No slack

[Dean Lofthouse]

I'd have put the eyes of the vt cord into a seperate crab through the top hole of the HC to keep things straight and aligned

 

Not of course that I'd ever use the system, I'm just off to give my Lockjack a polish

[Pete Mctree]

it must take some load pete surely, and if it breaks and the sling moves away then how are you going to get it back without a lot of faffing about and if you were hanging then you are going to pretty stuck if you cant get your strop round the stem or branch

 

Some load, yes, but minimal. But if you work through the system you will see where the load is applied - through the climbing line and hitch. When i tried the system out, the prussic was made from some 3mm cord!!!! and functioned perfectly

 

Point taken about the inconveniance though

[Stephen Blair]

i only know about the faffing about because i thought i was being clever and stuck the sling miles up on the ground and then started climbing arm over arm, then i realised i couldnt reach the knot, i was told about this by steve and matt at capel but i just got excited, i had to climb up about 30 feet until i got to the first limb until i managed to strop on and sort it all out:blushing:

[atree]

if you read drews post he say's you can use a small sling and keyring clip instead of the ropeman?

 

Do you really think im gonna go climbing useing a keyring clip for load bearing??

[Rob Murf]

Just looked at your picture again and that little biner, could be at times, definitely load bearing. Admittedly its at only 1/4 the load ...or could it get up to 1/2 the load ???

If it fails it would be mostly inconvenient as it is inside a closed system but why have a weak point in there ...unless there is a reason??

[atree]

Just looked at your picture again and that little biner, could be at times, definitely load bearing. Admittedly its at only 1/4 the load ...or could it get up to 1/2 the load ???

If it fails it would be mostly inconvenient as it is inside a closed system but why have a weak point in there ...unless there is a reason??

 

Rob, i havent used the system yet,just set it up and posted a pic to see if it was set up correctly,What you said has been taken on board tho

[atree]

Drew this was the pic i was after

[DrewB]

yeah bro, thats the one. apart from its now tachyon, thats what i use every day. Ive no problem at all with the keyring crab but i do now use a tiny kong one thats rated to 200kgs-mainly for size though not strength. try and get your sling as short as poss (in your pic)

[coolie]

Not of course that I'd ever use the system, I'm just off to give my Lockjack a polish

 

Do you use an extenson at all Dean,for the LJ?.For ascending or such.

Sorry for the derail Adam.

The O rig looks cool,especially with a revolver.

[atree]

Is it possible to make a revolver and pulley retriavable?and how could you attach it to the tree??

 

(got an idea going around in my head but it prob wont work)