Square rigging with a view

[Gord]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h99xfZ0fc7M

660 was acting up, original plan was to crane the wood off but couldn't block the street, watered the rope a bit to keep things cool, a nice friday.

 

[JesseHuffman]

sappy mutha

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Did you consider a vertical speedline?

If there is a decent LZ, which it looked like, it seems like it would have been faster to set rigging . The best part that I found with vsl is that there is no slam dunk/whipping of the climber.

How tall was the spar when you started blocking down? The cam discovers the view.

 

[Viking]

Mah dude!!!!! looks like your boys can run rope!!!! i would love to work with those cats. you look like your driving a caddy up top!

 

[Tr33Climb3r]

Great video and view. A couple times you were super close to that sling. Again amazing view.

 

[Gord]

I wouldn't have trusted a vsl there Tom, the wood would be landing on wood, plus the size/height of it I would worry that the rope could get cut. It was about 130' tall so the first cut in the video is probably around 95'.

 

[theXman]

Gord,

Why the "need" to wet the rope for friction/heat?

where you using a tight lowering device, like a porta wrap or something?

I'm not familar with smaller LDs.

Do they get the rope hot?

 

[familytree]

I could see wetting the rope to keep the sap from ruining the line but I've never heard of doing it to keep things cool.

 

[Gord]

It was a porty we were using. One of the larger pieces that ran fast singed the rope a little. The water definitely keeps the device cooler. Heck usually our ropes are wet anyways...

 

[whiz]

Spar work is so tough sometimes. Very nice work Gord.

 

[familytree]

Spar work sucks.

Great job man. I'll keep that wet rope idea in the bag o tricks but I can't see my stainless porty giving me too many problems

 

[whiz]

Man If I use an AFS, a tag line to pull the pieces over, block, sling, 9/16" stable braid and a bigger saw? It still takes me 7 minutes to prepare for a back cut after all is in place and I have the 'all clear' from the ground. Is this an ok time? I'm not pressing myself for it but just wondering if that's about an average prep time for, let's say, 6'-8' sausages?

 

[whiz]

...and is that stainless porty "the answer" or what? I have one but recently got a Stein RC 2000...less turns is more. Found out the hard way brah.

 

[treesandsurf]

I think 7 minutes is pretty good, I know I've taken longer than that. But it also depends on how fat the spar is. I've found that as the size goes up, it takes longer to setup all your rigging and make the cuts to get it ready for the ground guys.

... Or it could just be that your further down on the spar so you can loose steam faster

jp

 

[whiz]

Could be. If I get into bigger stuff and I'm schleppin' a 3/4" bullrope?...man that thing gets hard to whip around a 28" spar and after 5 or 6 I'm spent.