Big shot style?

[Steve Bullman]

i've lately been thinking about getting one. Having a good anchor set is a pre-requisite to effective SRT work imo

[WeeDee]

I never realised how much time I used (wasted) before I got one.

Being able to stand directly below the target branch is a great advantage because the descending line is just as 'neat' as the ascending section.

[Arctostaphylos uva-ursi]

Big shots are excellent as I find you can target high branches more accurately than throwing. But there use depends on the size, species and crown structure of the tree. The location of tree is also important as I would tend not to use one close to windows, greenhouses and conservatories!

[scotspine1]

I was once used a Big Shot to set an access line in a 130ft Redwood, I fired the bag and it went clear over the top and disappeared into the sky, about two minutes later the line seemed suspended from the sky, i pulled on the line only to discover the bag had lodged itself in a crater on the Moon, ended up pulling the Moon back down to Earth.......wrecked the guy's greenhouse so it did.

[WeeDee]

I was once used a Big Shot to set an access line in a 130ft Redwood, I fired the bag and it went clear over the top and disappeared into the sky, about two minutes later the line seemed suspended from the sky, i pulled on the line only to discover the bag had lodged itself in a crater on the Moon, ended up pulling the Moon back down to Earth.......wrecked the guy's greenhouse so it did.

 

So .... is that a thumbs-up or a thumbs-down?

[Peter]

2 questions Tim,

 

1 where did you get a 240,000 mile long throw line, and 2 why were you climbing a redwood at night?

[BenC]

With a small bit of practice Big Shots are fantastic. You dont need all the power that they can produce but its there if needed. Defo on the must have list with a harness, climbing line, cube, ect

[WeeDee]

2 questions Tim,

 

1 where did you get a 240,000 mile long throw line, and 2 why were you climbing a redwood at night?

 

In his defense - he might have tied two together.

[Paulfreebury]

I made one today, it took a hour to make really simple and it works a treat and a fraction of the cost, I'll put some pics up tomorrow if you fancy copying it.

[scotspine1]

2 questions Tim,

 

1 where did you get a 240,000 mile long throw line, and 2 why were you climbing a redwood at night?

 

Ok, that was slight fabrication of the truth.

 

But this is fact -

 

The British Army are currently carrying out a plausibility study into wether or not the Big Shot can be used to fire grenades over long distances.

 

So far the tests have revealed the furthest a grenade shot from a Big Shot was a distance of 16500 miles before exploded in mid air 15 miles outside the Earth's atmosphere.