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Sell DDRT rope/gear? Commit to SRT?


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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 

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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.

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