Fabricating + Testing PORT-A-WRAPS

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3 жыл бұрын

Welded 4 different styles of port-a-wrap: mini, large, trailer-hitch, and bollard. Used for controlled rigging of heavy limbs, trees, and objects using rope.
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@AshInTrees Жыл бұрын

30 degrees and somehow raining! Haha I love it.

@Daniel_4.27 2 ай бұрын

Making a portawrap for the truck was genius brw need to mass produce and see them

@metaspencer 2 ай бұрын

Yeah it's come in handy for sure!

@rickyserna1734 8 ай бұрын

Thank you

@Sethhaun78 Жыл бұрын

Yep

@Billster1955 2 жыл бұрын

How fun to make your own gear. I'm still hoping to have a few acres in the country with a pole barn and room to organize my tools when I grow up.

@SteampunkSteve 3 жыл бұрын

Nice selection of port-a-wraps. I've always liked making things instead of buying. That's what winter days are good for

@metaspencer 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly: fabrication is a winter survival strategy for those who don't drive south to Baja :)

@purryegbert8609 Жыл бұрын

Amazing. I love it.

@dragan3290 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome job!

@metaspencer 2 жыл бұрын

Big thanks!

@InDisTREETV 3 жыл бұрын

Innovation is the product of necessity.... stay save stay healthy

@metaspencer 3 жыл бұрын

There ya go. I really needed one of these about a month ago when I was wrapping around the base of some nearby trees. So good to have. Take care man

@carolinegray3150 3 жыл бұрын

We are fine thanks

@rickstafford5316 Жыл бұрын

Nice shop & testing. It’s good to be able to make what you need

@metaspencer Жыл бұрын

Absolutely man. Thanks for checking out the project

@ThrottleStopRacing 3 жыл бұрын

Great video

@metaspencer 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy! Sounds like you dropped a few videos yourself ... off to check them out!

@redbudfarm 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool that you can turn your ideas into reality Spencer!

@metaspencer 3 жыл бұрын

Big thanks! It's been fun working on these

@carolinegray3150 3 жыл бұрын

Good video 👨‍🔧

@metaspencer 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I hope you and your husband are doing well

@waynegriswold8953 2 жыл бұрын

last week i was just talking to my uncle about making a porta wrap and by chance i find this video! its meant to be!!!!

@metaspencer 2 жыл бұрын

You're gonna love it!

@aarondo7289 3 жыл бұрын

I’ll never use one of these, but I was fascinated through every step of this process. Thanks for inspiring us to create beeftastic solutions!

@metaspencer 3 жыл бұрын

They're definitely specialized tools that not many people have used. It's funny: after doing this project I kept thinking about making the most common tool ... like maybe a screwdriver? Thanks for checking it out

@gamersanonymous4me131 2 жыл бұрын

There are phenomenal for making a 600lb limb with the line going to a pulley not lift your 200lb body straight up into the tree. With the increased friction of the wraps they lower the amount of force needed to slowly lower things, its not a block and tackle but works similarly but much easier and much less line.

@CaptK-py8rq Жыл бұрын

Dude! Most excellent!! Just subscribed too!!!

@metaspencer Жыл бұрын

Good to hear :)

@williamkeehn3637 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting and I never seen anything like that before So it's cool and you can build something that works

@metaspencer 3 жыл бұрын

They're definitely rare tools but super useful for tree workers. I should make a common tool next, just for fun ...

@thomascarhart928 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work!!! Nothing like your imagination at work

@metaspencer 3 жыл бұрын

Big thanks! Yeah, had some fun with it

@BRIDGEBURNERSTV 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool. I’ve been wanting to make one of these, as I’ve just received some scrap metal. Your designs are very clever. Thanks for the great ideas.

@metaspencer 3 жыл бұрын

Most excellent. You're gonna like what you come up with

@megadosevitaminc8774 3 жыл бұрын

Nice. This is on my to do list.

@metaspencer 3 жыл бұрын

Most excellent man. For those trees you've got out there, I'd say build it BIG :)

@megadosevitaminc8774 3 жыл бұрын

@@metaspencer . For sure...

@Gary-pc2uv 3 жыл бұрын

Bollard for the win! Nice job man!

@metaspencer 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Thanks for checking it out, man

@p3l1k44n1 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like a great tool to use out in the bush.

@metaspencer 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. And hey: I started working on that tractor tour/overview vid ... thanks for that idea

@p3l1k44n1 3 жыл бұрын

@@metaspencer i love tractors and other diesel machinery. Thats why i became a truck driver

@joefunk2137 3 жыл бұрын

You is one smart fella! I seen a Poulan Pro on a shelf, she looked Majestic!!

@metaspencer 3 жыл бұрын

You spotted it! Yeah, put some gas in the Poulan Pro the other day just to hear it roar. Not a bad saw by any means. :) thanks man

@Trolldaddy5 2 жыл бұрын

The second porta wrap is great the problem is your using it wrong. You should look up a video on how to use one and I think itl be your favorite one to use. Your anchor rope is on the wrong ring once you switch it will be mid line attachable. You will fold the rope to make a bite, stick the bite throw the eye and over top of that pin then you wrap towards the two pins at the other end.

@metaspencer 2 жыл бұрын

Good eye and point taken. With practice and some advice I got the hang of the attachment method in the months after making these. Great tools. So valuable.

@carlobernardi1387 3 жыл бұрын

I realllllllllllllllly need a shop like yours...all the things I could do... Very cool ... always thinking outside the box 😆😆😆

@metaspencer 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah man, I'm super lucky with this current shop -- my last one was tiny. Thanks for checking it out

@AshInTrees Жыл бұрын

I love the hitch port a wrap. I had a similar idea about two years ago. Welding a port a wrap to the frame of a bucket truck. It wasn't my truck so I didn't get to try haha

@metaspencer Жыл бұрын

oooo, that welded-on porty would have been pretty sweet. There's nothing quite like being able to tie off to a vehicle

@jrstrange123 Жыл бұрын

I personally would not rely on the weight of the truck for any type of heavy rigging. But a great idea.

@metaspencer Жыл бұрын

Point taken

@briankelly2886 9 ай бұрын

Funny, I was just thinking about this yesterday!

@metaspencer 9 ай бұрын

Gotta do it!

@briankelly2886 9 ай бұрын

@@metaspencer OK, I did ! Built a bollard lunchtime.

@metaspencer 9 ай бұрын

@@briankelly2886 Boom! I bet it works great ... nice to have options out there when it comes to controlling pieces

@Cdnjardinagem 2 жыл бұрын

Olá amigo muito obrigado por vc compartilhar suas inteligência que Deus te deu

@metaspencer 2 жыл бұрын

Obrigado pelo comentário agradável! Fique bem

@thescenicroute4712 2 жыл бұрын

@metaspencer just finished my own, based closer to the buckingham.. one thing I notice is the potential for the rope to unscrew the clevis pin

@metaspencer 2 жыл бұрын

Crank that pin down tight! Sounds like a great build

@romualdasmarcinkus7879 Жыл бұрын

that's a fantastic demonstration man! I learned old school, use a stub up in the tree to wrap onto, wrap the rope around the trunk of an adjacent tree. I've wanted to get a porta wrap, because sometimes the stub isn't in the most coinvent spot, or the tree trunk either. Being also a welder, couldn't bring myself to spring for over $200 in some cases for one. That price is just a rip off to me. I thought about making one for a while. Thanks

@metaspencer Жыл бұрын

Those wraps you describe are the old school, long tested way to go -- still works in most situations. You're gonna love the device when you make it though

@spelunkerd 2 жыл бұрын

That's very creative, you earned my sub on this one. I made my own portawap, but took the mindless approach of just copying the popular design on the market. Problem is, steel is very expensive these days. Love your shop!

@metaspencer 2 жыл бұрын

Good stuff! Yeah, I try to. weld with as much scrap as possible. Cool to hear that you made your own!

@jaymartinrealtor7736 2 жыл бұрын

You should test the port-a-rim.

@metaspencer 2 жыл бұрын

That port-a-rim isn't as bad as some may think. Lots of surface area :)

@hosocat1410 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if you could rig a boat trailer winch to the bollard and fabricate a version of the stein rcw? Great video. Thanks for sharing!

@metaspencer 3 жыл бұрын

Oh boy did you ever read my mind. I love that cranking design, as tightening and actually LIFTING would be sweet. I'm keeping my eye out for one of those boat winches. If I find something that will work I plan to mock one up. I saw another dude online who made a great one. Very inspiring.

@lugnutzz75 3 жыл бұрын

@@metaspencer yep my thought or one with a habor freight atv winch on it or shop crane in the truck as truck crane to lift some of those bigger logs. or build a log trailer like some have done to load logs in the truck or trailer.

@nickboehm5234 3 жыл бұрын

Well that was fun. Working with steel is real. Still, I would put a bolt through that trailer hitch. I have had welds fail. Cheers man.

@metaspencer 3 жыл бұрын

I agree 100% ... looking at that hitch mounted one later I was thinking the pull was entirely on the weld. You've got it

@savage22bolt32 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work! You remind me of me, but I don't trust my welding ability enough. Perhaps I'll make one with threaded fasteners and red loctite. I'm inspired now!

@metaspencer 3 жыл бұрын

Loctite can go a long way!

@migueljose2944 3 жыл бұрын

very impressive! were you raised on a farm? An old hillbilly neighbor told me a story once in 1979 in southern Illinois. He was born in 1918 in Tenn., went up to Detroit during the Depression to get work in a factory. They had one line, asked each boy: "Were you raised on a farm?" He was, and sent to the line where he was hired immediately. The ones who weren't split to a different line.

@metaspencer 3 жыл бұрын

I completely understand that kind of thinking: on the farm you've gotta work hard and get so much done with a little. Great perspective! For me farm work was something I discovered later in life, but I've worked with my hands all my life. Good to hear from ya man

@joshuap7501 3 жыл бұрын

Great vid you should check out the gb bollards

@metaspencer 3 жыл бұрын

definitely! those are nice and solid

@joshuap7501 3 жыл бұрын

@@metaspencer one of the companys makes one with a brake and a cranking lever you can apply lift force before cutting cant remember the name

@chrischarge3129 Жыл бұрын

Is it the GRCS "Good Rigging Control System"? Absolutely nothing beats it, minus a crane!

@gon2westexas 3 жыл бұрын

Try a Figure 8 descender. I took down a small water tower with one and some waterline.

@metaspencer 3 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah that figure 8 is great both in and under the tree. Lots of friction and control. I'm with ya on that.

@PoplarMechanic 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome man! I'd like to see your take on a winch on one of those

@metaspencer 3 жыл бұрын

you read my mind, brother ... I've been looking for one second hand that I can use

@metaspencer 3 жыл бұрын

Winch battle

@PoplarMechanic 3 жыл бұрын

@@metaspencer ya that would be sweet

@WoodCutr1 3 жыл бұрын

@@metaspencer im thinking, hand crank winch (Preferably a nice reversible one, no ratchet wheel, maybe worm drive) pull all the cable off, and make a capstan

@metaspencer 3 жыл бұрын

@@WoodCutr1 That would be AMAZING

@GreenPowerFarm Жыл бұрын

You have a kick ass barn. I have a nice farm and big shop in NC i have lived at for 26 years. Being a solo tree guy myself. Do you use this porta wrap much working alone?

@metaspencer Жыл бұрын

Yeah, love that barn :) I don't use the port-a-wraps very often, but when I need them I really need them.

@StihlChainsaws Жыл бұрын

Bollard= a portawrap that's more beeftastic😂👍

@metaspencer Жыл бұрын

You said it man ... beefed out :)

@gregbrown9271 9 ай бұрын

Spencer your like I will send you some pictures of the ones I make it might be some help keep rocking 👌

@metaspencer 9 ай бұрын

sounds good!

@joshuap7501 3 жыл бұрын

The bench of many things painted lol

@johnpossum556 3 жыл бұрын

Useful. Maybe that hitch one should have another option sticking out the back too? I think what would make an interesting video is you reviewing your welders. Why you got them and such. I have been thinking about one but I don't think I'll have the 220 for one. Seems like almost everyone has a MIG these days.

@metaspencer 3 жыл бұрын

Good idea on the welder video and I've heard that from a few other people. MIG is nice but expensive. A decent flux core machine can do the job and save some $$. Take care man

@johnpossum556 3 жыл бұрын

@@metaspencer Thanks, I need that. Had to call an ambulance for my mom last night. Very rough night. Pray for her!

@metaspencer 3 жыл бұрын

@@johnpossum556 Hang in there buddy. tough times

@johnpossum556 3 жыл бұрын

@@metaspencer I got her to a hospital in time. Blood clots in her legs. At least she won't have to go through the 50+ hours of racing heart like I went through when mine became a pulmonary embolism.

@metaspencer 3 жыл бұрын

@@johnpossum556 good job gettin' her there

@ridermak4111 3 жыл бұрын

A couple things to consider. The commercial models I’ve seen are all corrosion resistant in a manner that is very polished smooth. Stainless steel, nickel plated, powder coated. Friction/heat from rope travel will quickly remove any paint. Any part less than shiny smooth and any corners not radiused like a well used bar of soap will shorten the life of $$$ rope. On the other hand, I’m guessing you won’t be singing rope thru them all day, every day like an arborist crew, so all of the above mentioned points might be moot. 🥴 🤜🤛

@metaspencer 3 жыл бұрын

I recently sanded and painted a couple of these as they were getting a bit rusty, and they definitely have a different feel to them with the rope loaded. But you're right: I only use them once in a while when lowering heavy trees and sections ... thanks for the tips!

@anthonyr6286 2 жыл бұрын

Was wonder about tying on a device.... All you see is cow hitch or whatever with a deadeye sling or a different sling. Is using a rope with a knot acceptable if the load isn't too big? Like on your small porty

@metaspencer 2 жыл бұрын

It would depend on the load, but a lot of people use a bowline with a Yosemite finish ... otherwise it's the timber hitch or cow hitch ... I prefer the hitches as they don't tighten up too much. What device are you talking about?

@anthonyr6286 2 жыл бұрын

@@metaspencer thank you for the reply. I have a Backbone and a steel figure 8 for the light rigging duty purposes. Just looking for an easy way to tie those to a tree without buying a dead eye or some other type of sling

@metaspencer 2 жыл бұрын

@@anthonyr6286 Oh yeah for those kinds of attachments I'll either use a sling or tie on with a bowline+yosemite ... or some other rated knot combo like scaffold knot + butterfly

@anthonyr6286 2 жыл бұрын

@@metaspencer awesome, thank you so much. It seems like a lot of guys on here forget about the basic stuff. I like your style

@tomasmaldonado9032 3 жыл бұрын

When are you going to do more camping and construction jobs and tree jobs and more big projects

@metaspencer 3 жыл бұрын

Well, as someone who doesn't specialize in any one thing it's hard to keep all those balls in the air. But basically the answer is: camping vids will come if we get a MASSIVE snow storm, and then this summer if I make it back to the Rockies ... then the tree and construction vids will be coming soon. I'm working on it brother! Thanks for watching

@tomasmaldonado9032 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man i love your videos

@dutchtennhard2860 2 жыл бұрын

Following

@metaspencer 2 жыл бұрын

Big thanks!

@lugnutzz75 3 жыл бұрын

good video and cool ideas. be safe and careful. "necessity of the mother of invention". and i cant decide if its a lazy man or smart man that invents tools. i say lazy man because he looks to make a hard job easier but smart man thinks it though before starting. :dunno: i've wrapped the rope around the rail of work platform and kicked load off and lowered it down. more wraps the easier it is stop.

@metaspencer 3 жыл бұрын

the base of a tree or nearby log has worked for me to wrap the rope -- and with good friction. So we'll see how these work and if I actually use them in the field. Thanks man

@Daniel_4.27 2 ай бұрын

I need a in tree porta wrap I'm willing to pay if it can be created I own and operate a tree service

@metaspencer 2 ай бұрын

Hey buddy! thanks for the interest but I don't make them for other people just because of potential liability issues. If you can't weld one up yourself I'd suggest investing in a top-of-the-line one because the knock-offs I've seen are total junk