If there are no square trees, why are we taught so early about square roots? Thanks for another great video.

The pulley is on the same level as the wheel. One of mankind's best inventions.

With the strength I gained during the two weeks of drilling with my arms, back, and shoulders, not to mention my core, I finally just ended up throwing the animal up into the tree!

A good improvement on this project would be to put a stone point on the drill rather than relying on friction to burn through all that wood. Saves calories, reduces frustration, and the stone tool can be used for many projects. Strongly recommend every bush crafter learn to make stone tools, it's the difference between merely surviving and truly thriving!

Cut the V notch in the branch before you cut it to length, makes life easier and less bloodsoaked if you have something to hold on to while cutting that v notch.

You can use tallow or vegetable shortening to lubricate the stick the pulley is spinning around, gets rid of any tendency to stick. When you're trying to lower something that doesn't weigh much from a height it can really be aggravating if it keeps sticking on you. Really cool project- I watched my dad build these when I was younger- he used a hand brace instead of burning the hole in- and spent a lot of time making sure his bearing stick was as round as possible- to prevent sticking, but you still had to lube it up to make it work really well. That's the story of life though isn't it- gotta lube it up or it doesn't work very well.

That is pretty incredible. People don't usually understand how much work a pulley or pulley system can save you. Excellent video. Thanks.

Definitely a fun day in the woods with Dan! Not sure that I would actually use this, but I appreciate your creativity. Like how you think outside of the box.

Brilliant idea and practical application...as someone who has had double shoulder surgery and don’t have the strength that I used to, I carry a couple of small pulleys for unknown various situations wherever I go just to reduce wear and tear on my shoulders. Makes things much easier and less frustrating.

I have absolutely no use for that, so I may try to make one.

When you bring an engineer out into the woods for the weekend lol

Use this to hoist food up out of the reach of certain animals while camping. Or just use it to impress your friends with your mad skills. Love it!

It never fails to amaze me how I can click on one of your videos and just sit dumbfounded as you create something pretty cool. Ive picked up so many random tips. One helped me the other day moving a fallen branch out of my way that I would never have been able to lift traditionally.

Had one make recently for dragging out a canoe,worked perfectly👍

You’re right , something you will probably never need but very cool to make and see function .

One of the more amazing things I have seen lately.

Can’t stop wondering if I’d have enough bandaids. Good stuff dan.

Very cool !!!! I never thought about making a pulley system in the woods. I have used rounds as ground rollers though. Thanks for the added tool for the tool box Dan!!!!

Pulleys are highly underrated. Great choice! Thx for it.

Your channel is one of my favorites because I'm always learning something new! And even if it isn't new it's just explained a lot better

It's great! I only wish that I still lived in that environment that is displayed around you. I was born and raised in S.E. Ohio (Coal Country) and seeing your property there, probably taken in November or thereabouts makes me nostalgic! I just today found your channel and must say I thoroughly enjoyed it so am subbing it to my growing list. God Bless!

Used for "Maybe just pulling an animal up into a tree".. So that's why I keep finding cows up in trees.. It's this guy!!

This is the type of stuff I like to see! The more uncommon tools one can craft. Excellent!

That's awesome. The more you know the better. Thank you for your time and lessons.

As always, great info and very cool project. You just never know when you will need this skill set. Can’t wait to teach my kids this skill.

Now that would be something Alley Oop would make after all his time traveling.

Im just here for the "pullin yer leg, nah we're pullin a pulley" line. But seriously, another informative and entertaining video. This guy is such a great teacher!

Snatch block !! This is fantastic . Thank you .

In the early years, I'm talking about the past thousand years and even in other parts of the world, people would bow drill the openings of door for hinges and other things like a peg to hand things on the walls. Thanks for sharing

I like learning new stuff at your channel. I’m always hiking through the woods hunting for honeybee nests and your ideas come into play a lot every time I return to the woods.

That's an excellent bushcraft tool to make! Think of the possibilities for this tool when building a shelter! Thanks for another great tool idea for the toolbox!

This is the sort of stuff you should be tought at school, its good fun and expands your imagination

Now that is awesome! You do some amazing thing's. Absolutely love this channel thank you for all you do 💪👍!!

Straight out of Lord Baden Powell's 'Pioneering' handbook

Thanks. I love the outdoors but had not seen these before

Awesome frontier tech and a good reminder of what can be done with rope and a sharp edge!

Seriously one of the coolest things I have seen. Did NOT know you could make a hole using a bow drill - makes sense when I think about it but would not have thought to do that. Learning so much from your channel Dan - thanks so much mate.🙏😊

Cheers from snowy Italy! Cool video!

Excellent craft project. Thanks Dan!

Thank you for reminding me to think out of the box

I love this guy and he's even got the Dad jokes.

Love this stuff! Reminds me of Swiss Family Robinson. I am addicted to the old ways of doing things. If you get a chance to look at "The Young Millwrights Companion", you'll find some great ideas. I have a copy printed in 1837. I have a powered shop and an unpowered shop, but you are more primitive than I am. You've set the bar. Btw, apple wood is great for wood on wood contact, as it polishes itself as it wears.

WOW that was some serious knowledge there thanks for being an amazing human ..

Love this. I am going to make one! Thanks.

Square trees 😂, I'm sooo getting my kids to try and find one of those next time we're out! Great video again my man

Could grease the spindle with fat to help it spin. Also would help the wood weather if left as a permanent set up to prevent cracking and splitting.

Just found your page and this was the first video I watched of you. I bit and you set the hook nicely with this one. There goes another Sunday morning as I’ll be binge watching more of your videos. Memories of me dragging a saw across my index finger flooded my brain as I watched you. The scar is still visible after 40+ years. My mom freaking out and my dads like, his fingers still attached, he’s fine! 🤣

Well done! Finally I understand the pulley system. 🤸‍♀️🤸‍♀️🤸‍♀️👍

@Dan • This is a great skill, especially for women who tend to have less upper body strength than men. Not true for all women and men, to be sure, but definitely useful. Thanks for including the optional ways of bracing the "pulley." 👍

I've seen 4x4s at Home Depot, there's definitely square trees

Cheers Dan I'll definitely give this a go when I get a chance, very tidy

Good job. Simple yet powerful. Nice combination of skills as you pointed out.

Fraxinus quadrangulata(blue ash) has square twigs which is kind of weird.

I was watching an old survival show about some castaways on a deserted tropic isle, and they made a bamboo bicycle-powered washing machine. When are you going to show us how to make one of those?

Thanks so much dude for all your videos I love your teaching style well done young man

Thanks for all the knowledge Dan👍🇺🇸

I’m reminded of the classic trap making scenes in the original “Predator” and how much effort this would save

For those remote cabins where making a pully is faster than driving to the nearest hardware store. :)

Hell that works for me, I can use that for countless things out in the bush, including different sizes. Thank you for this one brother..

I learn something new every day! Thanks!

if i ever had to bow drill a hole in a log with a stick to survive, i would die. that had to take you at least 700 days straight. i admire your resolve.

A single pulley is not a mechanical advantage unless it is hooked to the load and moves with it. That is simply a change of direction.

I love people like you.

Really great video!!! I love this kind of stuff. Thank you for showing us that. As an Iron Worker I often use lever hoist's chain fall's and the like, and to see how you can make a pully from just your forest surroundings is invaluable. I wish I could give 2 thumbs up.

That's pretty cool, think I'll try to make one to hang at my tree stand, easy way to raise my pack...

Now this thing just helped me to do a flag pole that uses a pulley system.

This is what we like to see bro good old fashioned short naturalist tips and tricks. The kind of stuff that people who actually go backpack camping could make to do something.

Dude, this is Gilligan's Island survival stuff! Awesome!!!

Hi Dan, Great video, just out of curiosity have you done a "block and tackle" video? Would love to see it if you have so could you provide a link? Cheers, and stay cool, Man. Peace,

I teach traps with a bushcraft company in the UK to kids, and this could be used for some cartoony fun traps!

Great creation. Pullies are endlessly useful!

Great outside the box thinking 💭 and very useful for hunters.

I'm far from knowing anything but if you had cut the od groove before cutting the length you would have a better handle to hold on to.

Bush craft people: I can make this with a knife and some string. ❤️

Cool! Mankind has been using pulleys for thousands of years, no reason to stop now. I could see a couple uses for them. Dragging and hanging/lifting.

Very cool 😎 incredibly informative and he walked you through step-by-step the process beautiful job absolutely beautiful job

First tip to improve this. Shape your pulley shiv gullet before you cut it free of the original stock. Second tip, Use candle wax if you have it to lubricate the spindle so it doesn't wear through too fast. Third tip instead of opening the line for the pulley tie the line with a combination clove hitch & a bowline. Tie this so the clove is on the spindle where the cross is at the bottom of the shaft. Tie both sides this way & the spindle or Arbor won't free spin & you don't have to place the knot right next to the pulley. If you must make sure the rope you hang it from doesn't rub the side of the shiv or it will cut through your suspension loop.

Would've liked to have seen a block and tackle made with these.

My goodness you are a handy little thing. That is brilliant. Thank you for sharing. A dieing art. Knowledge is king! You go there Dan. Way to go.

Great little short video Dan. The applications are endless of that system

This is awesome. Hopefully one day I will have the space and time to mess with the idea a bit. Couple of thoughts. If you use staghorn sumac for the pulley, the drill might be easier as it has a pithy center. I would also consider using some walnuts or tallow for grease, although you might just get critters destroying your hard work. If I have the time I'll try all of this and maybe even use some beefier cordage with spike hitches and 2 pulleys for mechanical advantage.

I’m gonna see if I can use it to pull the motor Out of my wooden car I built out in the woods LOL

Reminds me of the three levels approach. Survive, thrive, live. This is definitely into the thriving category and an amazing asset, if you can create a block and tackle you are capable of getting into serious longterm constructions :-D

You guys are the best, I have learned a lot from you.

I am admittedly a little out of practice (it's been 8 years since my tree service days) but splicing eyes in that 3 strand to support the pulley shaft is not really that hard and would greatly increase the lifting capacity of the system. 🤔 Then again how much do you really want to try and lift with a flintstone wheel? Fun project either way.

Any reason not to carve the v-notch prior to cutting the bored section off the log?

This is very cool. Not something I would have ever thought could be done in bushcrafting

great thanks for sharing , i can see how this could be very handy out there.

Looks like something from the Flintstones, but i like it.

Great video! Just one reflection: with only one pully I think the only advantage over throwing the rope over a branch would be reduced friction. Not a bad thing in itself and will definitely make things easier, but with two pullies you can reduce the force needed to lift something as well: anchor one end of the rope to a high branch and slide one pulley on to the rope before threading the rope through the second pulley fixed at the same height as the anchor, but a small distance apart; the loose pully should be positioned between the anchoring point and the fixed pulley, upside down. Think of it like a V shape where the loose pulley is at the tip of the V. Whatever you want to lift is attached to the free moving pulley. The idea is that you reduce the force needed by elongating the distance. If you pull the rope 2 meters, the free pulley will only lift 1 meter off the ground, but the amount of force you need to lift it up will be halved by doubling the distance. Work done (Energy) = Force x Distance. Science is awesome!

MY GOD... this is friggin incredible!

ty bro. these skills are important to know but even more important to pass down to the next generation:) Keep it coming!

"There is no such thing as a square three" Minecraft players: Liar!

When drilling the hole would it help to put a little sand in there?

Good to see you brother! Stay safe out here!

I love it! And I really enjoy your excellent films. You have a great connection with your audience. A perfect example of how to enthuse, engage and teach! (I am a teacher). I may not go the full 'bow drill' route, but I am going to have a crack at this. Thanks for the great idea.

Just because I like terminology, the thing you carved is called a sheave.

"Square trees dont work too good" Am i a joke to you? -minecraft.

Owesome neat and brillient for holding up the shower bag on self survival builds. Thanks for the video

Another great video....Totally impressed, drilling the hole in that piece of wood....!! Wow....!!