Rope Wrench Feedback?

I'm with Kevin, I like to keep it old school and just have the rope, hitch, and rope wrench. I have a system set up like Kevin describes where I can footlock up on my wrench/hitch set up, where its extended out so its my fl prussic. Use my lanyard as the tether, and fl up. Fast, simple easy, and best of all, no life support biners come unclipped.

This can be done single or double line(double as in one side is anchored with a midline bowline or alpine butterfly). Footlocking a single line is tough, but not impossible. Just have a have a strong grip.
 
Yeah, I dont footlock on a hitch. I like ascenders, being in my 50's and all. I've heard about the lanyard thing but haven't tried it either. Maybe I'll just go back to DdRT.
 
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the first break of the hitch can be rough if thew wrench has not been completely engaged. before sitting back in your harness, nudge the wrench up and release the hitch a little bit before sitting into your hitch. This becomes habit quickly. If you sit directly on the hitch without the wrench engaged or partially engaged, breaking that hitch will be hard.

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which is what you want when doing a long , open ascent, in the event your pantin ever pops off ;) which happened to me.

like Kevin has stated many times, use a trusted, rated hitch/cordage that will grab right away.

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Here is a clip that explains how to back up the Pantin so the rope doesn't come out while doing long ascents.
http://youtu.be/2ZfHgHBV11k
 
Yeah I weigh between 195 and 200lbs depending on the day. You know how it goes! I have all new velocity so when I wear that out I may consider a new rope. Treebing why do you feel velocity isn't all that great? And, what do you use for your DRT set up? I was using tachyon with bee line and wasn't fast enough for me.
 
I will have to say that in the last 2 months, I have climbed DRT once, and looking back with what I have learned now? I could have done that job SRT.

it is truly a revolutionary tool that belongs in every climber's (who does more than spur/flipline-removals and "prunes") toolbox.

It creates a more in-tune, intelligent style of climbing.

I find myself:

A) planning my climb more thoughtfully and intuitively from the ground. IE. more re-directs = less limbwalks :)

B) climbing the tree more, which is just like being a kid again, except you are tied in from above, I think this also helps your climbing mind and body.

C) I clip a revolver in up high when I have to do a lot of up and down, this creates a sweet 3:1 MA and this is much more efficient that body thrusting all the time .

D) and finally, my pure climbing strength has improved, SRT is a bit harder to move short distances in if you don't want to clip into the pantin, it does take some gorilla-power; which has improved a lot since I started SRT with the RW. I do notice that when I do try DRT here at home to see if I miss it, it seems very easy, but very slow, cumbersome and a waste of time and energy :)
Best of all, the ability to not have to isolate a TIP is the shite.
As long as it is over a couple of limbs or crotches, even if it is spread out, will be good for climbing on, and even better is watching that line come out slick as sour owl-poop after weaving a spider-web through the tree :) no more stuck friction saver or pulley-saver.

I think DRT will always have it's place and is an awesome system for a lot of situations, but I have been finding more and more that it is not THE only way to effectively work a tree.
Especially with my style of work, and my niche' , which is no boom-truck, working in tight areas and a "tree-care" specialist, not a removal specialist. I do them when I have to, but I would rather not, remove it, that is the last time you will work on it...;) ya know?

A couple of things I would like to see on the ZK-1 2.0:

1) smaller
2) mid-line attachable as a factory build, not a modification.
3) aluminum frame or a lighter vented metal frame with rounded , flared edges, if alloy, maybe a sweet colour :)


this would be the ultimate SRT fashion accessory for all us converts !

Kudos to Kevin Bingham and Zack Kenner and Luke a co. at treestuff.com for making the 1st versions available, although I see that the other big 2 are carrying them too now .

cheers, and climber smarter, not harder ;)
 
You mean something like this? :)

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Yes it would be cool if they could make the next wrench a little smaller midline attachable and with rounded edges kind of rounded over like the DMN roundness. I have found during some of my redirects that the wrench sometimes digs in to the tree.
Also watch your fingers I pinched the sh!t out of mine when it got stuck in between the wrench and the crotch I was redirecting in. Hurt like hell. It was my own fault though.
The wrench is the Bomb!
 
The Dogbone design is mine, the rope wrench concept is Kevin's. These pictured were made for me by a machinist to my specifications.

Gordon
 
So my velocity has way too much stretch just like you guys said! I'm probably gonna get a strictly SRT rope. What about the new Vortex and can you recommend a hitch chord. The velocity works but it just has too much stretch. I was trying to avoid having to carry yet another bag every day but oh well.
 
I can see that, I tried the wrench on my arbormaster BWR, and it was way to bouncy.

I use the AllGear rocket, very nice rope, great price at treestuff.com, comparable to tachyon, but it is firmer and a tad bigger around, 11.5-11.7mm.

When needing more rope, I use my 200' KM 111, love that stuff and it works very well with the wrench.

I know Adrian has been using vortex, and I'm going to assume it is similar to KM 111.


good luck, this SRT/work thing is real sweet the more you do it.
 
With the concern of shockloading due to a failed crotch, and super-static ropes, maybe a Yates Screamer could be a worthwhile connection point in the ground anchor department. Shouldn't deploy without a significant shockload.
 
Kevin posted something before on here about static ropes being used SRT with the wrench behaving like standard ropes DRT, maybe he will mention that point again.
 
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