Easy load balancing sling equalizer idea

[NE Tree]

So I was pruning a silver maple over a house and off a line today and needed to do spider leg style rigging on one limb to keep it from hitting the lines. All I had was a few light rigging straps and a block and rope for very basic light rigging. So I pulled a bight of rope through the spliced eye and and hooked a biner in each bite with the spliced eye being an adjustable anchor so I could balance the piece. To be honest, I'm self taught for the most part. I've been on the buzz for a little while and to a few seminars and have never seen anything about this setup. I tried it a couple times and it seemed to work well. Maybe it's a horrible idea and everyone knows it but me, so I wanted to put it out there and share it and maybe look like an idiot, let me know what you think. Thanks, Steve

 

[NE Tree]

 

[Steve Connally]

I made a shizzle balancer on the cheap. It works great and I love it plus I found a use for some old climbing line. Look it up. It's very inexpensive. Shizzle plate, line, Prussic and a steel biner. Doesn't get any better and it's fully adjustable with ease. http://www.shizll.com/product/easy-balancer/

 

[Steve Connally]

The only thing I see is your set up didn't capture the balance. A shift in weight will unbalance the line as there is nothing to hold tension in place.

 

[D x D]

The only thing I see is your set up didn't capture the balance. A shift in weight will unbalance the line as there is nothing to hold tension in place.

Well yes and no...there are several points of friction on the eye, but your point is valid. One could put a munter in the lower biner I suppose.

Maybe a nicer option to accomplish the Steve and Steve concept is a small prusik on the upper rope instead of capturing it with the eye. Then attach the eye to the upper rope with another biner (between the eye and the prusik). The rigging rope would be routed about the same except for the first capture (if that makes sense).

What is very nice about this concept, for an occasional spider-leg, this is likely faster than "getting something from the truck" or carrying it with you "just in case".

Thanks for sharing...

 

[NE Tree]

What is very nice about this concept, for an occasional spider-leg, this is likely faster than "getting something from the truck" or carrying it with you "just in case".

Or in my case, it saved me driving back to the shop to get other gear

 

[KevinS]

how is this simpler than a spider leg?

 

[NE Tree]

I just didn't have one with me. Used it in a pinch and it really worked quite well. The friction points in the spliced eye really held it in place nicely. It's also fairly well used rope so that probably helps it from slipping around much.

 

[james mauldin]

Good way to make use of what was on hand