That top Jim bombed off had a fair fall in it and I had a house roof and fence to clear, good roping means watching the tip of that brush ... giving slight resistance to turn it so tips are down then judging the swing and maxing out the run till you just miss everything ............
.......... that's as smooth as she'll ride. Now with a GRCS I would have pulled that slack in on the way down and been able to get it even smoother. On the log we lowered with the GRCS I would have winched it off.
But it does show how smooth the porty can be if the operator knows what he is doing, if the operator doesn't hang on and hold stuff up, doesn't over wrap and wears gloves so heat from letting things run doesn't bother your hands.
On sections that need to run I ensure there's plenty of free rope behind me to slip through my hands. Also, between the porty and I, I have slack, the lowering rope hanging almost to the ground so I know the first say 1m will have no resistance from me just the device.
See diagram, also,
dont stand under the load or in swing path of the load ... treat each load as if were to break what would happen. No need for struck by's or flat foot in this job.
