I use the Arojac and it works good. A little bit of a pain to use speed wise. I use a thin strip of plywood that sits on the ground and lays next to the arrow on the blob. That helps keeps the end of the Arojac from pushing into the blob target and gives you a longer stroke when pulling the arrow. That being said I have often wondered if the DD would work better and quicker.
Arojac arrow puller
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The target showing is the Rinehart Rhino Block XL with the hoist hooked up to pull an arrow. Toughest recorded pull was 165 pound. This scale has to be manually locked in as it does not have peak weight. The 165 pound arrow pull actually required a harder pull.
Here are some pictures of the tool I built:
Puller hooked to the hoist.
Arrow in the target with tool installed.
Tool in the open position.
Tool with the file handles off. One can purchase round handles. I happened to have these. I would not use wood handles due to pulling side wise. Normally file handles are designed to move back and forth and not side wise like they are used for this tool.
Tool with the handles off, showing the slot in the handle where a file normally fits.
Tool in the closed position.
Tool holding the arrow.
Tool holding the arrow: close up.
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As long as 1 1/2" arrow shaft at the nock end is showing, the tool can be used and ones fingers will still fit between the tool and the target. One adjusts this vise grip tool as one normally would if used as vise grips. If the tool were to slip a bit, just add a bit more pressure. This tool provides full 360 degree support to the arrow shaft resulting in a straight pull when using both hands.
With tool in the closed position, the hose is a shade larger than the split pipe that is brazed to the vise grip. This way the hose can crush a wee bit before the metal pipe halves come in contact with each other.
All the best.
Here are some pictures of the tool I built:
Puller hooked to the hoist.
Arrow in the target with tool installed.
Tool in the open position.
Tool with the file handles off. One can purchase round handles. I happened to have these. I would not use wood handles due to pulling side wise. Normally file handles are designed to move back and forth and not side wise like they are used for this tool.
Tool with the handles off, showing the slot in the handle where a file normally fits.
Tool in the closed position.
Tool holding the arrow.
Tool holding the arrow: close up.
As long as 1 1/2" arrow shaft at the nock end is showing, the tool can be used and ones fingers will still fit between the tool and the target. One adjusts this vise grip tool as one normally would if used as vise grips. If the tool were to slip a bit, just add a bit more pressure. This tool provides full 360 degree support to the arrow shaft resulting in a straight pull when using both hands.
With tool in the closed position, the hose is a shade larger than the split pipe that is brazed to the vise grip. This way the hose can crush a wee bit before the metal pipe halves come in contact with each other.
All the best.
Here is a couple of pictures:
1)pulling the arrow from the target in Post #10 using the hoist.
2)the arrow after it was pulled showing the crude (burnt) build up. Regardless whether a carbon arrow is lubed or not, this is what an arrow looks like when it is removed from this target. This makes for a harder pull.
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The arrow is a 20" Carbon Express Pile Driver 450 grain arrow-point combination that penetrated approximately 10". Due to living in town and winter, I'm shooting in my shop at 17 1/2 feet from the stirrup to the front of the target at an average of 421 to 423 feet per second with the modified Barnett Ghost 410 crossbow with a 185 pound draw weight..
Shooting longer distances and a lower draw weight crossbow, there would be less penetration.
Even though it is hard to remove arrows, I highly recommend this target for broad heads.
All the best.
1)pulling the arrow from the target in Post #10 using the hoist.
2)the arrow after it was pulled showing the crude (burnt) build up. Regardless whether a carbon arrow is lubed or not, this is what an arrow looks like when it is removed from this target. This makes for a harder pull.
The arrow is a 20" Carbon Express Pile Driver 450 grain arrow-point combination that penetrated approximately 10". Due to living in town and winter, I'm shooting in my shop at 17 1/2 feet from the stirrup to the front of the target at an average of 421 to 423 feet per second with the modified Barnett Ghost 410 crossbow with a 185 pound draw weight..
Shooting longer distances and a lower draw weight crossbow, there would be less penetration.
Even though it is hard to remove arrows, I highly recommend this target for broad heads.
All the best.
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