lock jack, spider jack, vt?

[Taupotreeman]

Yeah yeah Adam I know. Gotta say it was way easier to adapt to than the wrench but then I've never done any SRT stuff before. Feel like a fish out of water trying to go up single rope on a pantin but felt heaps easier on the SJ. There is a but though and that's the fact that working off the wrench I can see as being easier to get around a tree with a lot of tight or fiddly branches. I trialled the SJ on a Pin Oak today and instantly thought "this would be easier with the wrench". Having said that I'm well happy with the money I spent.

[Old Mill Tree Care]

Taupe, did your RW tether come like that or did you make it?

[Taupotreeman]

Drew made it for me (DBtree) so it came with the order basically. My mate knocked up his own and it works better for him. To be fair I haven't really tried mine yet as I got carried away with SJ bling.

[atree]

Yeah yeah Adam I know. Gotta say it was way easier to adapt to than the wrench but then I've never done any SRT stuff before. Feel like a fish out of water trying to go up single rope on a pantin but felt heaps easier on the SJ. There is a but though and that's the fact that working off the wrench I can see as being easier to get around a tree with a lot of tight or fiddly branches. I trialled the SJ on a Pin Oak today and instantly thought "this would be easier with the wrench". Having said that I'm well happy with the money I spent.

 

Cool that you have the option to use both,I have done a few trees recenlty and thought this would be so much easier with a RW.Keep practicing on both a find what works best for you.

[Will Ayers]

well.....

 

my findings are as follows!

 

love the spiderjack for climbing up... and from here on in i dont see any benefits. in fact there is a slight negative when it comes to change overs, its a bit fiddly IMO. i have given it a good go and i do love the fact that there is zero sit back while climbing up but i dont think benefits outweigh the cost. i'd certainly reccomend it to any one to try out and if you have a stash of cash that needs to go missing.... if they were closer to £30 i'd probably find i used it all the time!

 

[atree]

well.....

 

my findings are as follows!

 

love the spiderjack for climbing up... and from here on in i dont see any benefits. in fact there is a slight negative when it comes to change overs, its a bit fiddly IMO. i have given it a good go and i do love the fact that there is zero sit back while climbing up but i dont think benefits outweigh the cost. i'd certainly reccomend it to any one to try out and if you have a stash of cash that needs to go missing.... if they were closer to £30 i'd probably find i used it all the time!

 

 

Have you got a small sling?That makes change over so much easier as all you need to do is open 'biner and take rope out.