how many climbers wear a chest harness or top croll? ?

[tramp bushler]

Ms200, I got you on the small steps. I need to order another ascender. I did 1 Sitka spruce in Valdez today. If we can figure out the uploading of the video the h.o. took I'll try t get it on you tube. Should have some pics tomorrow. Topped it at about 95' and chunked it down.. took 2 hrs 15minutes including falling, the stob. I sure do like the 3/4" Yale Maxi wirecore flip line. Once it gets pitched up it will be even easier to hang onto. But it's real good even new.

Smokey ; welcome to Arborist Site. Cool chair. I'll have to research the Unicender.

 

[BlackOakTreeServ]

TB, this is what I use, easy peasy...."The top set-up is"...30" ocean 10mm prusic with VT hitch, DMM rig pulley, samson 12.7mm climbing rope, DMM O carabiner, cambium protector......dont worry about the bottom line, thats my lanyard for doing pruning, deadwooding.

 

[tramp bushler]

Thanks 44 . I just got a pulley so I can work on learning how to work the VT.
.Hera are the only 2 pics I have so far of Saturdays tree.

The stob is about 36' tall.

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[BlackOakTreeServ]

Thanks 44 . I just got a pulley so I can work on learning how to work the VT.

TB, good deal, let us know how it works for you...hope all is well, stay safe.

 

[pdqdl]

How did you figure the length from the ascender to the bridge or loop/ring and to the foot loops.
Trial and error or is there some formula or something. ??

I use a carabiner on one end of a short chunk of rope, and I put an adjustable loop with a friction hitch on the other end. That way I can adjust it as needed. It doubles nicely as a chainsaw safety, too.

Your 9mm prussic cord will be great for that.

 

[smokey01]

Ms200,. I did 1 Sitka spruce in Valdez today. If we can figure out the uploading of the video the h.o. took I'll try t get it on you tube. Should have some pics tomorrow.

Smokey ; welcome to Arborist Site. Cool chair. I'll have to research the Unicender.

Thanks, I like my chair too. The neighbors think I am a little nuts but I suspect they are correct.
Hope to see your vidio and pictures.

 

[tramp bushler]

do you have a pic of it

I can't figure it. Petzel has something that looks like it would work good WesSpur sells it.
in the mean time I'll try using a web loop I made.

Welcome to the forums Ralph! Thanks. !

 

[pdqdl]

Like this.

.
. This is what I had previously figured out then I saw it in the book.

I hope you are still following this thread; I just stumbled across this post.

The picture shown above is what you will find when a guy is climbing "doubled rope", as in footlocking up the doubled rope with a prussic for a safety; this was the old standard for how to get in a tree before SRT techniques became popular. Try that on SRT and your prussic will bind up, leaving you with a difficult hump up the rope to get the "8" back on-line with some tension on it.

Oh! You discovered that, didn't you? Try the 8 above your prussic, and it will work just fine. The prussic won't bind up, and the 8 will take care of itself.

 

[pdqdl]

How did you figure the length from the ascender to the bridge or loop/ring and to the foot loops.
Trial and error or is there some formula or something. ??

I use a little beeline cord with carabiner on one end and an adjustable loop on the other end formed with a tautline hitch. If it needs to be a little longer or shorter, I just adjust. The beeline is very stout, not at all stretchy, and it binds down pretty tight on a tautline hitch, so creeping knots are not a problem.