Gdetrailer wrote: "Be very careful about just throwing a line into a tree and dangling the unit from that. Tree limbs can be pretty good looking but yet dead or rotted inside and one will never know that until it breaks. One would also want to use not just a rope, but a rope, pulley and a winch with a brake.
Pulley reduces friction it takes to get the item in the air.
Winch with brake makes lifting effort easier plus the brake gives you some means to control the item at all times.
Think safety first.."
Gde...Thanks for being Debbie the downer! My lady friend just threw this out, when I asked her, if she'd be willing to push an AC up the ladder. I thought her quick response was noteworthy, while we all know to be careful, and a rope not being best choice, compared to a winch.
Kind of like using a crane, but most have more trees, than cranes.
Jerry
