tips on rigging

[Ross Beaumont]

not done much rigging but did a bit over day wich i loved. has anyone got any usefull tips i could use

 

cheers ross

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

buy the art and science of practical rigging, from the ISA

[Breton monkey]

buy the art and science of practical rigging, from the ISA

 

i second that, brilliant book and easy to follow.

[Frank]

Putting a swing cheek pulley somewhere down the main stem to put the running end of the lowering line through on the way to capstan/lowering device helps keep things neat and tidy for the ground staff.

 

Art and Science of practical rigging is an invaluable book. Get it.

[Stephen Blair]

keep it simple! And dont shock load stuff.

[WeeDee]

Assume the top pulley point is weaker than you think - and the lump on the line is heavier than you think. The system's SWL is not neccessarily a 'target' that must be reached.

[timtree81]

keep it simple! And dont shock load stuff.

 

why not shock load ?

[andrew t]

hi you may want to contact educated arborist on this site he knows a lot about rigging he set me up with my system and i went on a day course to learn how to use it everything in the kits are safe to be used together .

[Stephen Blair]

why not shock load ?

 

the clue is in the name:001_rolleyes:

 

Its just not the way i roll:biggrin:

[Tully]

Instead of tying the rope to the bits you cut and rig which can take time.

 

Use slings and have a rigging plate attached to the end of your lowering line so you can clip the slings to the rigging plate with a karabiner. This is a lot easier and faster to tie and the groundies just have to unclip the biners and send them back up on the rigging rope.

 

This way you are not waiting in the tree or your groundies to untie knots.

 

edit. this also means you can clip more than one bit to the rigging plate.

Edited February 20, 2011 by Tully
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