Rigging hub

[Tod K]

The width of the slopes were about 20 meteres. The hub sat right in the middle. We had 9 of these sections to do. A nice feature was not having to use any connecting links. Plus the system was easily repeatable. We also never had to untie and re-rig. We just through the hole thing in a large wheeled duffle bag. We could tear down one slope and rig another in about one half hour.

[Tod K]

It could have been done with out the hub. We did that job 6 years ago. Having the hub just made it safer, faster and easier. The climbers repelled on grigri's and walked up the slope hith a hand held grab backed up with a seperate prusik.

[Rupe]

Good stuff. Thanks Todd. I've got some pics I'll put up on TB sometime soon!

[Tod K]

Great

[scotspine1]

Similar to Tod's idea - use one of those hubs to install a highline/climbing system from the ground. Gord used a similar set-up on a storm damage job recently.

 

Very high anchor point was needed to safely dismantle a storm damaged hung-up Western Hemlock-nasty break in stem - tall trees close enough for the highline to be installed over the damaged tree -

 

pics of highline/set-up using metal loop which could be replaced with the hub -

 

 

 

ps could someone make these pics bigger without them becoming blurred?

 

 

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Edited January 12, 2010 by scotspine1

[Rupe]

There isn't the detail available to make them much bigger

[Rupe]

The fprces on the top anchors must have been huge?? Looks simple enough though, and I would prefer the hub over karabiners.

[scotspine1]

Link to the thread at Treebuzz - scroll half-way down, the pics on the original thread are crystal clear, a tall tree in a tricky situation, worth reading the thread and seeing the pics if anyone's interested in rigging.

 

There's also good pics on page 2 of the thread

 

TreeBuzz Board: A bad break

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[bob]

those could of been done with a rigging plate just as well though

apart from the initial dmm ones

i liked them and thought of uses but for me none that i could not do with my rigging plate

if i had neither and wanted one i think i would go hub

mainly for the rounded corners for tying rope onto

[Johny Walker]

those could of been done with a rigging plate just as well though

apart from the initial dmm ones

i liked them and thought of uses but for me none that i could not do with my rigging plate

if i had neither and wanted one i think i would go hub

mainly for the rounded corners for tying rope onto

 

well put ther bob ,im with you on this 1,