Compact Bulldog Bone

JeffGu · Mar 19, 2015

Beautiful looking device on a beautiful looking rope. Me likes!

John_KAYS · Mar 19, 2015

Tuebor said:
Bone on Prism.

5/8" bollard at 170 lbs. Held well. Slow descent worked fine. A quicker descent turned into a controlled glide, easily stopped with a slight nudge upward on the top arm. After a few rides, I got the hang of lightly modulating pressure on the top arm with my thumb and index finger to control the speed.

Tuebor, you should add that to macswan's Bones Brigade album! http://www.treebuzz.com/forum/media/albums/bones-brigade.3/

TylerHoffman · Mar 19, 2015

i would really enjoy splicing that...

Tuebor · Mar 20, 2015

TylerHoffman said:
i would really enjoy splicing that...

I picked it up at Bartlett in Michigan last weekend during their open house, courtesy of Jason Diehl from Kentucky. He said it's a dream to splice.

Tuebor · Mar 20, 2015

gmcttr said:
I saw the new Prism on treestuff today. Pretty. I'm not sure why Yale has so many color versions of the same rope.

I find the 3/4" bollard gives me the best performance on the Yale 11.7's.....no "controlled glide", easy release and speed control.

I haven't gotten around to changing bollards yet but I should since nearly everything I have is 11.7. The Bone seemed to grip this better than Poison Hi-vy, even though it feels slightly thinner. Maybe because it's new?

Tico · Mar 20, 2015

Tuebor said:
I haven't gotten around to changing bollards yet but I should since nearly everything I have is 11.7. The Bone seemed to grip this better than Poison Hi-vy, even though it feels slightly thinner. Maybe because it's new?

I feel unsafe with anything less than 12.5. I ordered 11.7mm Cougar Blue cordage and didn't work at all with my BdB. Also I noticed that wasn't even round but flattened for the whole length...Lucky I could give it back and exchange it with Vortex 12.7, it will take a while to receive it though. Not sure how this one is going to match with my bone but considering that the BdB was built to work with fat ropes (I'm using it with a 13mm), I guess it's gonna be OK...

macswan · Mar 20, 2015

The works fine with many sub 12 mil lines with the right bollard. I have heard that the cougar runs can be somewhat inconsistent. And can occasionally be a bit flat

TylerHoffman · Mar 20, 2015

Tico said:
I feel unsafe with anything less than 12.5.

11 mm all day, every day. :hola:

MikePowers321 · Mar 20, 2015

Today I ran a 11/16" bollard on Yale 11.7 Luna flawlessly. I want to get on it for a few more long climbs before I give it an honest review though.

macswan · Mar 20, 2015

TylerHoffman said:
11 mm all day, every day.

For you maybe.

oceans · Mar 20, 2015

macswan said:
For you maybe.

Yeah, right?!

Hey Tyler, fill up your rope bag with sand, throw it on your back and then let me know how much you love that skinny rope.

monkeylove · Mar 20, 2015

His day will come, I graduated high school at 114lbs. Now I'm slighty more, lol.

TylerHoffman · Mar 20, 2015

monkeylove said:
His day will come, I graduated high school at 114lbs. Now I'm slighty more, lol.

I wrestled at 103 Ibs. up until my junior year.

biggun · Mar 20, 2015

Cougar and other ropes sometimes come flat as they have been stored on a reel.

Not a problem, just use the rope and get on with it.

Tico · Mar 20, 2015

biggun said:
Cougar and other ropes sometimes come flat as they have been stored on a reel.

Not a problem, just use the rope and get on with it.

I sent it back just because my BdB creeps on it even with the bigger bollard on top and another one below...plus when you release the upper arms even slowly you get into a free fall...it was designed for fatter ropes and I really don't mind either...