Man I tell you, Dave has probably forgotten more than most people will ever know about this kind of stuff. Thanks!!

I like the idea of the prusik knot. I've never thought about that thank you so much for that presentation I will use that as I do things by myself anyway. Thanks again for the video. Stay vigilant!

Thank you for all the great information you provide here. Your videos have greatly improved how I look at things around me and this is another. Such a simple tweak that I can use not just out in the woods but around the house as well. Thank you for all you do for us providing great information. God bless.

Wow. Just what I need to know. Explained completely. It took me all afternoon, but I found the guy I needed to watch. Thanks Dave.

Every time I see a new video from Dave I learn something new 👍and I know quite a bit more every time and I get new knowledge about every time 👍🫡and can’t wait for the next gathering 🎉❤

This is great demonstration. It's important to mention that these are prussic minding pulleys. The squared off ends are needed to release the rope from the pulley. Just saying if someone is planning on buying pulleys to set this up. Top notch demo!! Thanks.

What a cool application. Never a dull video on your channel sir. Thanks Dave.

Excellent tips! That prusik loop is a game changer.

Great tutorial. So many uses for this setup.

Simple yet brilliant! Thank you for sharing the knowledge.

Dave, thanks for the educational videos, I have learned a lot from you and your instructors from the Path Finder School, I can't wait until the next video. Until then, take care, stay healthy and God bless you and your Family always,

This one is most helpful! Thank you Dave.

Pure genius engineering. Excellent demonstration Dave.

A very instructive and worthwhile post. Thank you.

Great video Dave. I've used similar set- ups in building alot of different projects. You definitely added to my knowledge of pulleys. Thanks

Excellent video and thank you! Have used every single aspect of this in construction, bushcraft and camp setup. As a fisherman and professional mariner of 30 years thank you for teaching me something new! Just never thought to use a prusik like that!🤦👍

Wow! Love the progress capture using the Prusik!!! Thank you, Dave.

That is a very cool system. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Learned something new with this video. Thank you very much for the capture method.

Excellent video, Great Demonstration and tip.

I knew what I was trying to do but not the correct way to proceed . You have clearly described how . So grateful for your knowledge / video -Thanks

I was just thinking I needed to understand block and tackle last night so thank you very much, excellent video..

Love it brother... block and tackle is classic... nice upgrade with progress capture..!!!

Most valuable video I've seen in a month

Great information Dave…thank you!!

Great video! Hope you are having a wonderful day today 💙

now THAT is a very nice piece of gear. very nice dave

Awesome info as always Dave

Excellent video, I learned a lot in a short amount of time!

That's slick. Always learning more. Thanks!

Awesome video Dave, keep up the awesome work

Hey Dave. Nice idea. Appreciate that. Don from Oregon

Awesome vid. I've just found your channel and the stuff you teach is fascinating. Cheers, from New Zealand.

Cool idea Dave! Thanks brother

Cowabunga DC.! It's the best & simple idea. Will definitely implement it into our search & rescue procedures. Cheers mate. Hope Christmas & New Year will be kind to you & family including friends & affiliates. Cheers Cobber. Greetings from Australia.

Brilliant. I love videos like this

Great tip. I will try it out next elk camp.

Nice I just learned something and will be using this block and tackle system for now on

Really useful! Thank you Dave

Great solution, thank you

Thanks for this Dave!

This was fantastic thank you

Fantastic craftsmanship 👍

That is going to be a gear I will kind of or almost edc. Very nice! Thank you!

Good talk! I tell folks that you cannot be a woodsman if you don't have a copy of the Ashley Book of Knots. As a woodsman and general tinkerer around the homestead, knowing how to use rope and pulleys is not only important, but it's just plain fun. One thing Dave didn't touch on here that I think is critical is the size of the rope you use. I'm a traditionalist and prefer tarred manila, but whatever rope you choose needs to be big in diameter. You might not ever need the strength a bigger diameter allows for, but you'll always appreciate the ability to grip the stuff. Nothing in the world is worse than trying to pull a heavy load with some spindly little parachute cord or the like. Always opt for a minimum of 5/16" diameter, or 3/8". You can buy used pulleys from Arborist types. Just be very careful about buying cheap stuff from the Chicom Territories!

Great info as always. 👍🏻

Good stuff and similar to the principles of a Z-drag rope system as used in Swift Water Rescue.

Very cool system!

Thank you for this information.

Thanks for making the videos.

Good video. God bless. From Glenn CATT in Massachusetts.

Awesome video!!

As a lineman, we use block and tackle almost daily(we call them pee wee’s) they have a slit in the block that the fall line comes out of that pinches the rope, kind of like a cleat, that’s how you “capture your progress” a couple other tips, you can grasp all ropes with one hand and that you’d be amazed how easily you can hold a lot of weight with that friction with one hand. Also if you want extra pulling power, use one hand to pull the down line down, and the other to pull that same rope on the other end of the block up, gives you some sort of extra mechanical advantage

Very ingenious!

Great stuff Dave...

Thanks for the solution. I've tried hanging deer pulling with one hand and tying off with the other. I've never thought about the prusic knot.

This is genius, Dave!

Great video now I need to find those.

Sweet rig!Thanks

bloody great video.

That's pretty clever Sir 🤠👍

That was very kewl!

I couldn't come up with this myself, and I did try! No more fussing with the kayak, then...

The most useful rope hack!

Ty, this is very informative

Nicely done

Ingenious

Very nice, thanks

Thanks for that one.

That's a great tip or trick.

As suggestion: you might try a VT or Catalyst prusik. Those knots side more easily in the one direction, and they can be released under tension for an easier release of the load.

I'm gonna use this in my home brewery to hoist a fuckton of grain out of the kettle for my BIAB system. THANK YOU

Thanks Dave

Dave, you ought to put that together as a kit and sell them in you SRO store, I’d buy a couple.

You can also use a prusik to piggyback that mechanical advantage system on to another rope.

Good to know!

We use the same system for pulling wire at work.

Genius!

Slick!

Genius 👍

Dave. Something that would go well with this is a video on how to rig and shift a gin pole.

Hey Dave love the content I'm a maker and I have been building my skill set for making for 41 years and I've been working on making my own pully system from scrap and sir (yes I did daddy be upset if I didn't)thank you for the way you explained the progress capture I've my catch pad and pencil bout to catch fire by trade im a cnc / manual machinest and fabricator been thinking about a super light weight 3 - 4 wheel shackles , over kill? Or not bad if can keep the weight down

Thanks

where did you buy you pulleys from? Great tutorial.

I use the same system for cutting and pulling down trees.

If you don't want to wrap the rope between the pulleys, you can just tie and overhand knot with all 4 ropes just behind the pulley on both ends.

What pulleys are you using?

pretty smart.

Just saying , I think it needs Clevis pins , C hooks don’t cut it for me , that is for picking up heavy weights , other then that it is nice , I’ve been thinking about making a civil-emergency tool kit and having something like that in it

Clever. 😏

This would have been handy to know a couple weeks ago....

Holy cow

Nice demonstration, if you were just using a tree limb instead of a block and tackling, could you still use this braking system? It seems like it would work.

I used a similar rigging to lower a broken swing stage (about 1,000 lbs.) off the side of the Federal Office Building in Juneau, AK back in the 80s. I was using mountain climbing pulleys from REI. For capture, we used a pair of "Gibbs" ascenders (for ascending rope, mountain climbing gear from REI) tied off to two separate anchor points as "runaways". One man was lowering the unit, the other was holding the runaways open by hand. If something bad happened, the guy holding the runaways simply let go of the devices and the spring tension cammed them shut. The "fun" part was getting a secure bite to the suspension able and winching up to take the load off the shackle while kept it secured to the rigging beam at the roof. We didn't have enough line to let the block/tackle go all the way to the street more than one time... so we had it set up to simply run through the pulleys at roof level and had a roller for the line to roll over at the edge of the parapet. It all worked just fine, and we went to lunch after the rig was secured on the sidewalk below. We were doing the windows on that building when it broke down. We always kept harnesses and line with repelling gear on board so we wouldn't need to call for the local Fire Department to "rescue" if we were still able bodied. We didn't trust the boss' equipment, so we ALWAYS had self-rescue gear on the stage with us. I stored the hardware in a plastic pistol case with foam inside and had dedicated line bags for storing the line.

Is there a way to release the prusic break if this system is needed to say hold a bear bag higher up

Nice! Still a lot lighter than having a chain hoist.

holy fucking shit man. I'm an arborist, and I've been thinking about a good way to rig down pieces solo. somthing I can do while I'm in the canopy!! I'm gonna try this ty

Are you going to show how to do a gin pole lift to go with this ??

like what i use for crevasse rescue

Neat. Got a link for the parts?