tips on rigging

[old dude]

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

 

cheers ross

 

Yes---micro pulleys, speed lining, outreach tool to set ropes where you need them and a lowering device to cut down on agravation.

[samwise]

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.

 

You surprise me sometimes Mr King, sounds like a good idea, got a spare rigging plate kicking about at work, will give it a bash! Showed a colleauge your timber hitch trick(put wraps in rope before putting around lowering point) the other day and he almost cried, rarely lowered as he said tying that knot took too long, shocker!

[RC0]

Purchase 'Working Climber series 2' dvd by GF Beranek (Treeworker.co.uk)....and hear it from a genuine time-served treeman, not some fancy dan in branded clothing.

[mistahbenn]

Purchase 'Working Climber series 2' dvd by GF Beranek (Treeworker.co.uk)....and hear it from a genuine time-served treeman, not some fancy dan in branded clothing.

 

[Craig Johnson]

F=MxA

[Tully]

You surprise me sometimes Mr King, sounds like a good idea, got a spare rigging plate kicking about at work, will give it a bash! Showed a colleauge your timber hitch trick(put wraps in rope before putting around lowering point) the other day and he almost cried, rarely lowered as he said tying that knot took too long, shocker!

 

That technique is a winner Sam. Good to know it has spread the globe. Hope you are well up those big trees.

 

See you back here soon matey.

 

p.s

 

you'll love the slings on the rigging plate. Just make sure you get some nice long ones.

[samwise]

All good mate, will giv it a whirl, how you attatching the rigging plate to the end of the lowering line?

Be safe bud, see you in july!

[Mark Bolam]

Are there any advantages to a rigging plate other than attaching multiple slings?

[Tully]

All good mate, will giv it a whirl, how you attatching the rigging plate to the end of the lowering line?

Be safe bud, see you in july!

 

Bowline. But double the tail back through the know so it can still be untied if needed. We found this out the hard way, if you don't its impossible to untie after dropping some chunks on it.

[Tully]

Are there any advantages to a rigging plate other than attaching multiple slings?

 

Nice and easy to cradle rig bits. Multiple slings. Easy to clip in karabiners. Shines if you catch the light right.