Arran Turner
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Shaping up to be a wicked day, what trees are in question dude?? -
I'll come down and camp the night save be some ££, will climb anything fun, it's what u make of it ay. Will be nice to put faces to user names, and nice to meet more Tree people Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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would be wicked if I could go but takes just over 3 hours to get to your neck of the woods would ideally need to come down on the Friday after work and camp if possible
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No worries dude will grab iT at a rec cllimb at some point Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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I'm on op at the moment which started blackening up loads and going shiney and looking naff but then I put it in the washing machine on a cold short wash with no powder or anything and it came up almost band New. I will be buying armorpruS soon from the good reviews Routing the climbing line so that it is not touching any branches on the way through is key aswell, silky Fox drilled this into me on a rec climb once and since then I've made it super important to route my ropes well and it helps so much:) Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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I have all this to come, just going to become a gnarly old tree man and live in the woods...
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Thanks chief much appreciated , nice to see a homemade and a bought one next to each other, I have bought a spliced pulley saver + shackle from Joe Loggs which he made himself and I already own the pinto and cord. it should be arriving tomorrow which im looking forward to. From the pictures he has done a cracking job. My climbing kit lives in my bedroom
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Yes and my hands, I try not to be too silly as cord would end up only lasting me a week i feel the main advantage is ascent, being able to zip out of trees is a bonus. I got my groundy to tend the line as I ascended to my top anchor so i could climb hand over hand and did the whole lot without my feet touching anything just using my arms. wonderful it was I think the pinto rig is smoother but then my pulley had been worked hard so propley full of grime.
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it just makes the position of the pulley adjustable which is handy for myself. No real effort just a running bowline. Making it wasnt a effort just bits of rope and cord that i had sitting about
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Nothing weird there my friend the pinto pulley is truly astonishing as an anchor didnt, just shot back up and got it got to get fit somehow I think i will be more inclined to go up and retrieve it when ive got a proper spliced pulley saver as they sound like a pain to retrieve from the ground
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New set up this works lovelyyy, adjustable length of where the pulley is is brilliant, was doing a euc reduction, which had alot of height come out of it, removed all the height expect from the stem which my anchor was on, had the pinto on a fairly long tail of rope which allowed the pulley to follow me around the tree thus being frictionless. made me want to touch myself it was so smooth...!
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good find, be nice to keep everything save for everyone, ZigZag MK2 SRT Compatible?!?! they would rake it in and be clever if they did so FOR all non facebook users: Treetools New Zealand A potential problem exists when the ZigZag is used single line with the Rope Wrench. Due to the orientation of the ZigZag single line the carrier for the stainless friction links loads at the outer edge of tolerance between the aluminum pulley sheave and the side plates - stainless versus ali - not good! Treetools demo model is showing signs of wear after very little use in this configuration.
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Did try it but my wee bit of New England isn't long enough to make it practical Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Getting down was a pain things got stretched in that position which shouldn't have :eek: Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Was going for olypmic standard Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Happy to be done on a sunday. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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I've always climbed on 13mm line and really Like it easy to grip a big weighty so easy to footlock and works well on prussic as standard and also using a hitch climber, I climbed on a knut which would self tend after about 3m and that was using Marlow gecko climbing line and Marlow boa cord ( as cheap as it all gets) Try before you buy when it comes to thinner rope get on a rec climb and have a go on much as possible, I did and couldn't get in with any I tried just felt too small even though it was a matter of mm lol. Goodluck bud Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Just went on honeybros and all three types of armor prus is sold out, guess that speaks for its self ay
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Will do now. Saved me spending my dough and getting it wrong. Why i Asked
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:thumbup: Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Will go with amour prus next as its the most recommended Just a random question, hoping someone might know the answer, would it work having a dmm thimble on a prussik loop and using the thimble to go through the crab instead of a girth hitch. Never had used or seen a dmm thimble in the flesh. Or will there be to much movement? Thanks folks Arran Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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You folks got any suggestions or preferences interested in people's opinions before I buy anything. Used Marlow boa, op, Marlow viper and they are getting a bit black and shiney. I don't really bomb out of trees and use a variation of hitches Arran Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Nice real tidy simple set up, thanks bud Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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Don't understand bud what do you mean? Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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When used properly will use a double bowline, it is non retrievable but that's not a problem I believe I save enough energy using it to go back up and retrieve it, plus it saves it hitting the deck when retrieving from the ground. Shouldn't be a problem using a running bowline as its the same used as my top anchor on srt Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
