Rope Wrench, without incident.

Love this post Reg! Great pics too!

I gotta get back ton the wrench soon... been obsessed with my mechanicals lately.
Being a rarity in thearborist world, I never really run DDRT except for tie-in advancement, crane work, or rec climbing, I had to get used to a rope on rope system but it didn't take long. Time to get back to it!

Reed Wortley
CTSP #01739
ISA CA #SO-6953A
 
Awesome pictures Reg! I have been climbing on the wrench since Kevin released them. It was a game changer for me and got me a lot of work others would not be able to do when all these storms hit CT some years back. The confidence you have with the wrench is undeniable and is supper smooth and predictable! Looking forward to the arrival of the fith wrench in purple to add to my collection!
 
As long as the gear can help me earn enough to own the home in picture #15 and make it safer, I'm sold.


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I totally agree Reg, the wrench is a total game changer. It will prolong the climbing years of many a man/woman. I have recently been having probs with my wrench, but after giving the bearing a really good clean, and re orientating the wrench so its inline with me, its been working like it should. Fantastic and smooth. Now I need to get a rig'n'wrench!
 
goodaking said:
Awesome pictures Reg! I have been climbing on the wrench since Kevin released them. It was a game changer for me and got me a lot of work others would not be able to do when all these storms hit CT some years back. The confidence you have with the wrench is undeniable and is supper smooth and predictable! Looking forward to the arrival of the fith wrench in purple to add to my collection!
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Hey, goodaking! In this post, when you mentioned the Rope Wrench being "super smooth and predictable", were you referring to Reg's use of it, or your own?

The fact that you are awaiting the arrival of your fifth Wrench would cause me to hope that it is your own use you were talking about. If so, can you tell us all what rope, hitch cord and friction hitch you choose to use with it, along with any other tips you think you might be able to share that will help others to experience that same smoothness?

Thanks so much, in advance, for any answers you choose to give.

Tim
 
Tim, what problems are you encountering? What cords and rope are you using? I find any Yale 11.7 rope to be great. Yale 10mm hitch cord, silverstreak, beeline etc is a good match.
 
Tim, some times hitch problems come down to dressing the hitch. The same hitch will work different when dressed differently. You will see climbers instinctual ly dress their hitch as they climb keeping it loose but ready. Easing into your stops will keep you from jamming. If your slamming to stops then your hitch will jam. On longer descents, keep it smooth, use your other hand for extra friction or even your foot, leg or but.
Watch how your hitch operates and coddle it. Think of your shoe laces and how important it is to keep your boots laced up right. Lok how care fully a hocker player laces up their skates. A hitch is the same way. Be easy on the clutch.
 
BenDraper said:
Tim, what problems are you encountering? What cords and rope are you using? I find any Yale 11.7 rope to be great. Yale 10mm hitch cord, silverstreak, beeline etc is a good match.
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Hey, Ben! Thanks for your interest and recommendations, they are greatly appreciated. It has been quite awhile since my last opportunity to climb, so it is not like I'm currently having issues; I am more just discussing what has tended to pertain in the past, from recollection. (I had been working my normal day job for the past few months, many hours, not much spare time.)

This thread started by moss in part because of a post I'd made in Reg Coates' thread about "Rope Wrench, Without Incident" basically sums up my issues.

http://www.treebuzz.com/forum/threa...inding-with-the-rope-wrench-on-descent.32350/

A bunch of great hints and tips were proposed in this thread, but I have not yet had a chance to try them out. I just got back from working on the road for an extended period of time, not arb related, and I have a bunch of personal stuff to take care of before I can take the time to climb just for fun. I am at present not a working pro arb, just another amateur.

I guess I make time for the arb forums, just because I'm constantly interested in learning more about all of this stuff, even when my opportunities to climb are few and far between. My hope is that I might learn something new that I'll find helpful when I do get back into it with intensity. So, my questions are really about doing the research, and looking for answers.

Thanks for your time, and your suggestions.

Oh, and I never did answer your questions. It has been awhile since I bought the rope I use my Rope Wrench on, but I think it is a 10.5mm Mammut rope, or thereabouts, and it is a dynamic, "dry" rope, I think it's called. Gorgeous stuff. I think I was using 10mm Beeline on it, in a Knut hitch. (Gear is outside in the car, just a bit out of reach, at the moment.)

Thanks again for your time.

Tim
 
treebing said:
Tim, some times hitch problems come down to dressing the hitch. The same hitch will work different when dressed differently. You will see climbers instinctual ly dress their hitch as they climb keeping it loose but ready. Easing into your stops will keep you from jamming. If your slamming to stops then your hitch will jam. On longer descents, keep it smooth, use your other hand for extra friction or even your foot, leg or but.
Watch how your hitch operates and coddle it. Think of your shoe laces and how important it is to keep your boots laced up right. Lok how care fully a hocker player laces up their skates. A hitch is the same way. Be easy on the clutch.
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Excellent explanation Kevin! Just bought a new wrench, was hoping to get the green one I saw at TCIA but didn't see it as an option,so I went with the black. Reg's testimony pushed me to buy one. I've been on the runner for a year and climbing on the wrench is extremely smooth. Kinda like going from a corvette to a Cadillac. Love them both
 
treebing said:
Tim, some times hitch problems come down to dressing the hitch. The same hitch will work different when dressed differently. You will see climbers instinctual ly dress their hitch as they climb keeping it loose but ready. Easing into your stops will keep you from jamming. If your slamming to stops then your hitch will jam. On longer descents, keep it smooth, use your other hand for extra friction or even your foot, leg or but.
Watch how your hitch operates and coddle it. Think of your shoe laces and how important it is to keep your boots laced up right. Lok how care fully a hocker player laces up their skates. A hitch is the same way. Be easy on the clutch.
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Hey, Kevin! Thanks once again for all of your great advice, and for taking the time to give it. It is greatly appreciated. It may be a little while yet before I get the chance to employ it all in my next climb, but I am really looking forward to it. It is just killing me to wait, but I have other irons in the fire at the moment, and so I must.

I will be sure to report back on my progress here in the forum, just as soon as I get the chance to try out all of these new techniques.

Thanks again for everything.

Tim
 
Actually its my 6th wrench. i was hooked from the beginning! I use the Rope runner for removals and wrench for prunes as i get into some pretty horizontal positions at times. I feel more confident with the wrench in these positions. I have used all kinds of lines and hitch cords. currently i have been climbing on the yale lines Aztec prism sumac. with runner and wrench. I like a VT 10m oceans polyester
 
Fred I use a 6 wrap VT. But I never tuck the wrapping leg underneath the fixed one on the way back down, rather it goes behind. So you literally just take 6 wraps up the climbing line then on to the carabiner.

Mark usually 150 or 200 on zipline. Thanks
 
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