[cowboy013]

I’ve seen a few homemade blacksmith trips that looked pretty simple, I don’t have a picture, but may be able to get one before haying season. A piece of 5/8 rod was fashioned with two eyes in each end about 6″ long one end would attach to your trolley, the other end had a piece of 5/8 rod with an eye attached to the bottom of your six inch double eyed piece. This other rod was straight on the end which the release side of your sling was run through. This piece was maybe seven inches long, and once it was run through the sling it folded up and a flat piece of iron dropped over the top of it. The flat iron hinged on the top eye of the six inch rod, a hole in its centre went over the seven inch rod and a small hole on the outside was for your trip rope that pulled the flat iron up and released the seven inch rod. I hope that makes sense. Seemed pretty simple to me, but maybe your setup wouldn’t fit that sort of thing.

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