Another Home-made Rope Guide Thread

[Chris Cowell]

CraigD. When the tolerances were defined for the Pinto Rig, the plan was to keep the sheave as close to the side plate as possible because we wanted to limit the probability of a throw line getting caught in that space. In reality, I think we were a little too adventurous, and the rubbing that you, and some other people, are seeing is because the tolerance, on occasion, is too tight. This issue only applies to the first two batches made, and has already been addressed on the subsequent production runs.

 

DMM test for clear rotation at WLL during production, and all has been fine, but there are tolerances, and obviously some Pinto Rigs are not functioning as anticipated. For info, all returned pulleys have been analyzed and tested. All have exceeded the quoted MBS by some considerable margin, and the bearings were intact and fully functional.

 

I would suggest returning your pulley to the retailer where you purchased it, and they will handle the procedure from there. DMM will analyse the issue with your pulley and then either issue a replacement or rebuild the pulley with the narrower sheave.

 

The bearings in the Pinto Rig are somewhat over specified, so I doubt that there has been a bearing failure, although it is possible. But of course without seeing your Pinto, I can not make a judgement.

 

Sincere apologies for the inconvenience you are experiencing. I know that DMM have already acted to sort this tolerance issue.

 

Chris

[Mark Bolam]

Good stuff Chris.

 

It makes a refreshing change to see a company sorting a problem out sharpish rather than pretend it doesn't exist.

[CraigD]

Thanks Chris, Yes I have returned the Pinto and it will be sent to DMM I hope that you guys can sort the problem if you have not already done so. I will be interested to see if the bearing is still intact.

 

I really love the Pinto pulleys, both of them. I use mine almost on a daily basis in more than one configuration. I think the you guys are/have defiantly advanced the gear we all use, especially with the, Treemotion, Hitchclimber, Pinto's and Impact Blocks just to name a few

 

I didn't mean to start anything negative by posting what has happened to my pinto I was just interested if it had happened to anyone else.

 

Thanks for the comment and keep up the great work

[DrewB]

Recieved a new Pinto from Treetools | tree climbing, rigging, pruning and safety equipment and DMM after returning mine last week with surface abrasion. Top service guys, appreciate it.

[atree]

Hows my RG coming along drew?

[CraigD]

Recieved a new Pinto from Treetools | tree climbing, rigging, pruning and safety equipment and DMM after returning mine last week with surface abrasion. Top service guys, appreciate it.

 

I also have recieved a replacement pinto from Treetools | tree climbing, rigging, pruning and safety equipment

[DrewB]

Hows my RG coming along drew?

 

Ill bring it down to the otago arbor camp bro-what other stuff did you want? pm me

[atree]

Ill bring it down to the otago arbor camp bro-what other stuff did you want? pm me

 

OK cheers,Ill let you know if i need anything else.

 

I thought you were going climbing volcanoes around that time?

[DrewB]

nah bro, june 15th we leave. i got my dates fuddled....

[High Scale]

Here's a first - Treemagineers pulley compatible with Petzl