereas the 5/8" rope would weigh more than that.
Carl