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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2016
Wayne J. Smith, Brookhaven, MS (US);
Wayne J. Smith, Brookhaven, MS (US);
Other;
Abstract
A grapple mounted rope controller and rope anchor rigging device includes a cylindrical barrel friction surface mounted to a jaw of a grapple to control a rope used in an arborist's rigging procedure. A rope attached to a load is wrapped around the rope controller to control the raising and lowering of loads. The device also includes a cylindrical barrel friction surface mounted to a fork of a grapple that has a cleat permanently affixed to hold fast a load-bearing rope for a time. The rigging tool utilizes the mobility and mass of a skid steer to provide a flexible location for rigging and a fixed mass with which to support rigging of heavy objects such as tree limbs, trunks and other weights.