spiderjack2 problem

[Dr.Green]

just got a spiderjack 2 - i looked at peoples views, bought it , read the book , looked at the pictures and went to set it up.

 

now , what a total nightmare to put the rope (13mm newengland) thru the correct way , i thought striaght away this isnt right , looks more like a hole for smaller rope .. got it set up after ages.. device doesnt pull thru any slack when u try to accend .

 

so my question is , if any of u guys use 13mm rope , doesnt it runn nice a freely in the spiderjack with no problems , if yes , ihave a faulty item cos i cant see anything else unless im realy stupid which im not.

 

or do they have 2 different size changable parts for say maybe a 11mm rope and a 13mm , book says it doesnt but the germans might be lying .. many thanks in advance

[Arctostaphylos uva-ursi]

Hmmmmmm.........Does it slaken off when you take your weight off the deice and bind when you reapply your weight?

[MOG]

hmmm doesnt sound right to me. i used to climb on one but with 11.7mm rope and ran free as a bird guessing 13mm would be defo way more frition but yeah maybe its the rope i say. try and smaller size and see what happens.

[treesnake]

Hi dr green , I use one with 11mm and 13mm rope and yes the 13mm does run and self tend ok But obviously not as good as the 11mm but find that the 13 mm isn't as jurkey ! Stick with it I use it all the time now and love it

[heartwood tree tech]

dont no much about it. but if its like lockjack then ther is different cams for different ropes.

[jpbeaver]

just 1 size cam in these steve

[Dr.Green]

cheers guys ... nar , theres defo something not right with the item , il take it back this week ... i could use a 11mm rope no bother,any larger and it wont fit thru the hole without brute force and i always use 13mm so im not going to change ..

 

not happy realy cos was looking forward to some batman style walking.

 

hope to report back as its seems so far i shouldnt have any problems:thumbup1:

[Dr.Green]

Hmmmmmm.........Does it slaken off when you take your weight off the deice and bind when you reapply your weight?

 

 

doesnt slacken off when i take wieght off , and it binds constantly thats why i knew 90% it isnt right

 

what a great toy it seems , looking forward to a working copy

[Dr.Green]

update - took back to shop , cam was fitted in back2front from the factory..

 

fixed now but seems somebodys been eating to many biscotties on the production line and not paying attention

[bob]

Also when your sorted play with adjusting the brake.