Line boss

[Paul Smith]

I was looking at this a couple of years ago and recent threads on the rocker made me look again.

 

Any body used one?

 

http://www.lineboss.com/index.htm

[VEG]

Nahh looks too ugly lol

[WorcsWuss]

How much?!?!?

 

Hey... Why won't it let me caps lock....? Bloody thought police.....

[DrewB]

I've used one and to be honest it was the biggest piece of rubbish

I've ever used in tree work. And lots of other climbers had the same opinion here, be good if others have a different opinion.

[Mozza]

Another load of gimmick bollocks

[MasonW]

I used the Line boss once about a year ago.

We were installing 6 metre long Red L.E.D strips on gum trees

in a gum forest at Keystone(Crazy billionaire art and animal farm).

 

As i was not entirely familiar with SRT at the time i was isolating

my throw ball, installing a Cambium Saver, and climbing Drt with the

DLRW (Double Line Rope Walker) which at the time i thought was

**** hot.

 

Turns out looking back the RW would have made this process three

times as fast.

 

I had climbed to my CS, as was preparing to throw my climbing line

higher up the stem. I opened the top plate of the Line Boss and my line started free spooling through the device toward the ground

.v:scared1:

 

Admittedly it was my first time using the device and as we were trying to get

as many trees done as fast as possible there wasnt time to be practicing low and slow. Stupid on my part as it would have made for a difficult rescue.

 

15 plus metres up and only lanyarded in. Tree DBH 1.2 metre.

 

I was surprised there was no sort of spring loaded safety feature in the device to prevent this happening in change over, luckily enough i was quick enough to grab my line before it paid through the device but after that it wasnt really a piece of kit i thought was worth pursuing..

[Pedroski]

cough splutter..... $425!!!!