slipping spiderjack!! HELP!

[James Atkinson]

hi i noticed this last week that my spiderjack slipping slowly down the rope and it requires a tug of the rope upwards below it (hope that makes sense) do i need a new cam or something? Help!! i dont want to die!

[Adam Bourne]

  ginandtonic said:

hi i noticed this last week that my spiderjack slipping slowly down the rope and it requires a tug of the rope upwards below it (hope that makes sense) do i need a new cam or something? Help!! i dont want to die!

 

what mm is your rope

[James Atkinson]

13mm mate

[Adam Bourne]

  ginandtonic said:

13mm mate

 

the clutch on the spiderjack is designed for 11-13mm rope on the same clutch how long have you had the spiderjack and have you been controlling your descents, don't mean that in a you don't know what you are doing way, just fast and hard descents can cause the clutch to wear fast.

[Stephen Blair]

they are terifying!!! i got a new rope for mine and thought i would give it another go:001_rolleyes:, scared 10 feet up a tree, lasted 5 mins, threw it out the tree and stuck on a prussik.

[Highland Forestry]

You would be well warned to get that Spiderjack LOLER inspected mate, before you do actually kill yourself....if theres anything wrong with it, you need to know about it.

[James Atkinson]

no never do fast descents really, had it around 2 years and love it, i think it needs a new clutch, hmmmmmm, i might ring up good old treeworker tomorrow

[Adam Bourne]

  ginandtonic said:

no never do fast descents really, had it around 2 years and love it, i think it needs a new clutch, hmmmmmm, i might ring up good old treeworker tomorrow

 

pretty much all it can be mate, would recommend a new clutch.

[Old Mill Tree Care]

Two years!

 

I only do slow descents and go through a clutch a year at least. It's only the clutch, you're not going to die, probably.

[James Atkinson]

  Oldmilltrees said:

Two years!

 

I only do slow descents and go through a clutch a year at least. It's only the clutch, you're not going to die, probably.

 

ooops!!