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  1. 11-06-2006, 03:36 PM #1
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    Micro pulley

    Anybody familiar with use of micro pulley? I used one a couple of times and remeber liking it. I just bought one but cant figure out where to attach the snap (which attaches to the pulley) to. Any advice? or comments on likeablility of the tool itself?
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  2. 11-06-2006, 03:47 PM #2
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    If you are talking about the micro pulley which is used in conjunction with a flipline then you need a twisted clevis which attaches to the pulley like a shackel. There is a hole for this. THen What I do is use a caribiner to attach the clevis to my saddle.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Thillmaine
    Anybody familiar with use of micro pulley? I used one a couple of times and remeber liking it. I just bought one but cant figure out where to attach the snap (which attaches to the pulley) to. Any advice? or comments on likeablility of the tool itself?
    do u have pic there is a few diff pulleys
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  4. 11-06-2006, 04:11 PM #4
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    The micro pulley is a great tool for slack tending below an adbvanced friction hitch.... This allows many climbing techniques which are extremely effective at saving time and energy and would be nearly impossible otherwise... Too many to lsit here.... maybe I'll put it on paper one day...

    Until then let me use this analogy... a professional climber usinf a friction hitch system without a micropulley is like a telemarketer using an old dial up telephone...

    It amazes me that so many people in our profession are happy using obsolete technology....
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  5. 11-07-2006, 03:39 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by Thillmaine
    Anybody familiar with use of micro pulley? I used one a couple of times and remeber liking it. I just bought one but cant figure out where to attach the snap (which attaches to the pulley) to. Any advice? or comments on likeablility of the tool itself?
    Try a dog leash snap (snap with a swivel) then a keychain carabiner attached to that then attached to the best point on either your saddle, split tail, snap, d-ring, etc.
    Personally, after the blakes hitch, I feel the micro pully is one of the best arborist inventions to come along.
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  6. 11-07-2006, 04:10 PM #6
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    This is a picture of a micro pulley with a VT hitch. This is pretty much State-of-art at this point in time!!!

    It might be better if the 'biner was rotated 180 degrees so that the whole assembly could be removed as a unit for a redirect!

    BUT THEN.........THAT IS JUST ME!!!

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    ROTTEN TREE SCUM!!!

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  7. 11-07-2006, 06:13 PM #7
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    Thillmaine ,I also use it as with a VT It is nice to have with your Blakes hitch as well. I attach it to the same carabiner my hitch is on via a swivel snap. I also use a micro pully on my two in one steel core saftey lanyard to advance the prusik, when I am doing removals with my gaffs..
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  8. 11-07-2006, 06:57 PM #8
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    Here's an old video I posted on the subject: http://www.arboristsite.com/attachme...9&d=1122217169
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    One extra advantage of a micro pulley is the benefit of a "belay" from a groundman while "hooking" up a tall spar!!!
    BUT THEN.........THAT IS JUST ME!!!

    A.K.A. ROTTEN TREE LIMBS!!!

    OR???

    ROTTEN TREE SCUM!!!

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  10. 11-07-2006, 07:59 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by rahtreelimbs
    This is a picture of a micro pulley with a VT hitch. This is pretty much State-of-art at this point in time!!!

    It might be better if the 'biner was rotated 180 degrees so that the whole assembly could be removed as a unit for a redirect!

    I noticed the tails on the double fisherman's knots are too short. Four times rope diameter is a good rule of thumb.
    We won't even get into your choice of cord or biner...
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  11. 11-07-2006, 08:10 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike Maas
    I noticed the tails on the double fisherman's knots are too short. Four times rope diameter is a good rule of thumb.
    We won't even get into your choice of cord or biner...

    Good catch Mike!!!

    That was a pic I pulled up on a search. Looks like Sta-set to me............whats wrong with that and the pulley???

    It's late maybe I ain't seein' right!!!
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  12. 11-07-2006, 08:17 PM #12
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    I was picking nits.
    The carabiner is meant to be loaded along it's axis. When you bunch up big old knots, it changes the load direction.
    The pulley is fine.
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  13. 11-08-2006, 04:20 AM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by kkottemann
    If you are talking about the micro pulley which is used in conjunction with a flipline then you need a twisted clevis which attaches to the pulley like a shackel. There is a hole for this. THen What I do is use a caribiner to attach the clevis to my saddle.
    If you already have a clevis with a twist, ditch the pulley! The clevis will operate the same way as the pulley to tend your flipline friction hitch.

    I use a petzl fixe for tending my climbing hitch (schwabisch prussic). The fixe is nice, no sharp edges.
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  14. 11-08-2006, 03:36 PM #14
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    I was way off the particular piece of gear he is asking about. I was talking about a pully specifically designed for fliplines, not ascending and decending. My mistake.
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  15. 11-12-2006, 01:26 PM #15
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    Do any of you guys trust a micropulley as a TIP for your lifeline?
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