best biners for a zip line?

[RC0]

I don't know about royalty....just another defector. The ground man is a kiwi, strong as an ox. He mainly just pulling the line tight by hand and then putting a wrap on the hook to hold it there.

[jomoco]

Great vid Reg.

 

Very educational and well put together mate.

 

Jomoco

[normandylumberjack]

I don't know about royalty....just another defector. The ground man is a kiwi, strong as an ox. He mainly just pulling the line tight by hand and then putting a wrap on the hook to hold it there.

 

Now when you say hook.................? sorry to be a pain:blushing:

[Andrew Gale]

Great vid; chainsaws, rigging, stunning scenery and AC/DC - what more do you need?

[Tim Stobart Tree Surgery]

Ironically, I zip/sky lined today for the first time, it's a great technique, and one I picked up from a different Reg video (Cheers Reg). From today I;d say the more krabs/slings the better.

 

One thought though, rather than slings, how about retired prussik loops? I have plenty of these kicking about?!

[Steve Bullman]

they'd work. Nice thing about slings is they bite nice and tightly against even smooth wood. Prussik loops more than likely would too though

[josharb87]

I use a load of varying sized slings, some old carabiners, connected to a rigging plate then a pulley of any sort (twin pulley or HC normally). for spruce/fir/pine with whorls of branches its good to have 2 sets of a system.

tag lines are good for cord or if you need to slow stuff down

[RC0]

Now when you say hook.................? sorry to be a pain:blushing:

 

Yeah its just a 3 ton hook to lock the line at the landing. You can use whatever you want but thats what we use because its quick and easy. Just dont go for a huge top when you get to that point, and avoid falling it directly on the line.

[Joe Newton]

Now when you say hook.................? sorry to be a pain:blushing:

 

 

A f8 does a good job as a lock off at the ground.

 

I use about 8 Lyon tape slings and fall arrest steel screw gate biners. Cheap and tough.

 

I find a haul back system to be a pain in most situations.

 

 

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[treequip]

A f8 does a good job as a lock off at the ground.

 

I use about 8 Lyon tape slings and fall arrest steel screw gate biners. Cheap and tough.

 

I find a haul back system to be a pain in most situations.

 

 

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Agreed but in certain circumstances you can run the tail through a pulley and hang a log on the end to act as a brake and haul the carriage back up for you:thumbup1: