Sell DDRT rope/gear? Commit to SRT?

[ostosix]

Hi folks.

Weekend warrior one man here, i've started SRT with a second hand yale hydrea 13mm line (the older one i believe)and bulldog bone, loving it. Speeded my jobs up no end, feels much more 'professional' ie no throw ball shaming isolating braches, and seems to have clicked straight off. Been finishing much quicker and im really happy with it. Its a nice line but seems fluffed up however knots well and is nice to work from. Its a little tight through the bone but doesn't hurt for starters slowing things down and causing a few problems ascending but mothing major.

Question is should I sell my yale hydrea  and only used 10 times 45m Yale XTC rope and hitch climber set up to fund a new 11m static ish rope and commit to solely SRT?

 

Obviously id happily keep both and buy new but funds are extra tight now and getting sick of endlessly spending. Storage is also a bit of an issue, mold n damp etc so dont like leaving equipment unused. Can you guys let me know any circumstance were DDRT would be extra handy were I'd be daft to get rid of it all. I basically do small to medium safe removals and large tree single branch reductions and the odd tidy ups. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

 

Cheers 

[Mark Bolam]

The problem is second hand rope doesn't fetch very good money.

Spare rope is also very handy!

 

None CE Cougar Blue from Treeworker is great for SRT, but also works for Ddrt really well.

 

I still switch between systems depending on the job, but do carry 2 ropes around in the truck.

[MattyF]

XTC makes nice lowering rope.
Not many folk will but second hand rope.

[ostosix]

Cheers, as i thought, might stick it on ebay and see if theres any takers. 

 

Id seen the non ce cougar blue on another thread and also teuflebergr xstatic

[James Atkinson]

Try and put away £20 a week. Old school saving will be worth it when things are tight. Also as above, there not worth anything second hand so keep it.

[ostosix]

Spot on mate

[Dan Maynard]

Sure as a sharp chain finds a nail, if you sell it you'll soon put a cut in your new rope and then wish you had a spare.

But if you keep it you won't need it, that way you can carry on climbing on your new rope.

Keep it. You know it makes sense.

[surveyor]

If you like that 13 mm rope in the Bone, I bet you would love the KM Max, Scandere, or Cougar much better.

[Mick Dempsey]

Don’t sell rope, that’s crazy talk!

Edited March 5, 2019 by Mick Dempsey