Reg Coates new device

[kram]

On 08/11/2024 at 14:48, parkertrees said:

Wasn't Reg also designing a mechanical friction device capable of Ddrt and SRT? He was testing it almost 2 years ago, but not heard a peep since?

 

 

Saw this in the comments

 

So hold off if wanting to buy a new rope runner 😆

[gand]

17 hours ago, kram said:

 

Saw this in the comments

 

So hold off if wanting to buy a new rope runner 😆 

To late for that. Just been out and used mine 😀 I'll probably buy one of his devices aswell though 👍🏻

Edited 22 hours ago by gand

[Dan Maynard]

The problem I've got with this is Reg Coates said SRT would make my life easier, so I bought a rope runner and he was right.

 

Now he's saying a hook will make my life easier, do I need to buy one of those too? Or is it not going to help as I don't climb 200 foot monsters like Reg?

[AHPP]

I don't grapple but I do use a pole, which is similar. It's brilliant.

[MattyF]

2 hours ago, Dan Maynard said:

The problem I've got with this is Reg Coates said SRT would make my life easier, so I bought a rope runner and he was right.

 

Now he's saying a hook will make my life easier, do I need to buy one of those too? Or is it not going to help as I don't climb 200 foot monsters like Reg?

They are equally at home In our uk trees for transfers , like if your working in groups of any size broadleaves or pines or big wide open well spread crowns with big upright limbs. get your throw and clip in a foot ascender and it’s a quick and easy no hassle way of getting where you need to be. 

[Dan Maynard]

12 hours ago, AHPP said:

I don't grapple but I do use a pole, which is similar. It's brilliant.

I'm a fan of using a pole when deadwooding, have used the Wolf pole but it's awkward getting the thing round the tree between stops, as so long.

 

Now have the Bahco 1.1m to 2.1m 3-section telescopic pole, which is designed for use climbing or in a mewp apparently. This has a nice loop for a sling to clip to harness, and to me is the perfect balance between long enough to reach out to stuff and save climbing, but short enough collapsed to be easy to manage.

 

Have used that like you say, chuck line across through a fork and then hook back the end.

[AHPP]

Mine’s 12 feet minus however many inches I’ve had to cut off. Triple extension. Some kind of long reach feather duster. When it really dies, I’ll make the next one strong enough to rig with. 

[peds]

 

I just threw this together quickly. 

I remembered I had an old fall protection lanyard tucked away, so I cut off the screamer strop and sproingy metalwork from the hook. Tried it with the black eyelet at the barrel knot, but I didn't like the shape of it, so tried it nude. Much better. 

Might give it a go with a maillon as well, but nude is probably best.

 

 

Threw it around at ground level, hooks well on skinny bits obviously, and I could swing it around and hook the rope instead for bigger bits. 70mm opening, which is just fine for yanking hung up limbs around. Retrieval was grand, flick it about enough and you could wobble it off whatever it had grabbed.

 

 

I'll lob in around in a tree at some point and see if I can move around on it.