Caritool broken again

[billpierce]

That’s why they make the 3 way locking one !?!

Feels like a 3 way caritool might be so irritating it's not worth bothering with?

[billpierce]

Be careful with dmm, sometimes you want a caritool to break, like if a rigging line hooks itself into it...

Does the bigger size catch on stuff joe? The smaller ones seem to a fair bit fair me and I was worried a bigger would be worse?

[sarronward]

It’s is I have the snap gate and it’s dose get snagged up on little twigs! But never had a issue with ropes etc

[sarronward]

Was just saying that their is another option

[billpierce]

Was just saying that their is another option

Sure ive obvs never used one. They might be fine soon as your used to them? Might out wiegh the annoying snap ones snagging?

[Mark Bolam]

I've gone over to the DMM from a large caritool with the gate removed.

It is good, but you sacrifice the ability to high sling a bigger saw by the front handle.

[MattyF]

Joe has a very valid point and it really annoys me that company’s and people see no issue with selling metal saw hooks , I climbed on a metal hook for about 10 years so know the risks and would never use another ,stick with the caritool ... if you rig big and think you need a big strong hook for your big saw think about what happens when that big lump of a top folds around but does not quite fold enough to give you clearance and the line brushes past you snagging the hook... only takes one time and it has potential to do a lot of damage, I’ve had it happen on small bits and that’s no worries but once rigging a big multi stemmed ash out over badger sets I had a whole top sit in the hook ..I had to cut my strop and take the swing with the lump as I could not move and was getting torn in half !

Ached for a long time after and I would consider that very lucky.

[billpierce]

What the sh1t! That sounds nasty matty. Appreciate the heads up! Easy not to think of these things, especially when they are sold in arb shops.....you on a large caritool matty?

[MattyF]

Yes mate , with the gate off as it’s quick in easy to get saws on/off like quick draw McGraw ! They break once in a while prob do one every two years or so but worth it IMO?

[tree-fancier123]

nasty about the rigging line and metal hooks, hadnt considered it, at least some e. g rock exotica transporter will lock firm if you remember each time:(

Edited November 23, 2017 by tree-fancier123