Rigging with karabiners

[daltontrees]

  new guy ti said:

I like to use tape slings for lowering.

Helps me be a bit quicker.

While the groundie is lowering I can be setting up the next piece.

Cheap to buy and easy/quick to use.

 

I agree totally, I wouldn't use rope and krab if a sling was available. Which it always is except for emergencies. Big big bites get a timber hitch and an isolating half hitch.

[jaime bray]

The rigging doc RR628; if I correctly, will give some good advice relating to this. Arbocop in arbtalk will point you in right direction. PM him.

[jeanesy]

Cheers for the replies. I'll check out the backbone, never seen one in action. I like to use slings too, one on the rope and one stuffed down my shirt, that way I can set the next one while the previous piece is being dealt with. Otherwise it's knots for me.

[Will C]

if you use slings the backbone is spot on, money well spent.

 

Only prob ive found is if you dont get hold of it the wait can pull it back down to the ground again. ive got a bit of pull cord on my harness to hook it to to solve the prob

[Gray git]

That's a good thing as stops it pissing off back to the top all way up to the pully, better it stays put or go's down as it's easier to grab it again and pull up rather than having to climb unnecessarily.

[Canal Navvy]

  jaime bray said:

The rigging doc RR628; if I correctly, will give some good advice relating to this. Arbocop in arbtalk will point you in right direction. PM him.

 

H.S.E. Rigging research 668 , well worth a read

[SPC Trees]

  Gray git said:

Even quicker with a backbone instead of a crab, love mine as no gates to open/close or cross load, have a look at 1 of vids I did, backbone tree rigging. Sorry phone a bit broken so can't do links as crack om screen is rite where bit for doing so is.

 

 

What's the link to this please Gray?

[Arbtech Tree Services]

Or try typing 'backbone tree rigging' into Youtube

 

 

Regards,

 

Steve.

[bumble B]

  Gray git said:

That's a good thing as stops it pissing off back to the top all way up to the pully, better it stays put or go's down as it's easier to grab it again and pull up rather than having to climb unnecessarily.

 

Put a spike in the line so it hits the pulley, tie off then pull the spike out. No danger of the end running back up to the pulley.

[Mick Dempsey]

  bumble B said:

Put a spike in the line so it hits the pulley, tie off then pull the spike out. No danger of the end running back up to the pulley.

 

What a ridiculously simple and good idea.