This Portawrap is a lightweight and compact rope friction device designed for lowering heavy wood in a controlled manner. Quickly wrapped and unwrapped between loads, this Portawrap makes lowering wood out of a tree a smooth and simple process, all in a small, easily maintained space. Unlike the ever-changing tree trunk surface, the Portawrap presents predictable and unchanging friction to ropes, allowing the groundsman to concentrate strictly on the dynamics of the activity above.