Solo rigging videos

I've done both . Paying a ground worker especially if they're good is well worth it.
I have tied midline knots (alpine butterfly) and choked branches loop runners clipped to rope and with lower device in tree and cut them all , gone down , uncluster the cluster f#*%. or set a saggy speed line so you can move rope closer to branch and sling and send them down . If you set it tight you may need adjustable slings to compensate for tension or you may not be able to reach sling to line ,but this all varies with trees form and targets your avoiding. The tree and circumstance will dictate what is best method if your running solo. I really try to avoid it these days . Your really only limited to your imagination the situation and gear when it comes down to solo rigging. Its fun on occasion for the right job .
 
I do quite a lot of it I use a variation of Reg's technique quite a lot after watching that video a while back. I also use conventional methods, like as said the possibilities are endless. For me the biggest problem with it all is the exhaustion of going up and down the tree all day. I always try to rig the maximum weight I can and fight with the pieces once they hit the ground I do a lot of lifting with my GRCS too which is key some days. I'm slowly getting used to speed line setups and I am really likiking them especially vertical speed lines. What ever lets me get the most on the ground without having to hit the ground is what I use that day lol.

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Never will I say I prefer rigging solo to working with a good ground man. For me good help is almost impossible to find where I am and I would rather rig solo than use someone who should not be there in the first place.
 
Monkeylove - Thanks for those videos. I learned from them. <Ken>
Treetopflyer said:
... or set a saggy speed line so you can move rope closer to branch and sling and send them down.
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I admit I have not used a speedline yet, but figured that if I did, I would pull the speedline rope up to where I'm working, and set it using a Rescue-8. Then I can move it about the tree as I need and adjust the slack as needed.
 
Hoowasat said:
Monkeylove - Thanks for those videos. I learned from them. <Ken>

I admit I have not used a speedline yet, but figured that if I did, I would pull the speedline rope up to where I'm working, and set it using a Rescue-8. Then I can move it about the tree as I need and adjust the slack as needed.
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Just gotta drag the tail around the tree to adjust ,but sure can, more than one way to skin it that's for sure . Gotta love treework!
 
1 Big Cottonwood climbed and rigged down by 1 dum…:

Definitely an aptly titled vid. But this guy does some interesting things solo. Sometimes gotta we wonder why :rayos:. Tarzan are you on here?
 
Solo speedline and removal of a Ponderosa Pine; A…:

Here's another. Using the remote on the winch is something that I've used upon occasion after seeing this, though I often find that the first few branches dropped will put I good amount of tension on the speedline... if the tie in is placed right. I agree with setting a friction device in the tree with me, usually a small porty and usually using a prussik and omni block to pretension in 3:1.
 
Has the ever been an auto-belay-like device developed or otherwise purposed for rigging down pieces weighing several hundred pounds or less?

Had this thought one of the last times at the rock wall. It seems to generate an arresting force in proportion to the velocity of the object whose descent it is arresting. I'm guessing it uses a centrifugal clutch of some kind.

Seems like it would be just about perfect for rigging down medium to small pieces, to all but eliminate shock loading on rigging.

Thoughts?

Edit for additional info: looks like the ones existing for indoor rock gyms are in the neighborhood of $2k, have a max weight of ~350lbs, a max length of 80' or so, and use magnetic braking to implement the clutch action.

Second edit: what made me think of this is that I was doing a pine tree trim this weekend and thought it would be neat to have a device I could attach to the part of a branch I was about to cut loose, so that it would drift gently towards the ground once free, versus it swinging free into my rigging and jolsting the whole system. Granted, not a big deal, given that the tree was healthy and the pieces I was cutting could easily be manipulated manually, but I just thought some of the more experienced minds here could come up with an application for a device like this.
 
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Rigging is made for being used. Rigging is disposable over time. Rigging is paid for by the customer.





solo zip line



It's better to have simple things/ tools that can be configured into complicated applications.

Two slings and a biner hang large branches easily off themselves (not trunks). Same two slings and a biner, clip two branches for a bouquet rig (multiply this by many slings, as needed).

20 slings and biners for ziplining, with some natural-crotch ziplining (bare branch, no sling/ biner),
maybe two ropes to two anchors...
A person can strip a tree into organized piles.


Friction goes everywhere. Gravity, too. Make them work for you, instead of against you.



Simple, existing tools do this job easier than some complicated device.
 
LordFarkwad said:
Has the ever been an auto-belay-like device developed or otherwise purposed for rigging down pieces weighing several hundred pounds or less?

Had this thought one of the last times at the rock wall. It seems to generate an arresting force in proportion to the velocity of the object whose descent it is arresting. I'm guessing it uses a centrifugal clutch of some kind.

Seems like it would be just about perfect for rigging down medium to small pieces, to all but eliminate shock loading on rigging.

Thoughts?

Edit for additional info: looks like the ones existing for indoor rock gyms are in the neighborhood of $2k, have a max weight of ~350lbs, a max length of 80' or so, and use magnetic braking to implement the clutch action.

Second edit: what made me think of this is that I was doing a pine tree trim this weekend and thought it would be neat to have a device I could attach to the part of a branch I was about to cut loose, so that it would drift gently towards the ground once free, versus it swinging free into my rigging and jolsting the whole system. Granted, not a big deal, given that the tree was healthy and the pieces I was cutting could easily be manipulated manually, but I just thought some of the more experienced minds here could come up with an application for a device like this.
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Fig 8 to sling on piece being lowered, pull the tail of rope to slow down, slacken tail to accelerate....
 
cthompson22 said:
I do quite a lot of it I use a variation of Reg's technique quite a lot after watching that video a while back. I also use conventional methods, like as said the possibilities are endless. For me the biggest problem with it all is the exhaustion of going up and down the tree all day. I always try to rig the maximum weight I can and fight with the pieces once they hit the ground I do a lot of lifting with my GRCS too which is key some days. I'm slowly getting used to speed line setups and I am really likiking them especially vertical speed lines. What ever lets me get the most on the ground without having to hit the ground is what I use that day lol.

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Never will I say I prefer rigging solo to working with a good ground man. For me good help is almost impossible to find where I am and I would rather rig solo than use someone who should not be there in the first place.
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Where abouts in NY are u located? I'm upstate Saratoga springs, capital region. Pm me if u want... I climb but I could maybe help if not I know some good guys that can handle anything you tie on.
 
I did 5 firs, solo, this week. 3 canopy raises over landscaping, small drop zone at one job. Other was a removal and canopy raise.



Be sure that if you tie off the POW, before ascending into the tree, with everything, and tie off 6 large limbs in a row, on a Ring-and-Rig, for retrieval from the ground, one trip up, one trip down...
that you bring the correct end of the rope up!


I dropped (100#??) limbs onto the rigging from closest to farthest to the POW. This meant one limb shocking the rigging at a time (80-100' of 1/2" stablebraid rope in the system). I peel limbs onto the rigging when I can, rather than cleanly cut them, dropping them full force, onto the rigging.

When I descended to the POW, I had tied everything to the cleat (standing end). Too much weight to un-cleat the rope and lower backwards.




I ended up just going back up and chunking the hanging branches into the small spot where I was able to build piles for the mini to move up the hill to the chipper. By the time I had to drop big limb-butts, I had lots of brush down as a crash pad.



Speedlines, Controlled speedlines, natural crotched speedlines are useful.
Natural crotch zipping may not be good for Stable-braid. IDK.
 
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