Best climbing rope.

[LSD]

adding to this thread,

I’ve have a Salamander (same as Gecko but different colours, and equally as pants:thumbdown:) for three years and eventually managed to get rid today, was wondering which is the best rope for a Loc Jack Sport and, or ocean polyester?

[Tim Williams]

new england ropes for me I found marlow and yale ropes need a lot of milking. Try a few of your workmates if you can and see what feels good for you. New england HIVEE at the mo is my favourite.

[Dean Lofthouse]

Why do people moan about weight of a rope and then stick all sorts of crap on their harness

[Peter]

What do you mean, crap? I might just need a lemon juicer in the tree one day, and if it wasnt strapped to the back of my harness, I'd look very silly.

[Sciadopitys]

I'm using Yale Blaze at the mo, but ordered some poison Hi-vy to replace it, as its been well hammered over the last 18 months, it'll be demoted to my conifer rope once the poison Hi-vy arrives! Still cannot understand how a rope cannot be CE marked when its made by Yale and most of their other ropes have a CE mark - stupid european rules - if its good enough for USA surely its good enough for use in Europe!?!

[MattyF]

Why do people moan about weight of a rope and then stick all sorts of crap on their harness

 

Well it does play a big part for me when i am doing reductions or tip work,that is when i usually use the fly or tachyon as the larger diameter ropes just drag all the slack through at height and wont give you any back its a bad enough with 11mm lines!)you must of found that with the lock jack dean? i like the slack tending of heavier ropes and there grip for every thing else though especially felling.

[Mark Bolam]

Blue telecom nylon for me every time. Dirt cheap from B & Q, and so many uses. You can even use it to tie limbs back on that you have removed by accident.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seriously, try a few if you can, mate.

IMO you need two, a long 'un and a short 'un. Nowt worse than having to pull through 40m of slack when you are doing a pi**y little fruit tree reduction.

[treewizard]

ive got marlow chamelion, going on your posts i must be mad but........i like it:blink:.

[Qtip]

Been climbing on poison ivy for nearly a year now. Its a great rope and has lasted extremely well. I, like you, cannot understand why it is not C.E. marked.

[Ian F]

Because the construction of the rope does not meet CE requirements