Simple Machine Woodland Hoist

[@ErikFabian]

These simple machines videos and you understanding of knots is some of your very best stuff. I hope you might do a book on the topic someday. Cheers.

[@burkefeaster9883]

Backwoods engineering at its finest, and learning a new knot is a good bonus.

[@sacredsite]

The Ashley Book of Knots is a wealth of information on this sort of stuff and it is good to see videos like this keeping the skills alive.

[@doubletakevapes5076]

Dave you are the man. You have made so many things so much easier for so many people....

[@GuitarGuy1497]

Hey Dave, love your video's. Learnt a lot from watching them. Would really like to see some more videos of you teaching us where and how to setup simple but effective shelters for winter type situations. I love all the stuff you put on your channel but I feel the one thing it is lacking is videos of you out in the wild, implementing all these techniques and tools into scenarios that are presented to you.

[@motrock93b]

Excellent idea. Also, the closer you space the loops together, the greater mechanical advantage you'll have.

[@SanDiegoSWOT]

Love the butterfly knot tied in the hand along the way. Definitely going to keep this on my short list.

[@thestig007]

Loved the second method of tying that knot. Very cool knot!

[@jasper2222able]

the last part is why I love watching your video's -- it's not enough to know how to do something but also why to do it thank you for being an educator

[@jeffchapman8992]

Brilliant. Loving your canteen kit! Stay well. PS The audio was pristine!

[@Shannon_Lacey]

The things we learn. As brilliant as always Dave.

[@realworldprepper]

Very instructive video. Techniques such as that could really come in handy someday. Thanks for sharing.

[@eskimolishic]

Wow, amazingly straightforward and obviously very effective. I really enjoy your simple machine posts. Thanks

[@mydarkbike]

Pretty good and let most people learn how to using easy stuff to hoist heavy objects.And I finally figure out some skills like this to hoist heavy one by myself.Thank you for teaching!!

[@s.f.outdoorsclub7794]

Very cool. I'm a fan of these simple machine videos. Great stuff to know, with many uses. Thanks, ~Flinton Steele

[@iliveoutside]

That butterfly loop is also a great knot to use for a truckers hitch as its easy to undo even after having a lot of tension in it.

[@RCCrawlerWorkbench]

That's pretty slick. Leverage is your friend. I have an abundance of mule tape. I'm an electrician, and I we use it to pull conductors into conduit. Thumbsup

[@davidharvey5672]

Really handy technique. I like those loops and I'm going to try them in fishing line as an alternative to surgeons loops. They look easier to tie with frozen fingers.

[@tattiibi99ins]

I love this video. I have a older friend who has back problems and I think this video will help him for sure

[@88woodbikes]

That's one sweet knot. I've got to go try that one. Nice vid, thanks Dave

[@mneptune1]

Awesome Dave, you may have just saved me a trip to the chiropractor!!! 😎

[@one-WildCard]

Very cool idea. Thanks Dave

[@boqntattoo]

great video Dave!

[@TimLewallen]

I have seen the light! This is a great idea.

[@HazeyWolf1337]

Thank you sir, really enjoying the simple machine vids - excellent! Peace & best wishes -

[@touchnova]

Between this and the 'log winch' you showed for pulling loads...simple machines rule!

[@NSTRAPPERHUNTER]

Great stuff Dave and thanks for sharing.

[@congamike1]

This is really cool! It may be beneficial at base camp (somehow) or in the garage. I have been playing with this knot and think it may be better for me than the bowline. Thanks!

[@thorne79us]

I have seen some videos where they used A-frames to move logs by attatching A rope to them . thanks for another great video

[@kullcraven]

Nice hoist rig, well done man.

[@thestig007]

Outstanding video! I really love your videos on simple machines. If you have more of these, please make a video! Very good information to have. Could save your back in the woods if you need to lift heavy items.

[@mikemagnum7987]

Great information Dave, Thanks!

[@puffinlittle]

Greetings, very clever.Ii had never seen this method. Thought of four uses before the vid was half way through. One again.... thanks for sharing. Good stuff. pax

[@LarryRosslwoodrowross]

Dave, This could be modified to pull a load horizontally on the ground if you wanted to move something from one area to another. Thanks for the tip.

[@Claudiomarsantos]

I Did not know this way of to use the lever with rope ... I use turnstiles to lift the weight ... So when I put in the time necessary, lock the turnstile rod and I get the hand free to do what I need .. . phaco rope grass locked because it has anywhere .... Use in the slide with only two laps, and even works on grass rope ... The 3 branches I do not cut, break ... All this to not even depend on a knife ... If you knife, rope, is easier ... In this case, using leverage, I would use a second string, a stick driven into the ground until the next hand that pushes the lever ... So for the release lever without the weight to fall ... With rope grass locked with his hand already lifted 400 pounds trunk, and so the rope until thickened resist ... Congratulations, the best video of this kind already watched ...

[@deletedaccount3876]

Nice video and like alot of your other things simple. Thankyou

[@quercus4730]

This was a very good video. Thank you.

[@cr0cket01]

nice an upside down lever and fulcrum, I use lever and fulcrum loads and have lifted very heavy items as long as the pole is long enough. this is handy as you say in places where a fulcrum cant be used

[@JamieHitt]

Absolutely brilliant. I'm so upset that I didn't already know that. Thank you, Sir!

[@Atkrdu]

Got an idea for the top attachment: Instead of doing all these loops, just tie a variation of the Canadian Jam Knot- just tie an overhand slip knot in the tail, instead of a regular overhand knot (like you're going to tie a stopper knot, but you only pull the end partially through to form a loop- for those that don't know or if I got my knot terminology wrong). That way you don't have to worry about it pulling through or knot in the tail getting too tight to undo & losing all that rope.

[@ak47popoff]

Great video!

[@welsh2266]

Could I request a video please Dave? how about a vid on showing beginners like me different knots? Thanks for the effort in all your vids Dave, it's really teaching me loads

[@globalpostwatch6449]

Cool Videos! Its always wise to be Prepared. Thank you for your Support.

[@WhittlerKevBushcraft]

I wish we could get Mule Tape in the UK. All seems to come from the US where shipping is 3x the cost of the tape!!!

[@CBGMaker]

Very good information to know. I like videos like this that make my mind think. I think of all the applications of this leaver action, from lifting heavy things, to the way a truckers hitch knot works. You could really tighten a ridge line by using a truckers hitch knot modified with two loops, and a leaver. Or possibly pull a green stick straight with tension from both ends for a long time to make arrows. Hmm.. the ideas are endless. thanks bro.

[@Ddabig40mac]

The downside of using a truckers hitch for lifting like this is the cutting or sawing action in the hitch loop as the running end of the line is pulled through under tension. Paracord is especially vulnerable, I don't have enough experience with the Mule Tape to guess how it would hold up. It does seem, though, that this device would really benefit from having a means to secure the lever, if not the load, so that the load remains raised.

[@CBGMaker]

Darryl Machtmes Yeah, I wouldn't use the truckers hitch and pull string. I would modify the tag end with a loop as well and put the leaver thru the loops. Once it is as tight as I want it, then tie it off like the truckers hitch or let the leaver be held in place with a steak or use the tree to hold the leaver like a saw toggle. I can see it in my mind, just hard to put into words.

[@КотДен-ц5ч]

Excellent ideya.Thansk for the all video and your work and experience.

[@Blinggordan]

Very useful info as always, but I can't help but think you did a knot video to show off the touch-up on your scorpions lol.

[@thomasviall2727]

Who is it that is fond of mule tape? I've heard you mention him before in another video. Thank you for all you do, I have learned so much from you!

[@bladesNstuff]

Found this video very informative, more like this...

[@carlantaya175]

Nice video Dave. Could you knot put more nots in the line to get a sort of ratcheting effect? You could maybe be able to lift it higher.

[@thestig007]

Not that I'm aware of. Since the lever is only going to work on the two furthest points in the line. If you create more loops in the middle, it probably won't make a difference.

[@SuperSwitched]

Carl Antaya as budy said no, but if you build your tripod higher yes. Caveat to some extent

[@FlashGeiger]

Since the advantage comes from the difference between the separation of the loops and the length of the pole, you may need to have the loops really close on heavier loads. If this means you can't lift high enough you could tie 4 loops and use the bottom two with one pole and the top two loops with a second pole. It's going to be hard to get that second pole in though. If you need to ratchet it up higher I would suggest lifting, blocking then retying to lift again.

[@SuperSwitched]

FlashGeiger ... very valid points. I beliebve we need to remember that I believe this system is designed for an individual vice a group e.g being self-sufficient vice being more than one person and, in this case if you had a buddy you wouldn't need the machine. Blocking up and retying would be the way to go. Gaining height on a simple machine would be to lash the pole to thr tripod, so the load is in teh raised postiion. This is also what we do to raise big game off the floor of the forest single handily. We tie the head of the deer at the trpod leg juncture and walk the legs of thew tripod inward, rasing our quarry/load off the floor. The height of which is limited by the length of the poles.

[@carlantaya175]

What I ment initially is having the knots very close together and have lots of them. Do the lift and grab the next loop then you'ed have to pull up on it to grab the next lower loop. The advantage of having the loops closer together would give you more leverage overall. I think the method demonstrated in the video is the easiest and most practical way of doing this, but I feel like there could be a way to take it a step further.

[@sawdustandsurvival]

Great video. Useful stuff!

[@Nekyinboots]

It would be interesting to use a luggage type hanging scale to see the amount of wight used to push down versus the weight lifted.

[@survivethat2012]

I like that a lot. Thanks for the video

[@jslawnservice2002]

Great info Dave but my next question is could that be used in a dead fall trap or snare trap

[@BornRandy62]

I have a wooden spool with more than a mile of Muletape in my shed

[@9929kingfish]

Want a cookie?

[@BornRandy62]

That quantity is much more than I will ever use in my lifetime.It took me literally days to transfer it all from the large cable spool to the smaller spool. It can easily measure to several miles. I tried trading lengths of it in the past and found a nearly zero interest level. 1250 lb tensile strength mule tape . Used It has come color to some of it but it is still the same strength. PMs are welcome.

[@BornRandy62]

out of respect to another man's you tube channel, I wont discuss trades in the comment section. Private messages to me are welcome.

[@kennethcaloun5138]

nice video thanks friend

[@mrkitsel]

I could also imagine tying to the base of a tree and using this to pull a log sideways off a road.

[@cnawan]

Now that could be a quick way to get a log off your buddy. Is it possible to double up paracord so that it could bear the weight of this?

[@Atkrdu]

What about tubular webbing? I guess it would be larger & heavier, although stronger. Are you going to start selling either on your site?

[@Rickugg]

That's very sharp idea.

[@shanek6582]

I thought I knew it all when it came to rope and knots, you just thought me something new

[@TrailWright]

That is very cool! Thanks.

[@lizard5678]

That is genius. That tripod was used to pull stumps when building the Erie Canal, of course much fatter logs. Any good stump pulling tricks? Back in 1910 a farmer hired some guys who were stump pulling experts, and some dynamiter experts, on the same lot, and even the best stump pullers pissed around for hours while the dynamiters cleared a whole lot of area in no time. Those were the days, just like Archie Bunker said it. These days I don't think the ATFE will grant permits easily for such things, but stump pulling should be OK with them, also stump grinding, but a stump grinder is one expensive machine, with teeth each costing $20 going dull as soon as they hit sand or clay or stones. Farmers have tractors these days, which were not available in 1910 with the same strength. Still, capable farm machinery is why all farmers are bankrupt. Too complicated, therefore too expensive. Your tricks not only work, but they do so in simple ways. It's one thing to get something done, like throw a lot of money at a problem, its' a whole another story to make it look easy and get it done simply with barely any tools or devices purchased, but just what's available around you.

[@WarblesOnALot]

G'day, Yay Team...! Great stuff... ;-p Ciao !

[@HarryMcW]

Very cool!

[@thornwarbler]

priceless .....................Thankyou

[@JFSTL]

nice trick woow thanks for sharing !

[@michaelcarter8209]

Outstanding

[@robinconkel-hannan6629]

What do you do if the log is firmly frozen to the ground.?

[@ecash00]

Now for the hard part..A transport rig..not to basic, as it would be nice to have wheels.

[@dacwebb]

Thank you :)

[@MikeSr39]

where do you get your nylon tape line,do you sell it in the store??

[@TOMMYTANKERB32]

Like someone said build me a lever long enough and I can lift the world.

[@SteveB357]

Where do you get Mule tape?

[@tonypurnell7372]

Where is a good place to buy muletape?

[@nathancooper9932]

Brilliant

[@kansascityshuffle8526]

Alpine butterfly same thing?

[@joelcrmt]

***** Dave that is soo cool! thanks for sharing!

[@linklesstennessee2078]

good deal dave

[@wooodlawnbusiness2082]

we have pulled bucket trucks out of deep mud with bull line mule tape

[@tattiibi99ins]

Ps now we know how they made Stonehenge. pick up put down over and over.

[@shaneschannel9289]

Genius!

[@agrosyntrop]

beautifull like archimedes said: give me the right lever and i can move the world.

[@Cannonbo]

brillant

[@JPTHEMAN1]

Awsome

[@l3arrett82]

or put it on a trailer hooked to some animal to pull it.

[@SandTguy]

That would be a great way to lift a log off of a person if You had to.