love my spiderjack

[silky fox]

Climbed on a hitch climber with a tree motion harness yesterday as my kit hasn,t arrived yet..... Tree motion harness is LUXURY! hitch climber is so YESTERDAY! tending your rope SUCKS:thumbdown: and the "Sit back" is crap....SPIDERJACK RULES!!!:thumbup:

[joki23]

is the sj not a good bet for a leftie then ? i really liked the look of it but if it doesn't go well with being left handed i may just go for the hitch climber instead !

[silky fox]

At least try the Spiderjack......or get used to frantic rope tending.

[Al Cormack]

I got a SJ about 12 months ago and prior to that spent 27 years climbing on prussiks and hitches, always using my left hand to operate them. Now I use my right hand on the SJ - took a bit of getting used to but you will in the end.

[Seedi]

is the sj not a good bet for a leftie then ? i really liked the look of it but if it doesn't go well with being left handed i may just go for the hitch climber instead !

 

Or go for a lockjack. I wanted a spiderjack but some mixed reviews about it and infos in this thread made me change my mind. Now I think I'll stick with my LJ. Fooled around with a HC-setup but the faster knots like a VT are too long for my taste and have too much sit-back.

 

Cheers, Philipp

[simonm]

I can't knock it really. I use my left hand on it as well as my right doesn't matter really. The only time I nearly threw it thru chipper was when I came down and there was a small holly tree which I managed to swing into ouch! And a small branch some how knocked the clutch and I fell about 4 foot before It released and grabbed the rope! I was only 5 foot up tho so didn't hurt much! Only my pride as the next door neighbours were watching

[the verminator]

i love my spidderjack as well only problem i have found is sometimes when tying up rigging i sometimes catch the clutch leaver and have a 'what happened there moment?'

[the verminator]

i love my spidderjack as well only thing i have found is sometimes when tying up the rigging i sometimes catch the clutch leaver, can be a intresting moment

[roseyweb]

Whats the diffrence?