Rope Wrench feedback

[Cary Gibson]

I tie a 3/16" piece of bungee to the top loop on the back of my TM, tie a micro biner on the other end. I clip that over my shoulder when ascending, then clip it on my saddle when not using it. works great, LOTS is good, until you need you lanyard while it is being used and my method is a lot cooler than the inner tube, which I have tried it is the best method I have found so far.

[carlos]

I tie a 3/16" piece of bungee to the top loop on the back of my TM, tie a micro biner on the other end. I clip that over my shoulder when ascending, then clip it on my saddle when not using it. works great, LOTS is good, until you need you lanyard while it is being used and my method is a lot cooler than the inner tube, which I have tried it is the best method I have found so far.

 

we have been using the same set up with a bungy cord and works great, brilliant when you have you top tie in and theres lots of branchs just scramble up whilst the wrench is moving with you and its all self tending.

carl

[Cary Gibson]

we have been using the same set up with a bungy cord and works great, brilliant when you have you top tie in and theres lots of branchs just scramble up whilst the wrench is moving with you and its all self tending.

carl

 

yep, it pretty rocks and outshines all other methods, simple, cheap, easy and fast, and the self tending is awesome whilst climbing the tree, I love it

 

makes the LOTS and hot, heavy inner-tube kinda' obsolete, anybody I let try this , says it is the way to go.

[Mark Bolam]

I'm on it Cary, thanks for the tip mate.

 

I would need a tractor inner-tube for my massive pecs anyway.

[Old Mill Tree Care]

Just an old one, remove te valve and place on your upper body but making a twist so it fig 8 it's self. Like webbing to make a chest harness. Then just clip a crab on the front and clip I to the uni top hole or the hitch climber.

 

So you're wearing an '8' over your chest. What stops it sliding forwards off your shoulders and down your arms?

[DrewB]

The crab bro

[Rich Rule]

I think the '8' is at the back and bina at front.

[DrewB]

I like Cary's idea but I can see it slapping the **** out Of my back in tight trees like pin oaks

[mistahbenn]

I hate pin oaks!

 

Cary, care to show pic, or vid of your method?

 

edit, I will just try it myself

[surveyor]

I modified my RW today so that it has two attach points at the tether end. One for the tether and the other for over the shoulder or chest clip. The bronze rollers are both free to turn, but it still works fine to add friction above the hitch.