Rope Wrench feedback

[Old Mill Tree Care]

id say it took alot of time , effort and money on kevins part to get the rope wrench where it is now and i hope he gets a fair share of the retail price and has bought a carribean holiday home with the proceeds!!

very pleased with my rope wrench btw.

my friend made his own copy from mine seems ok.

carl.

 

Exactly!👍

I bought a ZK1, used it for eight months, then passed it on.

Money very well spent due to what it provided for me.

[kevin bingham]

Post some pics when your done. I found that my prototypes cost me around 100$ in time and materials. Mostly time. 3 or 4 hours, trips to the hardware store etc....If you got the time and expertise than awesome! I am all about home crafted gear. I climb on a homemade harness, my rope wrench is made by Isc. The stiff tether is pretty important for good function

[BenR]

Just thought I would post a couple of pics of my wrench rocket setup incase anyone is interested.

Its a little fiddley but you only need a pantin, the bungee and ascender with a short footloop and a couple of snaps for hands free ascending.

[Adam Bourne]

Nice set up Ben,

 

When you say hands free you mean your not using no upper body fuctions at all?

[Old Mill Tree Care]

That's a really good set up BenR. I'd only use it if I was doing 100ft+ ascents most days.

For our English trees I like the least fiddly options but I do love seeing people trying things. It eventually leads to something great.

[munkymadman]

i wanted to upload my frogman set up with the wrench. dont understand this URL, milarcky, lacks the bling of bens though

[ben lightfoot]

Here is mine hope to christen the rope tomorrow

[Ian Flatters]

Just thought I would post a couple of pics of my wrench rocket setup incase anyone is interested.

Its a little fiddley but you only need a pantin, the bungee and ascender with a short footloop and a couple of snaps for hands free ascending.

 

Sweet setup BenR, like that a lot, kind of gets rid of the need for a hand acsender so theres more use of your hands when when passing a tight limb.

[BenR]

Yea its sound. You dont need your arms to ascend so if you are next to the stem you can just push yourself off slightly. The steps are quite small compared to a frog walker but its not that difficult to clip up. Undo the ascender, unclip the small shackle and unclip from the pantin. Takes about 20secs max including putting it way in a little chalk bag. For short ascents I just use the pantin or climb the tree but for going back up to a redirect from the bottom its worth putting it on. Even for 10m its much easier and more efficient than sit standing with just a pantin.

[BenR]

Nice setup with the Spiderjack btw Ben! Will have to catch you for a rec climb next time im back!