John_KAYS
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- Eastern PA
Compact Bulldog Bone
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Treetopflyer
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Coastal N.J
This is making up for page 130..every ten pages right. slackers ..Plus johns post made me hungry
How come your BDB doesn't operate with the CB?
Did you ask specifically for one for larger rope?
Cheers.
Well, yes. Beside the creeping the descending was really jerky and dangerous far from smooth and controlled...When I gave details on weight (210 lbs) with no gear and about the fact that I was using a 13mm. rope but with in mind to buy a 11.7 or so, this is what I got. Obviously you can't have a bone working perfectly with two different diameters like these. But that's good because I think I would like to use always ropes from 12.5 up. Unfortunately, there aren't many to choose from and I don't know why even rope colors really suck! (IMO). The Cougar Blue was very nice in color but useless for me. The other option is Vortex 12.7 even though I hate those colors!!! Very frustrated!!!
Treetopflyer
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Coastal N.J
I'm able to run an 11.5mm and a 13mm on the same 5/8 or mid sized bollard that came with my bdb..6'3" and 200lbs unngeared.. so you can have the bone working quite flawlessly in both situations.Unless your pivot point has been moved and only surveyor knows what you got in that department..even so I would think with a larger bollard would give a solid repeatable result on a 12.5 .. It frustrates me that you don't have a good experience with this user friendly multicender. Tryed Yale imori 12mm?
macswan
Been here a while
- Location
- Champlain Valley, VT
I am on 13mil New England kmIII right now, and loving it. I took a file to the very base of the spine to decrease drag on ascent, but really did very little modification. It is really fat. My hands are very happy
It is a bit ironic that we are all calling 1/2" lines fat when they have been the norm in the tree industry for years. It has only been the last few years that thin ropes have become popular and that was of how well they worked with mechanical ascenders.
I believe that 1/2" ropes have many more advantages, besides just grip comfort, and am glad that a full mechanical multisender is available for us to use with them.
I believe that 1/2" ropes have many more advantages, besides just grip comfort, and am glad that a full mechanical multisender is available for us to use with them.
I'm actually having a pretty good experience with the only rope i have at the moment...the Petzl Grip rope...maybe a little tight on the lower arms, but not much! Maybe surveyor should say something about this issue...All I know is that the cougar was a no no for me even with the bigger bollard...it will release instantly and if I didn't hold myself well with the rope with the other hand I would have injured myself...even low and slow...
Haven't tryed Imory yet.
I think I would have got the same but to splice it you need to be a pro! And after all the Vortex shouldn't be so bad for me...maybe I could dye it 'cos the colors are just revolting.
Tico has the third batch Bone with the 1-3/8" pivot length. I am surprised that the cougar does not grip at all for him, but with over 200 lbs, the larger dia. rope would seem to be required based on Tico's experience. I would recommend trying the Orange Tachyon.
TylerHoffman
Participating member
Which rope are u talking about splicing here?
I wish it could work on any rope...maybe it does with most of them, I don't know. Besides my 13mm and the cougar that I gave back I haven't tried any other with the bone.
The KMIII.
TylerHoffman
Participating member
Did not know that was splicable!
I read it here on the buzz...Seems like you have to add some thicker core and then tighten it up
I just read about it today and here's where I found it:
(http://www.treebuzz.com/forum/threads/yale-kernmaster-splicing.26832/#post-375645) by a member named nickfromWI.
Even treestuff has it but it's a 12mm. They charge $40 to splice it...
http://www.treestuff.com/store/catalog.asp?item=2339
I think you're mixing up Kernmaster and KM-III.
Mhhhhh...thought they were both kernmantle construcion...Considering it's 2.30am over here I could be totally wrong...well, one is Yale and the other New England rope.
TylerHoffman
Participating member
Yea I was really confused there. I read through all 4 pages of that kernmaster thread to see if they derailed to kmIII but I dont think they did.
I'm pretty new to all this so it could be that every now and then I would make some mistake...
