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  1. oldfart

    X-rigging rings

    Here's another: This gets the strength back. It takes advantage of the super-deep groove in the Beast. Even with the TVP underneath, the Tenex seats as deeply as it does in the 28/20 ring. Somehow, it still seems to be prudent because even if the ring would come out somehow, it would...
  2. oldfart

    X-rigging rings

    There have already been some good ideas posted into this thread for “alternate” or “secondary” configurations for the Beast Whoopie. Here’s another … --- This gets you into a double ended basket when you don’t have the Locking Prusik with you. I’m not wild about it because it’s not...
  3. oldfart

    X-rigging rings

    ! ! ! She sure can help. Enormously.
  4. oldfart

    X-rigging rings

    This video is boring. If Kate Upton went bouncing through every frame, it would still be boring. But if you want to build a rigging whoopie using the XRR Beast, it could save you some time. <u>XRR Beast Rigging Whoopie Build Details</u> The original video describing the configuration...
  5. oldfart

    X-rigging rings

    [ QUOTE ] Brilliant, you old fart !!!! Absolutely brilliant. -------------------- X aka J. David Driver [/ QUOTE ] X, you don't fool me ... You like the <u>Beast Whoopie</u> cuz it sucks up four rings! About the girth hitches jamming too tight: When forming the prussik loops...
  6. oldfart

    X-rigging rings

    What a great question: rings vs. block. Absolutely, the arbblock has a long, historical tradition behind it. But the tradition was built during a time when there was no ring available in appropriate scale. By far, the arbblock was the best thing for the task. But that’s going to change...
  7. oldfart

    X-rigging rings

    Thanks for posting this idea, SoftBankHawks. This is a nice simplification if the application is well-served at the shortest native length of the whoopie. In that circumstance, you’ve created two (2) more options for the Beast Whoopie: 1) By inserting the 38/28 (without using the locking...
  8. oldfart

    X-rigging rings

    Guys, thanks for the kind comments and the enthusiasm for the <u>Beast Whoopie</u> . As I use it, I’m seeing I have some details to work out before the “construction” video: 1) I had hoped that the X-Ring “lips” would make the girth hitches secure. When God want to punish you, he sends you...
  9. oldfart

    X-rigging rings

    Bix, you got it … pucker up for the Beast! This video shows a total re-work of the XRR Rigging Whoopie using the Beast. It is cheaper, stronger, lighter, faster … and leaps tall trees in a single bound. <u>XRR Beast Rigging Whoopie</u> The vid is long (14 min) but, even if you have no...
  10. oldfart

    X-rigging rings

    Thanks for that deformation info, X. Good stuff. OF
  11. oldfart

    Is this an 'out the park' moment for Tom? 5:1 rads

    Re: Is this an \'out the park\' moment for Tom? 5:1 rads Here's something close but not identical: Equalizing Bridle
  12. oldfart

    X-rigging rings

    We don't have mbs testing for the Beast yet. But there's a clue in the Antal website: note on their load chart that the swl doubles with each size ring. Wow. The Beast is going to have more kiloneutons than can fit in my calculator. OF
  13. oldfart

    Is this an 'out the park' moment for Tom? 5:1 rads

    Re: Is this an \'out the park\' moment for Tom? 5:1 rads Tuttle, sorry to be tardy here ... Been really covered up ... I agree with Nick. The 'nugget' here is your dual use ring. It's like getting two pulleys together in a really small amount of vertical space. Thanks for posting that. OF
  14. oldfart

    X-rigging rings

    A while ago, it dawned on me that the X-rings have lips. That knocked me into some new thinking on a heavy duty rigging system based on the BEAST. This video is a quick preview of some of those ideas. <u>The Beast has lips!</u> It shows the X-rings used with girth hitches and rigging...
  15. oldfart

    Flying Stump -- a PSA for range safety

    Perfect, Tom, thank you.
  16. oldfart

    X-rigging rings

    lMFAO!!!
  17. oldfart

    Flying Stump -- a PSA for range safety

    Hi againTom, been a while. I much appreciate the tips . Would you expand a bit on the log fulcrum idea? Thanks.
  18. oldfart

    X-rigging rings

    I agree, Nick. It sure looks that way to me. Theoretically at least. Remember the one piece of empirical testing we have from David's work: when severely overloaded and tested to destruction, .75 SB breaks at the load when top-rigged with three (3) 28/20XRR; it breaks a the rings with two...
  19. oldfart

    X-rigging rings

    Merle, no doubt in my mind, three is better than two <u> of the same size</u>. But good bend radius is not absolute it is relative to the rope diameter. That means that, if it's humongous enough, a single XRR could work fine. For practical application, what I want to know is are two beasts...
  20. oldfart

    Flying Stump -- a PSA for range safety

    [ QUOTE ] I love rippin stumps out of the ground, some hard and fast diggin with a couple of pulaski and number of well placed cuts, a good low stretch bull rope. The sound of the stump bein torn out of the ground is awesome. Cheers [/ QUOTE ] Enjoy this! And thanks to Murph for the...

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