Compact Bulldog Bone

monkeylove · May 27, 2015

That's why I run the Onyx with 2 bridges and 2 swivels Mac.

gmcttr · May 27, 2015

patrac said:
ready to laser cut...

FWIW, the "nubs" on the upper arms are too small in diameter to prevent the upper and lower arms from cross locking.

DSMc · May 27, 2015

Haha! That's why I run one rope, one bridge and one non-swiveling multisender. Everything stays were it is supposed to be 100% of the time with no system damaging cross-ups possible.

JTree · May 27, 2015

I used to think a nice multicender was expensive, right up until I started pricing the components to make a nice DRT system.

monkeylove · May 27, 2015

My next move is twin Wraptors. lol

JTree · May 27, 2015

monkeylove said:
My next move is twin Wraptors. lol

I really wanna see a vid of that! LOL, I would get Sooooooo fat, but with the ease of movement through the canopy, it would look as graceful as a swimming hippo

MikePowers321 · May 27, 2015

macswan said:
So yesterday I was a total yard sale. Forgot a bunch of my gear at home, and wound up having to borrow rope for a second TIP. Set a line with Aztec, put the bone on it, and it slipped under body weight. With the same bollard I use for tachyon. Totally shocked. I guess those Yale ropes are a bit thinner. So then I replaced that line with a piece of vortex. Worked pretty well. A little too squishy, nice in hand, but I prefer my kmiii. It was interesting to get on other ropes though.

But what I really realized was that with just one swivel to attach to on my bridge, I need that nano swivel on m'bone if I want to have two systems going. Having the bone non rotatable is totally bogus. Dammit. New gear to buy.

Just did the nano mod a few weeks ago myself....I'm digging it so far.

What bollard are you running with the KMIII mac? 1/2"? If I remember correctly this rope doesn't work well with hitches right? So pretty much purely a mechanical rope?

I am still in the market for a new rope and I flip flop all the friggin' time. I'm beginning to annoy myself : )

treegongfu · May 27, 2015

Me too. Can't make up my mind between vortex and cougar.

surveyor · May 27, 2015

Call me crazy, just don't call me late for supper.

monkeylove · May 27, 2015

There is just something wrong with you Gordon :baaa:

macswan · May 27, 2015

monkeylove said:
That's why I run the Onyx with 2 bridges and 2 swivels Mac.

I had that for a while, but tried to de clutter a bit. And have the redundancy of two bridges thru one swivel. I may have to experiment with some different configurations

macswan · May 27, 2015

surveyor said:
Call me crazy, just don't call me late for supper.

What's that thing weigh?

Tuebor · May 27, 2015

Like one of those Photoshopped pictures in a grocery aisle magazine.

macswan · May 27, 2015

MikePowers321 said:
Just did the nano mod a few weeks ago myself....I'm digging it so far.

What bollard are you running with the KMIII mac? 1/2"? If I remember correctly this rope doesn't work well with hitches right? So pretty much purely a mechanical rope?

I am still in the market for a new rope and I flip flop all the friggin' time. I'm beginning to annoy myself : )

I think the 5/8 bollard comes stock, it is as it showed up. I have the half inch kmiii though. That bone runs from tachyon to kmiii. And as for hitches, I was using the wrench today on kmii with 9 mil epicord. And it ran beautifully. Coulda used one less wrap on my hitch, but that's user error.

treegongfu · May 27, 2015

How does it perform, Gordon?

I've always thought two bones that connect together would be ideal for dSRT-like what johnnypro suggested for the rope runner in a recent post.

treegongfu · May 27, 2015

I think it could be done using two of the regular cbdb and slick pins to connect the two.

surveyor · May 28, 2015

Mac, I am not sure how much it weighs, because my wife left the ounce scale on the stove top while cooking, and if i complain I won't get fed!

Gavin, it tends well and releases like a dream with the 1/2" bollards installed. This franken Bone is a full 1-1/2" wide, which works well
with the double strand links. My though of course is to run three ropes through a floating overhead anchor ala Johnny Pro for 3D positioning.
Probably not practical, and yes it would be better to have each rope with its own release.

treegongfu · May 28, 2015

It looks good but I think the versatility of being able to separate a double bone into two single bones would be the ultimate for functionality.

Anyway, I use the bdb exclusively for work daily and can't imagine going back to the wrench. It has improved my productivity immensely.

macswan · May 28, 2015

I agree, I use the wrench occasionally, just to keep it fresh. But I use the bone and the runner 99% of the time. They just make more sense to me. Not a fan of hitches anymore.