When Is Being Tight Not Right

[shrapnel]

We shot a couple elk this morning and took them to a friend’s barn to hang them. He uses rotten ropes and come-alongs to hang the elk. I told him several years ago to just buy one of the hoists from Cabelas and put a beam in the rafters and just pull them up with the hoist.

But no, we are climbing on shaky ladders and driving a tractor with a hydraulic leak and trying to raise the elk high enough to get them off the floor, then hang them on the rotten ropes. Man, what mess that doesn’t have to be…

 

[huntin24/7]

Sounds like an er visit in the making. Good luck.

 

[BackofBeyond]

How about next time you come this way I send you home with a 10T chain hoist?

Honestly.

 

[Elite7]

Never owned a tractor that didn’t leak something! Ladder looks pretty nice too. Congrats on the elk

 

[JF35]

That's the way we used to process cows back on the farm

 

[Nameless Range]

I’ve got a chain fall hoist in my garbage.

Nice to be able to lift a whole elk with one arm.

 

[Deleted member 20812]

What could go wrong?

 

[Nick87]

See my sig line..

 

[RobertD]

Honestly I think I'd rather skin him hanging from the loader bucket than from those thin ropes, if they're in poor shape like you say. But I guess the hydraulic leak kills that idea

 

[MTLabrador]

At least it’s better than cutting them up in the dark on a steep hillside and stuffing them into a backpack.

 

[Brittany Chukarman]

Could be such a good set up. Maybe gift him a hoist for the use of the barn?

 

[shrapnel]

Could be such a good set up. Maybe gift him a hoist for the use of the barn?

I took him to my place, with my truck and gas, gave him my elk and he is still too tight to buy a simple hoist. It isn’t like he can’t afford it…

 

[Brittany Chukarman]

I know some of those old boys are pretty "thrifty".

 

[brocksw]

At least it’s better than cutting them up in the dark on a steep hillside and stuffing them into a backpack.

That's what I was thinking. That and where in the hell is everybody shooting all these elk that they can just load into the back of a pick up whole.

 

[MTLabrador]

That's what I was thinking. That and where in the hell is everybody shooting all these elk that they can just load into the back of a pick up whole.

I’m jealous. A 6 point bull whole in the back of a pickup is a dream I hope to achieve someday.

 

[brocksw]

I’m jealous. A 6 point bull whole in the back of a pickup is a dream I hope to achieve someday.

Now you're being greedy.

 

[Mallardsx2]

You could always take them to your house and hang them....

 

[CPAjeff]

Congrats on the elk! I think your friend is on to something … skinning the elk might get done quicker when one has a little trepidation about the bucket dropping, or the ropes breaking.

 

[The Hedgehog]

Based on the title I was expecting some way weird and extra personal. Not barn ropes.

 

[Dakotakid]

Harbor freight has a ceiling mount winch with cable so no rotten rope.

Would save some .... fussing