Recent content by Mr. H. Bean

Can anyone tell me if there is a standard way of rigging a block and tackle so that the motive force is supplied by a closed loop rather than a free line? I expect to be doing a lot of moderately heavy lifting to a fixed location, and rather than having loose rope accumulate at the bottom when...

I am exploring g the possibility of building, and then living in, a treehouse on a plot of land I own in Northern Michigan.