Friends, I haven't been on here in years but the things I have learned here are priceless. I am giving a presentation on tree rigging and where the forces go. I am need of some old school simple rigging pictures and examples. I am working to search the site but hoping maybe the creation of...
Well I am prob quite close to your exact weight. I climb on xstatic and like it quite well. I use the akimbo often and find it superb I set it to creep just a bit to ensure no shock loading. The uni works great as well but for our size requires a drum for sure if not a lengthy decent equals in...
So @Tr33Climb3r and I have been working on a new set of crane slings. Whilst the wesspur Quantum X slings are amazing they are not well suited to the thick bark cottonwood trees I deal with daily. The fibers pick easy and do not pull easy across the thick bark. I have used the amsteel II...
I sell the sonetics systems and while the company is a bear to deal with I am great. I have been using them for over two years and found them superb. They are an industrial system that comes with industrial quality. Ours have been used and abused daily for well over two years and have...
One thing no one makes mention of when legging our the slings you get lesser slings angles which gives you full strength of slings. The greater the sling angle the more strain on sling
You are going to have a bit of a tough go fitting it through there. It can be a real bear when the rope is that thick. Now where there is a will there is a way and it will fit with some coaxing. It will just drag horrid
I will get a set to demo and they can become the floating tree buzz traveling set. I really don’t have enough words to tell you guys how much nicer they truly are.
You could always put a shackle in the hook to spread out the angles as well. Crosby marks their shackles with the allowable angles on them with two raised marks. Remember the pin always goes in the hook.
I have purchased/used the sonnetics system and in wins in all accords. Super expensive but a state grant made it to where I was able to purchase it only paying 10% of the purchase price. They have superb connectivity and great noise reduction. Not to mention with the hub I purchased I can...