Rope Wrench feedback

[RC0]

Always great to read your post/opinions Reg:thumbup1:...However Ill stick to my Spider jack

 

No problem:001_smile: Like I was going to stick to my VT on the doubled line for the rest of my career, but now realise how much more time and effort I'd have wasted in the process.

 

As I said earlier, bad representatives always put me off SRT in the past, but now I know the reality I cant see of 'any' significant advantages in DdRT.

[High Scale]

All we need now is approval to use srt for work positioning. I know there are guys doing it already but it causes troubles with insurance IME.

 

Does anyone know if or when the rw will hit the uk market? I suppose it'll have to go through all the ce testing for that.

 

I have a feeling that whenever the unicender finally gets released there will finally be something kosher (in this country) that works as an srt positioner, which should hopefully make afag/nptc/loler etc realise it is a valid option for work. Then fingers crossed let us use it legitimately

 

Unicender has CE approval I believe.

[High Scale]

No problem:001_smile: Like I was going to stick to my VT on the doubled line for the rest of my career, but now realise how much more time and effort I'd have wasted in the process.

 

As I said earlier, bad representatives always put me off SRT in the past, but now I know the reality I cant see of 'any' significant advantages in DdRT.

 

I have one, the ability to be able to change your TIP easily.

[RC0]

I have one, the ability to be able to change your TIP easily.

 

Set the scenario for me Carl, which part do you find difficult?

[D Mc]

...After the second tree on day one I couldn't think of a single reason to why I'd ever want to go back to DdRT (doubled rope technique)....I still cant believe I'm actually saying this:confused1:..

 

Very nice post, Reg.

 

Dave

[High Scale]

Say if your TIP is on one stem and you are working on another stem maybe some distance away, you get into some difficulty for some reason and your TIP gets compromised by something, if you are tied to that point how do you untie that TIP remotely without having a long tail on your TIP knot? Or, if you are tied at the base of the stem it's still a bit of a faff to pull your line through to re-tie your main line TIP, but I am probably missing something?

 

EDIT: I am not slagging off SRT as I find it very useful, especially now with the RW.

Edited December 13, 2011 by High Scale

[WorcsWuss]

Sorry guys, I'm diving into the middle of a discussion I don't follow with a stupid question, but can someone just give a outline of what the RW actually does and why?

I've watched all the videos I can find and it still isn't really clear...

I'm highly unlikely to venture into SRT, I'm quite happy on Ddrt [the remote swapping TIP reason mainly] and the cost to swap to SRT is quite prohibitive for me, but I am fascinated by it. But try as I might I just cannot get my head round the RW.

Apologies if it's blindingly obvious and I'm just being thick as 2 short ones but I just can't see how it works or it's purpose! TIA!

[High Scale]

The great thing about the RW with the removable pin is you can change between Ddrt and SRT very easily, I have found sometimes that my first TIP is not suitable or high enough for my liking, I will swap over to Drdt, stowing the RW in a pocket and advancing higher safely until I can re-tie, clip the RW back on the line and continue SRT.

[High Scale]

Sorry guys, I'm diving into the middle of a discussion I don't follow with a stupid question, but can someone just give a outline of what the RW actually does and why?

I've watched all the videos I can find and it still isn't really clear...

I'm highly unlikely to venture into SRT, I'm quite happy on Ddrt [the remote swapping TIP reason mainly] and the cost to swap to SRT is quite prohibitive for me, but I am fascinated by it. But try as I might I just cannot get my head round the RW.

Apologies if it's blindingly obvious and I'm just being thick as 2 short ones but I just can't see how it works or it's purpose! TIA!

 

You cannot use a normal hitch climbing SRT, well you can but because you are only on one leg of the rope you will burn the hitch cord out very fast, this is because all your weight is on one rope where as climbing Ddrt your weight is shared between both legs of your rope, the RW acts as a friction device, slowing down your decent enabling you to use a normal hitch on the single line without it burning out.

[WorcsWuss]

You cannot use a normal hitch climbing SRT, well you can but because you are only on one leg of the rope you will burn the hitch cord out very fast, this is because all your weight is on one rope where as climbing Ddrt your weight is shared between both legs of your rope, the RW acts as a friction device, slowing down your decent enabling you to use a normal hitch on the single line without it burning out.

 

Aaah, so it's purpose is to share the load on a conventional friction hitch so that you don't need to use an expensive mechanical ascender....

All becomes clear now!

Thanks!