Little tricks

Simpleiowaguy said:
Yeah I was checking that out and the tibloc is 8-11mm rope range. I typically just snap my rigging line into a large cartoon on my saddle
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I bought a tribloc when i was first learning. Thought it was a great alternative to an expensive hand ascender. Ended up costing way more than the proper tool for the job, as i needed to get a new hank of rope.

It does bite in hard, and for an emergency backup that sits out of the way on your harness, it would work fine, just dont use it on a rope you like.
 
I don't typically carry any hand ascender or chest ascender. If I'm srt.... I use a 24" yates runner with a dmm revolver for a 3 to 1 return on a limb walk. As for the rigging rope I just snap it into my left side large petzl caritool. I could see where it would be very handy to have it right in front of you though.

Might order a hand ascender and give it a whirl.
 
Simpleiowaguy said:
I don't typically carry any hand ascender or chest ascender. If I'm srt.... I use a 24" yates runner with a dmm revolver for a 3 to 1 return on a limb walk. As for the rigging rope I just snap it into my left side large petzl caritool. I could see where it would be very handy to have it right in front of you though.

Might order a hand ascender and give it a whirl.
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It's just nice to have a way to grab the rope sometimes. They keep getting smaller and my hands hurt more and more. Tree frogging is also way fast.
I have used it to set a quick 2 to 1 with my lanyard to pop a sucker that was messing up my rope route.
I love my hand ascender.
 
Shane Allen said:
I climb on a treemotion. It has an extra set of D rings on the thigh pads straps. I pass a bight of my rigging line through it and then just poke the end of the rope through the bight. Essentially its just a quick hitch but its fast and doesnt add any extra gear. Same could be done with any utility ring with a small enough I.D.
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That's way tidy. Is it pretty secure?
I can't put large ropes in my ascender.
 
I started using knotless rigging last year and I love it. One huge advance is being able to just clip the rope onto your harness, no need to find places to tie it to or hold it between your teeth while climbing.

One trick I use for hard to reach limbs is to pass the termination end of the rigging line through my loop runner, toss the rope up where I want it, retrieve the termination, snap the termination onto the loop runner and then pull it tight. The loop runner slides down the line, I give it a quick flip to pass the biner, then it finishes the girth onto the limb. If it gets stuck I'll either poke it with a pole pruner or climb out to fix it.
 
therianclimber said:
I started using knotless rigging last year and I love it. One huge advance is being able to just clip the rope onto your harness, no need to find places to tie it to or hold it between your teeth while climbing.

One trick I use for hard to reach limbs is to pass the termination end of the rigging line through my loop runner, toss the rope up where I want it, retrieve the termination, snap the termination onto the loop runner and then pull it tight. The loop runner slides down the line, I give it a quick flip to pass the biner, then it finishes the girth onto the limb. If it gets stuck I'll either poke it with a pole pruner or climb out to fix it.
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I like to keep a stein 8oz throw weight on my saddle. It clips right onto the biner and gives you good weight to throw your riggin rope out a lot further. Or help you advance your climb line without a bunch of extra crap.
 
Simpleiowaguy said:
I like to keep a stein 8oz throw weight on my saddle. It clips right onto the biner and gives you good weight to throw your riggin rope out a lot further. Or help you advance your climb line without a bunch of extra crap.
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Using a steel biner has always been my excuse to avoid carrying a throw ball aka extra crap lol
 
Use a dmm XSRE biner on the end of the rig line, the nose will feed right through and between the strands for a very clean rope stowing situ. Only works if you arent using a steel biner for rigging termination.

As far as using a steel biner for throwing/advancing, none of you guyd ever caught one in the face? Throw balk better, and really takes up no space at all.
 
Simpleiowaguy said:
I don't use anything but steel biner for rigging. Somethings I just want tO make a really long ass throw and not have to drag some more stuff into the tree. Bag takes a lot less space then a pole. Lol. 8oz isn't much.
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If you're not using slings than this wouldn't apply to you. I was just explaining a way to get the sling attached remotely. It works for me to call for a pruner once in a blue moon to fix a snag. I hate extra weight so I don't carry a TB but if it works for you, that's good too.
 
therianclimber said:
If you're not using slings than this wouldn't apply to you. I was just explaining a way to get the sling attached remotely. It works for me to call for a pruner once in a blue moon to fix a snag. I hate extra weight so I don't carry a TB but if it works for you, that's good too.
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Here in Iowa I end up doing a lot of silver maples and elms for some reason. A lot of the time I tip tie so they are butt heavy to lower them down or suck them back to rigging point. I have just found it more time efficient for me to use the throw ball. If I said I never take a pole into the tree I'd be a liar. I think everyone does at some point.
 
JeffGu said:
Hey, it's the same on this side of the border... the only relief is when you get a week of cottonweed removals. After those stinky bastards, you're happy to see the maples and elms, again. :(
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I got a huge cottonwood to do soon.... and it's already busted up
 
JontreeHI said:
Use a dmm XSRE biner on the end of the rig line, the nose will feed right through and between the strands for a very clean rope stowing situ. Only works if you arent using a steel biner for rigging termination.

As far as using a steel biner for throwing/advancing, none of you guyd ever caught one in the face? Throw balk better, and really takes up no space at all.
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That just give's you the legit arborist grin/grill! I took a chipper winch hook into the face, and busted me lips up good and cost me a tooth. Still use steel, but I learned to climb with a steel snap and a blakes. Throw ball just feels like I have dead weight on me, but I am minimalist (fairly)... Steel snaps or carabiners are always right there, no on and off, ready when needed.
 
Silky saw carriers have that biner hole in them, but I feed the webbing of my saddle leg straps through the rubber "belt loop" instead. Gets a mid-size or smaller handsaw in a more comfortable position (personally), being a little lower but not way down on my calf.

I'm intrigued by all the Tibloc comments...mine hasn't caused me any issues, but I only really use it for haulback systems and other occasional moments when it really isn't all that heavily weighted.
 
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