Homegrown CE lanyard

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I had 30ft. of bluemoon, a pinto pulley, beeline, DMM biner and a ISC snap lying around...hmmm, mabey I will put together a CE lanyard and see if I like it.

Its not rocket science and its been done before but I'll say this works very well for me. I use a weaver med. throw bag to keep it on the saddle, just flake it back in so it dont hang down and get in the way. Added the 6mm thimble thingy...like this better than the mechanical ART stuff, it's to jumpy for me.

anybody else using one??

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No CE here, but I do have that triple snap and like it a lot.

Same with the thimble.. I use it a lot more than I thought I would. I thought it would be clunky and in the way but I hardly notice it.

30ft is a lotta rope, man. :) I tried out a 20 daisy chained and it was always in the way. I think mine are 12'ish now.
 
I did the same thing Blackoak and love the versatility it gives me. Mine is about 17 feet long. I eye sliced the end and it worked really well. Followed the New England video by Andy Wall. Easy Peasy.
 
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30ft. is a bit long, but it would be nice if something happend to my climbing line, I could repel down 30ft. on the homegrown CE lanyard, then jump the rest...lol

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I replicated the CE lanyard as well. I think mine is 25 feet long but will be cutting it in half. With the rope wrench I don't find myself with those steep rope angles as much and the long lanyard doesn't get used. Extra weight on the saddle is no good. Although I still am interested in the CE lanyard when I wear this one out.
 
Can someone explain where the name 'CE' comes from? Is the a lanyard that is rated and configured to conform with CE standards? Or is this some sort of marketing scheme?
 
Conforms to CE regs Tom. But I'd say it's kinda now turned I to any lanyard with a thimble Prussic on it..
 
Nice builds, Blackoak.
Mine looks more like your 2nd pix. Nice tight Distle, needs to be there instantly as a lanyard but still fine as a climbing line.

The minute you get set up on the pinto as a climbing lanyard, you want more cordage to do something useful. How to manage it? I've gone to a DEDA setup (double ended double adjusting). 2 lanyards, 2 hitches, 2 pulleys, one tail running around your back. 34' total length. Then two short daisy chains and the rest flaked into a small Buck bucket with a wire mouth to hold it open.

Works for me, perfectly manageable, but LONG when you need it (a Revolver on the thimble lets you pay out SRT 30 feet and still get back OK on RADS).

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Thanks for the post Scott, and I like the pics. I'll be copying that one with some scrap rope and biners laying around, and I'll give it a go on the pruning jobs. I gotta get me a thimble thingy, and I like the bright colored rope, as I had a 20ft beeline flip line a while back ended up cutting it with a handsaw, then bought a new one and ended up loosing that one on a job! Those bright colors should help prevent that stuff from happening again.
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Q: Do you find the pinto pulley a bit more useful than a traditional small prussik minding pulley? Thanks.
 
It's just chalk and cheese comparing the pinto pulley to pulleys like the micromouse ( little purple guy ) and SMC micro pulleys. The pinto has so many curves with smooth edges and the rated becket separates it for sure. Plus it is rather silent, no jingle jangle. I am just curious why one needs a 30' lanyard, sounds like running around with two climb lines, but to each his own. I prefer minimal stuff hanging around me, 12' of lanyard max for me. Our trees can be congested and I hate shite snagging at brush constantly.
 
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It's rated at 1.8 decaNewtons or 18kN or 4,104 lbs.
Would you say it meets ANSI Z133.1-2011 standards?

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Now I see...its the first lanyard to be certified to CE standards.

From my interpretation of the Z...it wouldn't meet the standard but I'm open to an explanation of what I might be missing???
 
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Thanks for the post Scott, and I like the pics. I'll be copying that one with some scrap rope and biners laying around, and I'll give it a go on the pruning jobs. I gotta get me a thimble thingy, and I like the bright colored rope, as I had a 20ft beeline flip line a while back ended up cutting it with a handsaw, then bought a new one and ended up loosing that one on a job! Those bright colors should help prevent that stuff from happening again.
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Q: Do you find the pinto pulley a bit more useful than a traditional small prussik minding pulley? Thanks.

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Big Brian, the pinto pulley is my go to pulley, rated becket and all, use one on my main line as well, top notch in IMHO.

Brian, I still have some bluemoon left, mabey 30ft ish. you can have it if you dont cut it with your handsaw...lol...hehe

Stay safe
 
In that configuration why not just use it as a normal doubled rope set-up? You need more rope for that but the srt lanyard is for maximizing a shorter lanyard.
 
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It's just chalk and cheese comparing the pinto pulley to pulleys like the micromouse ( little purple guy ) and SMC micro pulleys. The pinto has so many curves with smooth edges and the rated becket separates it for sure. Plus it is rather silent, no jingle jangle. I am just curious why one needs a 30' lanyard, sounds like running around with two climb lines, but to each his own. I prefer minimal stuff hanging around me, 12' of lanyard max for me. Our trees can be congested and I hate shite snagging at brush constantly.

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Swing, ya, its like a second climbing line as well, slash lanyard.
Its nice to have extra rope for the big blue oaks and valley oak that I have out in my neck of the woods, Bixler will tell too....huge canopy's.
 
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