Has anyone got to try the Ropetek Wraptor?
A few weeks ago Paul Cox, the inventor, sent over a demo machine for me to play with for a while. I can honestly say my body has never felt so good.
It reminds me of when I bought my mini, a toy you'll never want anyone else to see, for fear of your competition working too easy. This is one of those tools.
I've been working 6 days a week lately, as I picked up another job part time with an estate care company. I am one of two on the tree crew. Typically I am in a tree maybe once a day, when there is no access with their spider lift. There is nothing easier than throwing a line over a branch, like you would in any beginning steps of SRT. The unit attaches to the rope in seconds, faster than my old SRT setup that I hated using. Start the machine up, and off you go at 90 feet per minute.
Because of my part time job, I've found I've been doing some small jobs solo. With the Wraptor I ascend up, get to work. If I notice there is too much brush getting piled up, it's cake work to come down and clean it up. When your done, ride back up and you feel like you never left the tree.
We were doing a 4 way cable in a big maple last week. One of our slippery hands dropped some tools. I volunteered with a smile to zip down, pick them up, then ascend back up 60'.
It's just too darn easy. I even fear posting this as any competition will see it, but Paul deserves the props on a top notch tool for the arb world.
Here's a vid from the other day, ascending a nasty Willow tree. It's just a 45-50' ascent, but you can see how easy it is when encountering a limb on the way up. Just adjust the throttle as necessary and push the limb out of the way.
Check out Paul's site, and contact him for availability of DEMO units.
http://ropetekwraptor.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkSYSiBdfLE
A few weeks ago Paul Cox, the inventor, sent over a demo machine for me to play with for a while. I can honestly say my body has never felt so good.
It reminds me of when I bought my mini, a toy you'll never want anyone else to see, for fear of your competition working too easy. This is one of those tools.
I've been working 6 days a week lately, as I picked up another job part time with an estate care company. I am one of two on the tree crew. Typically I am in a tree maybe once a day, when there is no access with their spider lift. There is nothing easier than throwing a line over a branch, like you would in any beginning steps of SRT. The unit attaches to the rope in seconds, faster than my old SRT setup that I hated using. Start the machine up, and off you go at 90 feet per minute.
Because of my part time job, I've found I've been doing some small jobs solo. With the Wraptor I ascend up, get to work. If I notice there is too much brush getting piled up, it's cake work to come down and clean it up. When your done, ride back up and you feel like you never left the tree.
We were doing a 4 way cable in a big maple last week. One of our slippery hands dropped some tools. I volunteered with a smile to zip down, pick them up, then ascend back up 60'.
It's just too darn easy. I even fear posting this as any competition will see it, but Paul deserves the props on a top notch tool for the arb world.
Here's a vid from the other day, ascending a nasty Willow tree. It's just a 45-50' ascent, but you can see how easy it is when encountering a limb on the way up. Just adjust the throttle as necessary and push the limb out of the way.
Check out Paul's site, and contact him for availability of DEMO units.
http://ropetekwraptor.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkSYSiBdfLE
