Art rope guide.

[Roylance1988]

Just bought my self a ropeguide and was wondering if people pull it out the tree without lowering it down. Obviously not on to hard surfaces but grass or soil etc.

[WoodED]

Just bought my self a ropeguide and was wondering if people pull it out the tree without lowering it down. Obviously not on to hard surfaces but grass or soil etc.

 

 

I normally just pull it out, it hangs on other branches 9/10 times breaking the fall

[Joe Newton]

Same. It's a big no no to drop the pulley onto hard surfaces, but I never lower it. Like above it usually hangs up.

[Roylance1988]

Yeah I thought it would. My cambium saver would hang over 3 or 4 branches before reaching the ground. So of your working over hard surfaces do you just climb up and take it out before getting down. I thinking about getting a double snapper for it, for this situation. Are they any good?

[Joe Newton]

Yeah I thought it would. My cambium saver would hang over 3 or 4 branches before reaching the ground. So of your working over hard surfaces do you just climb up and take it out before getting down. I thinking about getting a double snapper for it, for this situation. Are they any good?

 

 

To be honest I just risk it. I'll replace the pulley every now and then and relegate it to the rigging kit.

[Roylance1988]

What about the cam device. Can they take a bit of a beating?

[Joe Newton]

Don't know, mines a pulley saver (homemade). I just cut the prussik off and re splice some tenex.

[Alinicoll]

I`ve got a double snapper, I even used it once...

 

If it`s over hard surfaces I`d just go and get it.

[chrism3513]

Or use your work rope or access line (if set) or a throw line to retrieve it and lower to ground...

[jeanesy]

I've had my rope guide for about 2.5/3 years now. I tried the double snapper route for a while but I found the plastic tube thing constantly got stuck in forks. I just pull it out and let it free fall, nine times out of ten it will get caught up on branches on the way down. You soon get the hang of catching it before it hits the deck, the cocoon is a solid piece of kit that can take some punishment.