Notch Large Stainless Steel Portawrap

The Notch Portawrap is a lightweight and compact rope friction device designed for lowering heavy loads in a controlled manner. Designed by arborists Scott Prophett and Norm Hall in the early 90s, the Portawrap has proven to be a highly dependable and effective tool in safely and efficiently lower loads during rigging operations.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 damaging the “wrap tree” from surface friction. But now, in the time it once took to coil up a lowering line and walk it around the tree, the modern arborist can have a Portawrap locked and loaded for multiple lowering tasks. Quickly wrapped and unwrapped between loads, the Portawrap provides the user with a an easy to use solution for lowering anything from limbs to blocks. And unlike the ever-changing tree trunk surface, the Portawrap presents predictable and unchanging friction to ropes, allowing the groundsman to concen