Two ropes for SRWP?

[kevin bingham]

TreeStuff.com Jambo: Following Kevin Bingham:

 

The footage of my climbing style is limited. Some shots of my ascent. A bit of alternating redirects as well. I ended up with third in this comp which was 4 trees with a bunch of bells to ring

[Fredward]

Cool thanks for posting that, would be awesome to see some go pro footage of how you set-up and work the tree with two ropes.

[mtt.tr]

i cant see how its much safer. Surely if you cut one rope you are probably in a position to cut both at the same time. but with a strop its normally in a completely different position almost away from you main line. you are more likely to cut your strop and be left on the main line. the thought of cutting by either line or strop should be avoided

[Old Mill Tree Care]

i cant see how its much safer. Surely if you cut one rope you are probably in a position to cut both at the same time. but with a strop its normally in a completely different position almost away from you main line. you are more likely to cut your strop and be left on the main line. the thought of cutting by either line or strop should be avoided

 

 

I think the idea is that two ropes improve safety from a stability and therefore work position point of view.

[mtt.tr]

I think the idea is that two ropes improve safety from a stability and therefore work position point of view.

 

rightyo. yeah i suppose like that it makes sense

[kevin bingham]

Was doing a big removal yesterday and I found that I really appreciated not being tied into the lead I was cutting on. Was cutting large weighted limbs and the chance of barber chairs and funky twists and the unpredictable made it nice to have good work positioning suspended near my cutting but not a part of it. I hate being lanyarded in and feeling like my avenues of escape are limited

[Jake Andrews]

Fredward, look on YouTube for videos of this.

Iv become increasingly intrigued by this idea, don't think it will suit me on every tree but can see it having merits in a big open spreading tree with low tips. Only problem for me is the ball ache to fit 2 bridges just for that once in a while tree.

Have you finished your experiment on 500 hrs Kevin? Conclusion?

[BenR]

did this on a wide low beech reduction with 13 phone lines running through it last week.. winner

[bumble B]

It seems not many people climb with 2 ropes. The only times I have is on awkward trees maybe the top anchor is well off centre, or the top is very wide. The second line usually moves with me and has several different anchor points along the way. Or I will put a redirect in near me to change the angle and use my strop either on the D's or on the bridge. I did an awkward slippery Sweet Chestnut this year where I had 3 lines in, I could pick my feet up and stay exactly where I was.

[Old Mill Tree Care]

Fredward, look on YouTube for videos of this.

 

Iv become increasingly intrigued by this idea, don't think it will suit me on every tree but can see it having merits in a big open spreading tree with low tips. Only problem for me is the ball ache to fit 2 bridges just for that once in a while tree.

 

Have you finished your experiment on 500 hrs Kevin? Conclusion?

 

 

It appears that two bridges are not necessary.

Look at the Bulldog Bone thread on Treebuzz. Post #950 by Oceans shows a photo of his setup.

Here is the link:

http://treebuzz.com/forum/index.php?threads/Compact-Bulldog-Bone.28246/