Compact Bulldog Bone

I use the 5/8 with the cougar blue. An oversized bollard can increase the force required for release and contribute to the stop bounce cycle. A little practice shld give you very good control.
 
I operate my Bulldog with it in the direction it sits while advancing. Palm open with thumb and index finger on the aluminum knobs, pinky finger lightly on the lower arm. This is the same way that I wrap my hand around a hitch and why for me a swivel seems superfluous.
 
ok, maybe try the 5/8. I could be mistaken with what I tried on mine.
as far as hand positioning comfort goes, I think the consensus is try a swivel.
 
Steve, I am finding the same thing with yours. I don't have a problem descending it will be just a case of getting used to the sensitivity. I have looked closely and there is a lot of pinching on the bottom arm. I have trouble getting the rope in there in the first place, pretty hard to remove aswell, I wouldn't want to have to take off and replace for a redirect too often.

I have wondered if the bottom link is a little too close to the spine? I have the 5/8 bollard as it came with, I can't see how using the 3/4 would help as the same amount of rope will have to squeeze through an even tighter space.

Any ideas chaps?
 
Climbed a bit on 1/2inch" sixteen strand Yale spearmint today 5/8 bollard . Not a full run ,just messing around low and slow with my cuzs line . I feel the 16 strands may have a place in the bone as a good combo. Felt great in my hand , I almost forgot how much easier it is on the hands.
 
Treetopflyer said:
Climbed a bit on 1/2inch" sixteen strand Yale spearmint today 5/8 bollard . Not a full run ,just messing around low and slow with my cuzs line . I feel the 16 strands may have a place in the bone as a good combo. Felt great in my hand , I almost forgot how much easier it is on the hands.
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How did the other ascenders perform on that line? My only worry is that toothed ascenders can rip a 16 strand to pieces in a fall...but...all of the toothed ascenders would be below our primary life support connection (the BDB). And it just doesn't seem feasible to fall into a foot ascender or knee ascender. Hmmmm.....I miss the feel of my 16 strands too.
 
Treetopflyer said:
Climbed a bit on 1/2inch" sixteen strand Yale spearmint today 5/8 bollard . Not a full run ,just messing around low and slow with my cuzs line . I feel the 16 strands may have a place in the bone as a good combo. Felt great in my hand , I almost forgot how much easier it is on the hands.
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Skinny ropes suck for tree work. Rope research should be looking at making 1/2", tree work specific climbing lines. There are some nice lines out there but they can do way better.
 
TreeLogic said:
How did the other ascenders perform on that line? My only worry is that toothed ascenders can rip a 16 strand to pieces in a fall...but...all of the toothed ascenders would be below our primary life support connection (the BDB). And it just doesn't seem feasible to fall into a foot ascender or knee ascender. Hmmmm.....I miss the feel of my 16 strands too.
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You know T.l. I don't know about the ascender issue . I wasn't useing any , just leisurely footlocked up to lowest limb maybe fifteen feet up on this particular tree and came back down with a few stop n gos , up and down a few times. I thought 16 strands to be fairly snag resistant ,but may pick easy with ascender. Haven't climbed on sixteen strand for a long time. May give it another go. My hands liked it!
 
Most ascenders i've tried have worked fine on 16 strand. The one thing I wouldn't attempt it with is a pantin. The kick out would probably damage it to a pretty large degree. I'm a fan of non kickoff foot ascenders (cmi/CT), so it's never been an issue with me. I use a lot of arbormaster, but have yet to fly the bone on it. Have you seen any flattening?
 
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And yeah...16 stands equals happy hands. I'll try to fly the bone on the arbormaster soon. Haven't had a chance to hang a line in way too long. Day job is killing me!
 
I realise this isn't a rope thread so I'm sorry but there's a lot of relevant rope chatter here.
I received my new Cougar Blue today. I haven't climbed on it yet but it is noticeably flat on two opposing sides. Visibly flat!
Is this normal?
(Thanks to all of you for the advice you've provided I'm helping me choose.)
 
oldmilltreecare said:
I realise this isn't a rope thread so I'm sorry but there's a lot of relevant rope chatter here.
I received my new Cougar Blue today. I haven't climbed on it yet but it is noticeably flat on two opposing sides. Visibly flat!
Is this normal?
(Thanks to all of you for the advice you've provided I'm helping me choose.)
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The bottom arms will create the most "pinch" that will flatten the rope. If you increase the bollard size on the top arms, you will remove some of the friction (pinch) from the lower arms and reduce the flattening a bit. Try that and see if it helps. I would not be overly concerned by the rope shape...just shake the tail around a bit to help it round back out.

I'm not a Tachyon salesman, but that stuff stays super round compared to other 24 strand DB lines due to the added inner three strands.
 
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