retrieving pulley savers/rope guides without retreival ball

[TIMON]

Will that not make the rope fail its loler tho?

 

 

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I wouldn't fail a rope for having that on it. Others may disagree.,,,

 

 

Timon.

[Harry_L]

Ok [emoji106]

 

 

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[stihlmadasever]

Will that not make the rope fail its loler tho?

 

 

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That will depend on the individual loler inspector.

[wjotner]

the hole in end of rope sounds like a good idea. Will definitely try that.

 

Have considered the choker joker but will still have problems when I use a pulley. Not keen on running rope over a caribiner.

[Tommy_B]

If a loler inspector fails your rope for that then I'd be looking for a new inspector.

 

Ive done exactly what Ewan has mentioned on some of my ropes.

 

You can buy a little XRSE carabineer which you can push through the centre of the rope and it will act like a little retrieval ball. Or, most simply of all, just clove hitch the ball to the bitter end of the rope!!

 

Horses for courses. All work!!

[Harry_L]

 

 

 

Have considered the choker joker but will still have problems when I use a pulley. Not keen on running rope over a caribiner.

 

 

Is it a bad idea to run a rope through a carabiner? Or is it just a personal thing?

 

 

 

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[Martyn Honey]

I wouldn't fail a rope for having that on it. Others may disagree.,,,

 

 

Timon.

 

 

I Agree with Timon. I have seen this done over a number of years. There is no need to fail as it is just for retrieving. Just make the loop small enough so you can't put a normal karabiner in it.

 

Martyn

[wjotner]

Is it a bad idea to run a rope through a carabiner? Or is it just a personal thing?

 

 

 

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Just that the carabiner wouldn't provide same friction benefits as a pulley. Would be no better than just using a conventional ring cambium saver. Also, not sure about what how it might wear on the rope by running it over a single crab.

 

Meanwhile...

So i decided to by a PulleySaver and have put a small hole in end of my rope and tied some old throwline cord into a small loop through the hole. Now i can just hitch my retrieval ball to the loop and away I go.

 

Cheers for the suggestions chaps.

[Craig Johnson]

flat washers work as well as retrieval balls