Notch Large Stainless Port-A-Wrap - 3/4" Rope - 2000 lbs WLL

The Port-A-Wrap is a lightweight and compact rope friction device designed for lowering heavy wood in a controlled manner. Designed by arborists Scott Prophett and Norm Hall in the early 90s, the Port-A-Wrap has been proven a highly dependable and effective tool in sparing properties the damage inflicted by free-falling tree parts.

In the past, a ground worker's main option for rope-controlling heavy wood was to wrap the line's running end around a nearby tree, often candy-striping the "wrap tree" from bark-scorching surface friction. But now, in the time it once took to coil up a lowering line and walk it around a tree, the modern arborist can have a Port-A-Wrap prepped and ready for multiple lowering tasks. Quickly wrapped and unwrapped between loads, the Port-A-Wrap makes lowering wood out of a tree a smooth and simple process, all in a small, easily maintained space. And unlike the ever-changing tree trunk surface, the Port-A-Wrap presents predictable and unchanging friction to ropes, allowing the groundsman to concentrate strictly on the dynamics of the activity above.

This Port-A-Wrap also has significant corrosion resistance, made from rust-PROOF stainless-steel that will stand up to the worst heat, salt and humidity that a coastal company can throw at it. Also included is a Scott Prophett special feature--a tree-protecting cap that bumpers the targeted tree from gouging whenever the Port-A-Wrap gets slapped with a nasty load.

Order With or Without a Whoopie Sling
You now have the option to order this Port-A-Wrap by itself, or with an adjustable whoopie sling, sized to fit, in one convenient package! Whoopie slings provide convenient adjustability along with a simple choking motion, eliminating the need for knots. The Whoopie sling can be adjusted short (4ft) to long (12ft) with its special adjustment feature and attached to the tree by simply threading the Port-A-Wrap through its opposite end.

• Used for controlled lowering
• Works via friction--the rigging line wraps around the Port-A-Wrap, and the more you wrap the more friction you generate
• Allows the rigger on the ground to control the speed and pace of limb lowering with tremendous leverage over heavy loads
• Rigging line can be securely tied off should the ground man need to step away
• Pair with dead-eye slings, whoopie slings or loopie slings