Valdotain Tresse VT pulley set up. Photo's

[MattyF]

my current set up tachyon with 8mm liros.

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[Dean Lofthouse]

Save yourself all the hassle of how many wraps to braids and whether to use a normal pulley or hitchclimber and set it up like this:

[MattyF]

Swapped my lock jack for some nice pike rods couldnt get on with it...i like tuning my vt's,might be completly a sad git but i get a feeling of satisfaction when its doing the job properly after being re tied and tuned!

 

scorch with a minimum wraps and braid combo vt not under tension

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[MattyF]

Save yourself all the hassle of how many wraps to braids and whether to use a normal pulley or hitchclimber and set it up like this:

 

Dean do you ever use a pulley to run the tail of the rope through so it enters the clutch straight? i found when branch walking and it was pulling the rope at the angle in your photo it would not tend slack or ascend as smoothly.

Im just curious as i saw it in the instructions for the lock jack sport but never seen one used or had tryed it with mine before i got shot of it.

[Dean Lofthouse]

Good point Matty, I'll give it a go because it can be a pain. I can remember you mentioning this a while back and I must have forgotten to try it

 

I swapped to a swivel crab takup instead of the fixed one which makes it much much better as you dont get half as much rope twisting now

[D Mc]

Matty, Nice clean set up. Have you experimented with tying the VT a 180 deg opposite orientation? It is the way I use mine. I found the pulley will hit at the open patch of rope and tend smoother and also the X that bumps into the eyesplice will no longer be on that side, making adjustments more smooth. This seems to work for me at least.

 

Dean, What a great shot of the lock jack! You could sell it to use for one of their advertisements.

 

I'm a little bothered by the rope angles. It looks like your primary TIP with pulley is below your redirect by a considerable amount? If so, that's an awful lot of rope and I would not be fond of that setup. If something were to fail, that's too much slack. It generally would be worth resetting your TIP as opposed to redirecting.

 

All in all, I think the Lockjack is a fantastic tool that requires some getting use to but, truthfully, there is nothing else, including the VT that will tend slack as smoothly.

 

Dave

[Dean Lofthouse]

Hi Dave

 

It looks far worse than it really is, camera depth of field and all that funny stuff and camera jiggery pokery.

 

It's a mega wide angle lens which makes things look farther away or longer and higher than they really are.

[cuttenwolf]

what pulley do you use. I use the climber hitch and seems to work good with the tether method.

Sorry I posted before reading all the posts.

Edited December 29, 2008 by cuttenwolf
jumping the gun

[DrewB]

heres a couple of setups that i use, all seem to work differently on different days but all work well for me.some days they twist the rope, some days they dont, etc...

[ClimbingNev]

I'm getting to my wits end with the vt despite having heaps of help on the forum. I get it for branch walking and one handed self tending friction hitch and in that respect it's great. What I don't get is using it whilst ascending. It just doesn't advance right without someone pulling the rope through at the bottom. I was told the vt stays about waist height and the rope feeds itself through.

 

What I'd REALLY REALLY appreciate is some photo's of the vt IN ACTION: i.e. clipped on harness pre ascent and mid ascent. I don't wanna be beaten but I'm getting close to going back to my old Blake's hitch and to never return to vt world again. At the moment I'm using an isc fixed cheek pulley with 1.5M of 8mm aramide tied off with single fishermans onto crab.

 

Go on make my Christmas. Please

 

 

Hi mate. I have not read all the replies to this topic as I am lazy, but thought I would draw your attention to a variation. Someone may have covered it already but I will repeat it in any case.

You mentioned you want a self feeding system? On the vid in the second or third reply you can see that the climber is pulling himself up on the line, then locking and feeding the slack through with the other spare hand when he has gone a meter or so up. well look at the photos below and follow the numbers for reference info.

 

THE V T AND KNOTS JOINING IT TO THE KARABINA ARE NOT DONE UP PROPERLY THEY ARE FOR SYSTEM DEMONSTRATION PURPOSES ONLY

I JUST THREW IT TOGETHER USING THE WINDOW LATCH AS A FAKE ANCHOR TO SHOW THE GENERAL JIST!

 

 

1. You can obviosly use a gadget here with a length of string to make bringing the shunt cord in a bit easier from a distance, I am just showing the principle of a friction knot.

 

2. The main line goes through the D or sliding ring (3.) (Karabina used for demo instead of slider as I have not got a harness to use right now)

 

4. Shunt cord comes from 1. and attaches onto pulley to self shunt the V T up as you ascend.

 

5. If you want to get a good pull simply hold your shunt knot and pull the system through at point 6. until the V T is away from you. You can get a reet good pull at point 7. and the V T locks, unlocks and moves it'self.

 

To branch walk or descend just pull the system to you again by reversing what I have just shown.

 

I love this system hope you do too mate,

All the best,