When is ART going to get on board with SRS?

It is pretty sweet having this much control of my descent from below the hitch. Also being so compact there is almost zero sit back,It tends well on limb walks but I do pay close attention not to put all the friction on the jack when first loading the system.
 
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I wonder how well that would behave on a zigzag. Shorter lever arm means less movement to engage.the rope wrench is the length it is because it's designed for the shit back from a hitch... Just dreaming, maybe I need to buy one of those pulley to play with
 
I like the idea to use the CMI RP140 Pulley as a Rope Wrench. BUT has someone measured the load decrease compared to the Rope Wrench? Because of the length of the main leverage I doubt that the pulley is as good as the RW.
 
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Howie65 said:
I like the idea to use the CMI RP140 Pulley as a Rope Wrench. BUT has someone measured the load decrease compared to the Rope Wrench? Because of the length of the main leverage I doubt that the pulley is as good as the WR.
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Its not, but works quite well
 
Tony said:
I am more curious on how you define “on board” and why any manufacturer should get there.

Tony
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On board may have been a poor choice of words....But maybe I think of arboriculture as a moving ship and I feel “us” gaining momentum with sustainable climbing techniques. A.R.T. has wonderful products and I’m just selfishly awaiting a single line device from them, maybe they will never get away from DRT and that’s fine too.
 
danimal3 said:
On board may have been a poor choice of words....But maybe I think of arboriculture as a moving ship and I feel “us” gaining momentum with sustainable climbing techniques. A.R.T. has wonderful products and I’m just selfishly awaiting a single line device from them, maybe they will never get away from DRT and that’s fine too.
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Fair enough. It is important to keep perspective. While SRS has many great applications, benefits and advantages, it is but one varaition of a “tool.” It is also by far in the minority of systems in use for production today. This is not to give a good/bad judgement nor should a choice of a work positioning system be based on popularity or trend.

I am curious to see where SRS work positioning will go. I am curious to see how, if and why it evolves through time. How climbers and their bodies and work habits change if at all. I have enjoyed the journey MRS has made thus far and look forward to see where it will go as well.

A.R.T does make some great, innovative products. I hope they stay with it in any form or function Hubert sees fit as inventor and arborist.

Tony
 
Its not, but works quite well
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Howie65 said:
Also with friction hitches or only with mechanical devices?
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Seems I have to refine my question that you know what I mean and it is not seen as "stupid"

My experience is that mechanical devices are more insensitive for higher load than a friction hitch and you can feel on a hitch if the load exeeds the normal. Not so on a mechanical device.

And for the RW there are all important infos available:
- ISC UM: "may bear more than 50% of the climbers weight"
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- load reduction has been confirmed by Richard M and Patrick B recently
- "prooven by use" (a high number of RWs are out there)
- RW has CE approvement (minor issue even for me)

I still like the idea with the ICS but "works quite well" is not sufficient for me.
 
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colb said:
ART, the new BlackBerry...
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Well, 7 years later and ART definitely got on board with SRT/SRS, only they didn't call it the new BlackBerry, but the BlackBird! Ha, ha.

Though Hubert wasn't a fan of SRT/SRS, I wish that he was still around to see what direction his company has gone. I'm sure that he would be proud.
 
chris_girard said:
Well, 7 years later and ART definitely got on board with SRT/SRS, only they didn't call it the new BlackBerry, but the BlackBird! Ha, ha.

Though Hubert wasn't a fan of SRT/SRS, I wish that he was still around to see what direction his company has gone. I'm sure that he would be proud.
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I respect Hubert's work greatly based on its reputation, but have never bought a piece of ART gear. The devices appear refined and from another school of thought that ran parrallel/separate to @treebing 's discovery. ART was a bit unique as a company/inventor mashup.
My thus superficial sentiment is to ask whether Hubert's intent lives on purely in this new device. Does an ART user recognize this new device as an ART device, or is it just a platform for random gear? Maybe ART is the new Apple (successfully channeling Jobs until they aren't), or the new CNN in the sense that CNN has taken a very different direction. ...and maybe Blackberry will merge with MySpace and make a comeback.
 
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