Another aerial friction rigging device?

[39Buick]

Pretty good deal right here if your in the market!!!

 

[Merle Nelson]

are people still excited about the morgan block? sometimes i'm wondering if i'm missing out on this device or not.

More than ever.

 

[Friedrich]

at the moment i‘m saving up for a dumptruck so natural crotch wraps it is. but some day…

 

[Treetopflyer]

at the moment i‘m saving up for a dumptruck so natural crotch wraps it is. but some day…

Maybe you can take some wraps off the hitch porty wrap once you own it so that’s two birds one stone

 

[treebing]

at the moment i‘m saving up for a dumptruck so natural crotch wraps it is. but some day…

You will stack paper quicker with a downrigger than without one.

 

[Friedrich]

You will stack paper quicker with a downrigger than without one.

haha at the moment my rig‘n‘wrench has to suffice

 

[Merle Nelson]

haha at the moment my rig‘n‘wrench has to suffice

Are you aware of any great videos about technics for using the Rig-n-Wrench?

 

[Friedrich]

Are you aware of any great videos about technics for using the Rig-n-Wrench?

treebing has one on youtube i think. other than that, i don‘t know. sometimes with light pieces it can be difficult to let the work down and the locking sheave version probably doesn’t help. and it needs the room to engage, seems like that is a benefit of the downrigger.

other than that the rig-wrench has been pretty intuitive for me.

 

[Merle Nelson]

Thanks. I think I remember lock up with light peices as an issue for me. I will try it out more - pre tension on occasion could be very helpful.

 

[Friedrich]

late to the party used the downrigger for the first time. it didn’t work too well for us as the dead pine was just to light, only i could lower the pieces until we lowered the wood.
obviously learning curve and all.

 

[treebing]

There are two ways to thread the rope. Less fricrion and more friction
I like an 11-12 mm rope for it. 13 is good for bigger pieces

 

[Friedrich]

There are two ways to thread the rope. Less fricrion and more friction
I like an 11-12 mm rope for it. 13 is good for bigger pieces

yes, i actually checked the manual while in the tree because i thought i might be in high friction but i wasn’t. i used 12 mm sirius.. i‘m gonna see if i have a thinner rope or just cut bigger. i guess wearing it in will help a little bit?

 

[Bart_]

When an aerial friction device is set too high (eg too many wraps etc) the weight of the control side of the rig line alone can be enough to stop a small piece from descending. Used to happen to me 1 1/2 wraps bms belay spool. I'd lift the rope tail and the piece would descend. Same with bigger piece 2 1/2 wraps on a speedline. But better than oops too little friction!