I thought best tool for climber was that nifty remote control , knuckle boom crane , mike poor has
Sorry, did you miss where I said "$100 cheaper"? the Wraptor is over $2,000 and I show up to a job site with my own gear. When I feel I am too old and slow to haul myself into a tree anymore I will invest, but until then I try to spend my money on things outside of work and let my climbing speak for itself. I'm not saying I'm the best climber in the world, just sayin I don't need the over priced wheel chair ramp yet.
I'm Sure it is great. My point is that I buy my own climbing gear and I am an employee not an employer. I do everything I can to keep production moving and keep the big man happy, but if that means spending $2500 of my take home money to shave a few minutes off of his job time, no thanks. If you want to call him and convince him of the merits.....but he is a cheap bastard. Back to the ZZ. I would be more interested if it could be used SRT. I would use one if I had one, not saying its not a good tool. I would love to try it but for another $275 I will just stick with my HH that I am very happy with. My other point is that even if the ZZ is a good tool and a time saver people with little to no knowledge of how to tie knots shouldn't be all that high off the ground using any system.It is a money maker for production...off topic...Wraptor...nothing less. It makes money ultimately, not costs money. I paid it off with a days profit.
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I'm Sure it is great. My point is that I buy my own climbing gear and I am an employee not an employer. I do everything I can to keep production moving and keep the big man happy, but if that means spending $2500 of my take home money to shave a few minutes off of his job time, no thanks. If you want to call him and convince him of the merits.....but he is a cheap bastard. Back to the ZZ. I would be more interested if it could be used SRT. I would use one if I had one, not saying its not a good tool. I would love to try it but for another $275 I will just stick with my HH that I am very happy with. My other point is that even if the ZZ is a good tool and a time saver people with little to no knowledge of how to tie knots shouldn't be all that high off the ground using any system.
I agree with some of your points. I only tend to use it when I have long climbs before I enter the canopy, like when I am deadwooding up a pine that has the first live branch at 60ft. 1 to 1 is more efficient than 2 to 1 for stuff like that. I always toss my flipline around the trunk before using my saw weather its SRT or Ddrt. I don't get the argument how SRT is more dangerous around a saw. If you cut your rope in either configuration you fall. Ddrt doesn't mean you have two ropes, it just means that your rope is doubled over, cut one side and your not tied in anymore. I guess it would take a smaller knick with more weight on one line, but a chainsaw will cut through either fairly efficiently. Thats why I tie in twice.
