. Annals of horticulture in North America for the year ... : a witness of passing events and a record of progress. Fig. 22. Tools and Conveniences of the Year. 371 the means of crowbars they can be wound up and the treelifted. I abandoned the^ plan, however, and put a windlass orwinch at each end of the frame, and now I can easily andsteadily lift and lower the tree, the large doube ropes passingover the rollers to the windlasses. A locust boom is put acrossthe machine under the frame and above the braces ; iron pins. Fig. 23. hold it in place. The side guy-ropes are made fast to theends of th
. Annals of horticulture in North America for the year ... : a witness of passing events and a record of progress. Fig. 22. Tools and Conveniences of the Year. 371 the means of crowbars they can be wound up and the treelifted. I abandoned the^ plan, however, and put a windlass orwinch at each end of the frame, and now I can easily andsteadily lift and lower the tree, the large doube ropes passingover the rollers to the windlasses. A locust boom is put acrossthe machine under the frame and above the braces ; iron pins. Fig. 23. hold it in place. The side guy-ropes are made fast to theends of this boom. The other guy-ropes are made fast to thefront and rear parts of the machine. Four rope loops aremade fast inside of the frame and are so placed that by pass-ing a rope around the trunk of the tree and through theseloops twTo or three times, a rope ring is made around the treethat will keep the trunk in the middle of the frame and notallow it to hit either the edges or the rollers—a very neces- 372 Annals of Horticulture. sary safeguard to prevent injury. As the tree is slowly liftedby the windlasses the guy-ropes are loosened as tree will pass obstructions, such as trees by the roadside,but in doing so it is better to lean the tree backward. When the tree has arrived at its new place, the two timbers
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