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I hadn’t thought of that, we have a couple places that would be hell to get a deer out of.

We have some incorrecct terms here. The OP photo isn't a snatch block. Neither is 700LH's photo. MtnBoomer's photo IS a snatch block. A single or set of pulley wheels is a block, as in block and tackle. A snatch block is a version of that where the block can be easily opened so the rope can be put over the wheel without threading it through the block. This photo's a good example. MtnBoomer's photo is a 2 wheel version of this.



This one doesn't look like snatch block but it is. The pin through the top holes can be easily slid out, the rope laid on the pulleys, and the pin replaced.

If that would just fit over a gooseneck ball in the bed of my truck, I would try it. Insert into gooseneck port, attach rope to elk, snatchblock and other end to tree or anchor- drive truck forward.

I have been looking for a capstan that would fit in gooseneck receiver but short of having one turned, have not perfected a system.

There is a scene in Fitzcarraldo of a ship being pulled over mountain



Interesting physics

Those come in various sizes and capacity. You just need to check the size of the holes. Here's one from Amazon. Someone in the Q&A says it fits his 2 5/8" ball. SNATCH BLOCK

One of those small Kito LX chain hoists is a better solution than a series of pulleys. With the handle collapsed they'll fit in a glove box and you can pull 1,000+ LB as far as you have chain to reach.

This little Nip can carry one on his hip and it enables even someone as wee as him to hoist 0.5T.

I call them a cable jack, more properly a ratchet hoist. For a short distance they have a lot of pull.

My father liked a rope block, and tackle.

Heard tell of this dude had himself an UBER Yellow Avalanche with a even more UBER wench attached, folk say he had more'n 500' of cable on that wench!
That's what folk said anyhow.

The term used for a device that slips onto then holds tight upon a rope or cable is a______? Those were the first things I heard called snatch blocks, no pulley, and not the correct term.. .

I have a Warn Drill Winch that works great for this kind of job. Light weight and pulls 400 pounds.

I think you're talking about a cable grip. I don't know if they'd work on a rope, though. They're made for steel cable.

Yah. Only seen for cable, just a wag there's rope versions. Used them working on commercial overhead doors.

So block vs sheeve?

Technically, the sheave is just the wheel. The whole setup is a block. Pully is used for either so it's meaning isn't fixed. This is kind of like the F'ar talking about clips, magazines, bullets, and cartridges.

You never see an industrial crane pulling a heavy load with a single cable. It is the same principle pulling your deer up by yourself. I've got winches, cable pullers, or a chain fall too, but out in the woods, I have a two and three pulley set in my pack that I bought at a sailing store that is strong and light weight. It took me two and a half days to quarter and pack out a big buck and I'm sure that if it hadn't been pulled up into a pine tree with those pulleys, the wolves would have helped me eat it. I don't know where the weight ends up going, all I know is that it works really well.

At what age do I switch from doing everything the hard way using brute force to The Smart Way? I feel like I must be getting close.

They say that in bear or wolf country, hang your game at least 10' off the ground. I wonder if anyone who writes that stuff has actually tried to get an elk 10' up a tree.

This one must have a pretty good snatch block what with runnin around with no shirt on and all

I thought it was going to be about some new way to cook chickens.

It's a way to make a lever out of rope. Just like a lever, you exchange weight for distance. You have to pull twice as far, but it feels like it weighs half as much.

What a great thread about snatch blocks condoms and winches wenches. The 'fire never ceases to amaze!


















Sorry, I couldn't resist!