DDRT or SRT?

[will.morris]

Thanks for clearing that up

 

I'm calling it BOATOTCBIHRT from now on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Bit of a tricky one to classify but its helpful rope technique)...

[dcoffey]

Has anyone looked at the TCIA's Best Practices for SRT in Arboriculture? The book answers many questions in a very easy to read format and full color.

 

Donny

[Old Mill Tree Care]

Has anyone looked at the TCIA's Best Practices for SRT in Arboriculture? The book answers many questions in a very easy to read format and full color.

 

Donny

 

Is it available as a download?

[Dan Curtis]

Has anyone looked at the TCIA's Best Practices for SRT in Arboriculture? The book answers many questions in a very easy to read format and full color.

 

Donny

 

Yep, good work Donny & co

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/arborist-reviews/51020-best-practises-srt-arboriculture.html

[Swampster]

'The book' is a bit fresh, what do you think of it?

[Dan Curtis]

I think it fills a void in collective knowledge and shared information. It's certainly in the right place at the right time. I wrote the review on that link btw

[Swampster]

The majority of voters here never use SRT, what are the reasons if you don't mind me asking??

 

Thanks

[Bing!]

The majority of voters here never use SRT, what are the reasons if you don't mind me asking??

 

 

Most likely reason is that the climbers have been taught Ddrt when they started out, got used to it, became good at the job with that technique and dont want to change. It is extra kit and a different method of route planning, different anchor point methods, different retrievel methods and requires you to put yourself on a learning curve again, It's a big step to take when you may have spent years/decades perfecting your style and work method, and it may end up being the wrong 'thing' for you. There will also be a number of folk who will put it down to being 'just another gear junkie fad', and will not even entertain trying it out.

I took the plunge a while back and found it didn't do it for me, I don't have the time to really persevere with it so probably didn't get the full potential out of it.

I use a Bulldog on Ddrt 100% of the time and find it does the job of a friction hitch exceptionally well, but with added advantages.

 

Bing!

[WorcsWuss]

The majority of voters here never use SRT, what are the reasons if you don't mind me asking??

 

Thanks

 

It's another couple of hundred quid to invest in kit.... No other reason.

On the cards though.....

[colemanjessenz]

For SRT access all you need is three ascenders and a rope or even less i think i saw a guy on youtube using his footlocking strop as ascender and he threw his lanyard over his shoulder and clipped it to his hitch climber for a chest ascender. SRT is not SRWP, I am very surprised that more people do not use SRT for access into trees i think after fifteen meters footlocking it loose the efficiency, if i have to ascend anything 16 meters plus i will tend to throw for srt (unless its a perfect footlock line and then its all for practise) although it varies a bit from tree to tree .

access lines are so much more efficient then climbing up a tree imo.