With the crown of the tree removed, I felled the main stem of a small diameter tree (10")… right into a swimming pond. It was a heavy leaner over the pond, so I didn’t really have much choice. Retrieving the log from the water was to be expected. What I didn't expect was for it to runaway on me as much as it did (away from shore). The distance that the log had traveled was already farther than any length of rope that I had in my truck, and the distance was increasing. I quickly grabbed my can of Rapid Rope, attached my scrench to the end of it, swung it as if I were winding up a sling, and snagged that belligerent runaway log on my second try. Pulling the log back to shore was just first half of the rodeo. I still had to get it up on deck to block it up. After making a more secure attachment to the log, I wrapped the Rapid Rope around my waist at my belt line and managed to drag that log up onto the bank. I couldn't bring myself to cut the rope, mainly because I didn't know how much I was going to need; so once the rope had dried out, I wrapped the pulled length around the can for future use. This was my first opportunity to use my Rapid Rope since I purchased it 17 days ago, but for its first go 'round, it most certainly proved its mettle and earned a permanent place in my sawyers kit.
