Ian Flatters

The only words i can use to describe it, well in my termination setup, is it has the response of a mechanical device but is a hitch.

None that i could see, i guess because its the termination point, but guess infront or behind its the twists and braids that really matter. But in honesty Ben i had to spend 5 minutes looking at my pic and Aarons.

Thats Aaron Johns climbing in the video

Yeah really good, although when you first look at it your like, hmm, really responsive knot for those who like knots that are on or off with no in between Really rating it, only done around 3 days solid on it but have made a conscious effort to tie it and give it a good, abrasive test.

I thought id add to my original post, Frosty climbed the Pine and i just bashed the top off because he looked sick and id forced him to get re-hydrated so i only did 3 cuts. Still my ART positioner is funked up tho!!!

Hi everyone, Possibly next weekend if your free to climb a large cedar. I will stress its not the easiest climb as im sure Frosty will be able to tell you The plan is to meet at a location and pile into the minimum amount of cars as we can as parking is a little limited. I would say its not a novice tree but if you feel a challenge of getting to the top then come along. Heres the pic of the tree in this album The Past Few Days | Facebook

None really I could only say it kind of as close as a knot is going to get to a lockjack. Theres a video online probably under sam cooper or super cooper knot. It tends and bites on drt without a pulley easily. No real sit back but that maybe down to my style of advancing the knot my bottom two fingers draw the knot and my top two and thumb advance the wrench, dont use LOTS that much anymore after i focused on posture and seems to be just as easy without not. Anyway once i release my lower two fingers i fractionally later release my top fingers to come to a stop with no sit back. Sounds complicated but isnt. Think its and amazing knot and allows for some very fast and accurate jumps and stops.

Im just glad a feather truck didnt drive past or id be the birdman

So tried the Super Cooper knot today, 3 wraps and 4 twists, Blimey its like having a lockjack but in knot form. Really impressed with it and it always bit, no slips and even when i dropped hard onto it it still freed up without me having to dress the hitch.

A few from today with Frosty, then i spent this evening dealing with this limb failure. On the plus side i got to try the super cooper knot on SRT and DRT and it makes a VT look a bit rubbish.

Argh that looked so much fun, made me think of an idea in my way but sadly we have no mountains or real hills so it might have to be from tree to tree.

me too

Wow very cool.

So im going to try this knot out tomorrow it was invented by Sam Cooper and is called the Super Cooper i think. looks like there should be no binding problems and there is a video of it on drt on youtube somewhere. Picture is taken by Aaron Johns

Agreed Theres one company near me that do that all the chip in a builders skip, there pretty much the same price as me but maybe if they cant compete it will be better for me

Quality bit of ingenuity there Albere. Very good.

I wish it was, had a extremely sore shoulder and neck today.

A couple of bits from today, Tom climbed as i took a medium sized branch to the head and was concussed pretty much all day We stripped the lower crown out the rigged off the top 20ft and dropped a single chunk out on a vertical speedline as the site had a slope towards some metal railings and a house (15-20ft away). Felled the stem and all done by 4pm.

Wow, stunning shots!!!

I havent had a chance to look through the whole thread so apologize if these points have already been said: Check you point you thinking of using as you rigging point for weakness/defects. I.e is the fork strong enough to sustain a lateral movement from a piece of timber in pendulum. Work positioning, are my lines clear of the lowering lines route and not touching the line because even if the line is set to not return towards the stem and is running against your static climbing line damage can occur. Good communication between the climber and ground crew. Plan you attack and take 5 minutes to re asses if needed. Dont be scared to let the timber run, too many new groundies think they cannot slow the object and add too many wraps. Remove stubs to avoid hanging situations and potential dead legs on stem sections. Use the tree to your advantage, use crotches for re-direct if its coming out and needed. Dont be scared to ask the groundies opinion on tackling a section a lot of the time groundies are climbers. Know what the WLL is on you kit and stay within it. Dont feel forced to go big because you have a large pulley and a 18mm rope, just get it down safe. Paws, bat plates, hubs and ufo plates are all good but dont over complicate and feel the need to spider balance when you can butt tie. Hope this helps someone

It depends on what task your doing if i dont need to go back past a point i use a natural fork, although if im heading out to say reduce a tree i work it in 1/4 sections by moving the anchor out on a limb, do the section then back up to the direct move across and so on and so forth. I have thought about seeing if a lay over twist like a clover hitch would work when tied and undo when the weight has gone but not got round to trying it.

Same, especially comes into its own when you have a dead top (ie pine) which needs to be ascended into, you can set a new advance every 1/2m if you like as a fall back point if the top fails. (now to cover my arse)(if you can get a platform near a risky top/crane near then this is best )

I still think this on is the best [ame] [/ame]