Cinch users

[White Noise]

Petzl grillion is better suited than the gri gri.

 

Ropeman?? That would just be silly!

 

I mentioned it as someone elsewhere on the forum was using one . I,m not familiar with them .whats the main use ? Back up for srt ?

[Rupe]

What the ropeman? I guess it was intended as a back up for hauling gear during big wall rock climbing or maybe as emergency rescue use.

 

Don't think it was ever intended for tree work, but we are an adaptable bunch!

[White Noise]

What the ropeman? I guess it was intended as a back up for hauling gear during big wall rock climbing or maybe as emergency rescue use.

 

Don't think it was ever intended for tree work, but we are an adaptable bunch!

 

Surely the ropeman mk2 rope grab would be ok as a positioner with a stopper knot . Or am I just waiting to get laughed off this thread .

 

Please be gentle as I,m just coming out of the prussic age

[Mozza]

 

Please be gentle as I,m just coming out of the prussic age

 

Im just getting into that age :blushing:

[White Noise]

Im just getting into that age :blushing:

 

Hey Liam I,m just gonna try and make it a little bit easier on the old bod

 

Hows ya back ?

[Rupe]

It would work, but not that easy to release so not really ideal.

 

I used one once as an adjuster on the rope bridge of my harness. That was ok, but there were concerns that it might cut through the rope if a heavy force was applied.

 

Those concerns would also exist if usign it as a lanyard adjuster. Whether it actually would cut through - I don't know, but I stopped using it. Also I hardly ever needed to adjust the bridge so a bit pointless!

 

It has great uses for make an adjustable length friction hitch system which has been shown here somewhere.

[White Noise]

It would work, but not that easy to release so not really ideal.

 

I used one once as an adjuster on the rope bridge of my harness. That was ok, but there were concerns that it might cut through the rope if a heavy force was applied.

 

Those concerns would also exist if usign it as a lanyard adjuster. Whether it actually would cut through - I don't know, but I stopped using it. Also I hardly ever needed to adjust the bridge so a bit pointless!

 

It has great uses for make an adjustable length friction hitch system which has been shown here somewhere.

 

Yeah valid point there as the cams are quite serated . Ok for hauling up a big saw . So all good for a wire core flip line .

Edited December 22, 2009 by White Noise

[MattyF]

I used a ropeman as a positioner on lanyards for years backed up with a stop knot of course.... untill mr bullman pointed out it was not desighned as a primary life support so replaced with a swivel art positioner.....to be honest i never had any problems with the rope man as a positioner used it for 5 years or more day in and out after discovering it and the only down side was you cant release it under presure but its very compact and i liked the minamalism of it on a system..I still use one on my wire core !

[Mozza]

Hey Liam I,m just gonna try and make it a little bit easier on the old bod

 

Hows ya back ?

 

Its better now mate Still gonna take it half easy but to be honest everyone i sub too has called work off until next week, Due to snow, So by the time i get back to work it should be fine and dandy mate I climbed a small Birch last week, One of my own jobs and that went well,

 

The reason i like the prussik is because im not a very confident climber, As you know i dont climb alot, Hopefully that'll change next year, I like the fact that when i pull down and push the knot up, if i were to slip or fall it would lock where it is, With hitch climbers and all that, When ive seen guys use them, 2 or 3 arm lengths of rope then pull the slack threw, i always think if i were to slip or fall then, id drop 2 or 3 arms lengths of rope before it locked, Again hopefully all that will change when i become more confident

 

 

Oh and sorry to de-rail abit haha

[White Noise]

I used a ropeman as a positioner on lanyards for years backed up with a stop knot of course.... untill mr bullman pointed out it was not desighned as a primary life support so replaced with a swivel art positioner.....to be honest i never had any problems with the rope man as a positioner used it for 5 years or more day in and out after discovering it and the only down side was you cant release it under presure but its very compact and i liked the minamalism of it on a system..I still use one on my wire core !

 

Thanks very much wirecore flip line it is . Well tbh a fellow tree worker uses one and has done for a while . He comes from a climbing back ground ( industrial ) rope access and he loves it . I better tell him what steve said . cheers Matty