Rigging rope wrench

[Ty Korrigan]

When I started, the 2 guys I worked with both rejected the idea of using pulleys and bollards, prefering to make turns around the trunk or another tree or even the truck tow bar.

When eventually things moved on and I introduced pulleys and bollards, things went far smoother and far more predictably.

I see the rigging wrench as just that.

Another complication and cost implication in some eyes but from our first few days of trial the advantages are clear.

For the climber too, it is light and easy to carry around and place.

One of my climbers often works with his clients or inexperienced lads like gardeners and he sees the advantages of this in his work.

The other has yet to try it out though is keen as he too sees the benefits.

Another weapon in the armory.

   Stuart

 

[Khriss]

49 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Use stubs as friction devices.

Get out!    Now!  ? K

[Mick Dempsey]

1 minute ago, Khriss said:

Get out!    Now!  ? K

When it’s big I’ll bring out the hardware no bother, I’ve got rigging rings, RC3000, all that jazz!

if it’s light and easy I’ll natural crotch rig and self lower, often using the tail end of my climbing line if it’s really light.

 

[Ty Korrigan]

14 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

When it’s big I’ll bring out the hardware no bother, I’ve got rigging rings, RC3000, all that jazz!

if it’s light and easy I’ll natural crotch rig and self lower, often using the tail end of my climbing line if it’s really light.

 

Yes, we do that and use our tail ends but I hate jazz except a little 40's Glen Miller style...

   Stuart

[Mick Dempsey]

7 minutes ago, Ty Korrigan said:

Yes, we do that and use our tail ends but I hate jazz except a little 40's Glen Miller style...

   Stuart

Surely that’s more swing/big band rather than jazz?

[Khriss]

50 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

When it’s big I’ll bring out the hardware no bother, I’ve got rigging rings, RC3000, all that jazz!

if it’s light and easy I’ll natural crotch rig and self lower, often using the tail end of my climbing line if it’s really light.

 

Glad you do. Otherwise that would have been a waste of Merrist Wood ? K

[Khriss]

Glen Miller was Jazz like Marlon Brando was Shirley Temple, now pass the  butter ...... ? K

[AHPP]

pre tensioning

That’s a good point but only just. If you’ve got the wherewithal to pre tension a piece, you’ve probably got the wherewithal to hold/run the piece. Maybe you’d be glad of one for something like tensioning with a truck tow ball and you don’t have a portawrap/bollard on the truck but even then you can make a portawrap with a cut crotch or something and it’s straight back to not being an issue.

I remain open minded but I reckon 95% of the time I used one I’d be cursing it or going up to unhook the wrench.

[broadsword]

I have the 120 version and the old treestuff version from years ago as well. I use them all the all the time for small to medium size rigging jobs. Highly recommend. 

[Tomthetree]

Iv got the 120 and if I could go back I would have got the lighter one

 

You need to make sure you are putting heavy enough pieces onto it as you can hold up some pretty big limbs and logs on it

 

the problem I have I only get it out for lighter jobs and find the 120 has too much friction. I am sure I am just being too cautious and I could be loading it with much heavier pieces but I am a little anxious not to send my groundy flying 

 

It comes into its own when you as a climber need to take over the friction and free the groundy up so in a 2 man team and I have also used it as a control for a controlled speedline where we were sending limbs over a garden to a field as there was 0 drop zone and the base of the tree and no access so we didn’t need a groundsmen at the base of the tree to lower the piece down the speedline. I did that task from the tree

 

I am sure I would replace it if it ever wears out but with the 70kg as it is VERY handy SOME of the time