Omni-Block 1.5

She's good up to 13mm. I'd see what it looks like all loaded up, but I feel it may be a bad fit in the sheave and the cheeks might rub.
 
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She's good up to 13mm. I'd see what it looks like all loaded up, but I feel it may be a bad fit in the sheave and the cheeks might rub.

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Why does that sound... naughty?
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She's good up to 13mm. I'd see what it looks like all loaded up, but I feel it may be a bad fit in the sheave and the cheeks might rub.

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Why does that sound... naughty?
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i hear ya...sometimes i just cant get asleep unless ive tried to get my rope in the sheave for at least an hour....

usually results in no cheek rubbing for me
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PS (dont somehow interpret this as advice for your omni block).....never used one!
 
that is certainly a wild set up. Crypt/black oak gall is giving me a lot of removals where more unique rigging set ups would be very helpful.
fortunately theres plenty of removals i can mess around with in my back yard being new in my house.
unfortunately my wife is a terrible ground worker and my co workers arent huge on "recreational work."
 
"Work-reation". You can do it every day, if you're loving your job.

We rock the OB 1.1 quite a bit.
 
Oceans, you mentioned a good webbing sling for the Omni. Should I get something better than the standard slings. Got a link to a good one?
Thanks
 
True, but there are instances where you may want less leg of webbing (keeping the pulley closer to the choke). It's nice to have a few sizes if you can swing it.
 
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i love those webbing slings but hate when im choking something in between sizes

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I will use a 4"pulley+steel biner and a 4' tuflex rigging sling. depending on my rigging situation, sometimes ill rig it in a basket configuration when posisble, but when i am going to choke it to a limb, i will orient the actual choking part of the sling in the spot on the branch so i can just drape the extra sling portion over the top, essentially taking up the slack and letting the pulley sit almost snug to the bottom of the limb. for big branches, might only need a quarter turn to get it tight, on small skinny stuff might need two wraps or more, but it lets me work with one sling.

-Steven
 
I hear ya CutHighnLetFly...and SRTsteve I do the same thing all the time with the nylon loop runners. But there are times when things are just out of reach enough, seems like you're balancing on a tooth pick, and you feel like it's all you can do to fling that sling around the branch. Those are the times when tying that cow hitch or taking extra wraps are a pain. Of course they're all tools in the tool bag. I can see the point on having the different sizes. And the loop runners are a lot lighter and smaller to carry around than a few stable braid slings.
 
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whats up, you boys too good for a cow hitch? i love those webbing slings but hate when im choking something in between sizes

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In a negative blocking situation, yes, it's usually desirable to have your block snugged up against the stem, but in the situation described mostly in this thread, the Omni Block will actually be lowered along with the piece, and is usually within a bight of line under tension. This makes the sling length less critical.
 
how would this pulley hold up to negative rigging?

if you would negative rig with this at all whats the weight limit you would stop at?

also, oceans I had the same thought as you where a 48" heavy duty webbing sling would be most versatile. Sometimes you will need to secure it to a small diameter branch and lets say for learning purposes here you dont want it hanging a foot and a half below the branch...so maybe you wrap it over the branch a couple more times to get it closer. (hope this makes sense for you all!)

how much does this decrease the strength of the 14,000 pount tensile strength sling being choked a few times over?
 
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