I highly recommend replacing the alpine butterfly with the span loop as your midline knot. It's got the little bowline handle you just pry up for reliably untying every time. Even use it for rigging. fasg and secure and never fight it to untie.
I use the pinto 99% of the time esp when set from the ground because it just works reliably and I can move on to the next thing requiring consideration. the soft8 always is always forgotten in the bag, I know it works well but just rarely grab for it.
here are mine in descending order of preference: knot choke, carabiner+pulley, proper pinto pulley texas tug, hitch-climber eccentric for retrieval like no other. and you can always install a pulley a bit lower to help more with retrieval.
would it be possible to make a an exact version for standard 11.7mm 24 strand climbline to be used ddrt and srt? This looks like it will perform very reliably sap or not.
some of the rigging combinations in the mix. It's what I mostly run throughout the week only use it with 1/2" rigging rope and porta-wrap never comes out. big removals has different gear completely.
just added a pair of wesspur 28x3&mm rigging rings to the personal stash, going to run them with 1/2" rigging rope mostly removals. tied them on 18' and 24' scraps. the radius looks like it's going to be butter.
my daily driver. handles +75% pruning and removals @pdx area rural and downtown. also a small portawrap in my tote. Tree boss every time has bling for the big stuff:)
dude, just want to thank you for creating and sharing this brilliant technique. I use it often and appreciate it so much. The rollclip lives permanently on my harness. I had such a fun removal today scam-ing in a sparse sprawling 60' sweetgum. My TIP was a sorta winding crescent leader in the...
the cbdb has been my primary srt device for many years now. it is reliable and works every time whether rain or heavy sap no matter which rope. worth every penny.