Rope Wrench feedback

[Cary Gibson]

With this....6mm Ocean Vectran Loop with stainless steel DMM thimble

 

 

 

 

Like this.....

 

 

 

 

 

The Ovi O is girth hitched between the wrench and the top ultra o krab on the HC pulley. I find its a good length as a tether as its short ,compact and pretty hard to get snagged or wrapped around the top of the wrench. Thanks to Cary for this one. Hope that helps..

 

 

welcome man great rig, works better than any I have tried and it keeps the middle hole on the HC freed up

[Taupotreeman]

Weather looks pretty grim Ian.

 

It is a pretty hard life sometimes I must admit but reckon a few of those arbtalkers who have just returned from these shores will be wondering where those skies were when they were here recently

[Taupotreeman]

Trying some Globe out.

 

Very much a RW novice but I reckon that tether might be a bit long, at least for me. I allowed the wrench to drop down below my waist on a removal the other day (I was tied in with a lanyard as well) and found that even with my shorter tether it got wrapped over the top of the wrench real easy. Not a pretty sight.

[atree]

Weather looks pretty grim Ian.

 

 

Dont be jealous mark,Its ok.

[High Scale]

I have my tether set the same with a Thimble but I girth hitch the tether to the top hole of my HC pulley. This reduces the amount of components and reduces the amount of 'flopping and twisting' that can happen.

It basically keeps it all a bit straighter.

 

Yeah that's how I used to have it.

[High Scale]

Very much a RW novice but I reckon that tether might be a bit long, at least for me. I allowed the wrench to drop down below my waist on a removal the other day (I was tied in with a lanyard as well) and found that even with my shorter tether it got wrapped over the top of the wrench real easy. Not a pretty sight.

 

I've been experimenting with tether length, the original tether was fine but a little short, I was finding that my glove tips kept getting caught between the hitch and RW, annoying and the short length didn't suit my gibbon like, long arm style.

[MasonW]

Hey Paul, the 6mm ocean polyester is threaded through the thimble and girth hitched so its about 12 mm away from the wrench, so no metal on metal that ive noticed.

[gibbon]

What's the purpose of the metal thimble?

[Paulfreebury]

What's the purpose of the metal thimble?

 

To clip my ascender to.

[CraigD]

i'd use it for an attachment point for a hand ascender with foot loop....