Super classic pain in the ass.

[Crazy_Jimmy]

Just practice it a bit , what are you using to advance your rope wrench ?

 

[Drewtree]

Put some weight under you on your rope or get a belay ,maybe that will help

Working on Ddrt so the weight will only work for the first step, then I'm just pushing more slack into the ground and the weight is sitting on the floor.

It really is easy bro , short strides like your peddling backwards

Don't tell me it's easy Jimmy! I spent two hours fucking around with it today . Then again I've been working on Ddrt and footlocking my ass up the tree for the past 7 years, so maybe my legs aren't as agile as yours.

I think my disappointment is my own fault, I expected it to be plug and play which was silly of me. It clearly requires a good deal of practice to get proficient at it.

 

[Crazy_Jimmy]

One of my climbers demoed that ascender and said it had a super tight spring , that was his one complaint .

 

[Drewtree]

One of my climbers demoed that ascender and said it had a super tight spring , that was his one complaint .

That was the first thing I said when I picked it up!! Before I even tried to use it, I said out loud "Damn, that spring is tight".

 

[Crazy_Jimmy]

My bad bro , it will get better ,but I find it easier on srt , but its not bad Ddrt . I wish I could see a video of you going up , i bet we could see areas to help.

 

[Crazy_Jimmy]

He didnt like it and quickly went to the ct

 

[Drewtree]

My bad bro , it will get better ,but I find it easier on srt , but its not bad Ddrt . I wish I could see a video of you going up , i bet we could see areas to help.

That's actually a really good idea, I'll see if I can get one of my groundies to record a video of me so you can tell me what I'm doing wrong.

 

[Crazy_Jimmy]

Yeah it cant hurt lol

 

[Crazy_Jimmy]

Get some close ups

 

[JontreeHI]

Can't speak to spring on super classic, but I am using older version pantin that it's based on. I use think littke devil for some quick rope weight for ascending. A few loops, and a slippery bight lets ne release the bundle with a shahs of the rope once I'm high enough not to need it anymore.

 

[adolan]

Can't really add anything to this thread other than you need to buy a wrench now lol. Trust me you will love it for ascending. Rope walking ddrt feels like moving in slow motion once you have started ascending and climbing srt.

 

[TCtreeswinger]

I know some folks will frown on this but when I started messing with srt I would ascend with just my hitch. However, I would keep an hms biner on my lower d's to throw in a quick munter if I needed to descend. Switching to ddrt of course once I reached my tip

 

[jmaher]

I know some folks will frown on this but when I started messing with srt I would ascend with just my hitch. However, I would keep an hms biner on my lower d's to throw in a quick munter if I needed to descend. Switching to ddrt of course once I reached my tip

X2

 

[JeffGu]

A few loops, and a slippery bight...

Now, that's using your noodle... simple, effective and costs nothing.

 

[Simpleiowaguy]

I prefer saka over Haas. Made my own with a ct ascender. Works great with hitch climber set up for ddrt

 

[Drewtree]

I prefer saka over Haas. Made my own with a ct ascender. Works great with hitch climber set up for ddrt

The Haas isn't what's giving me trouble, it's the super classic foot ascender. The Haas works exactly how it's supposed to.

 

[Crazy_Jimmy]

I promise it has a really super tight spring bro , send it back and buy the CT

 

[TCtreeswinger]

I still have an original pantin and the spring has definitely loosened up over time. I'd say Jimmy is right if it doesnt work until 15'

 

[Drewtree]

I promise it has a really super tight spring bro , send it back and buy the CT

Gave it to one of my climbers today to see if he had any trouble with it, he has been rope walking and has lots of experience with ascenders.. he said the same thing you're saying Jimmy! I'm sending it back today.

 

[Drewtree]

To update.. I didn't want to waste time sending it back to treestuff and waiting for a return and potentially incurring more charges for accepting the package internationally.. so I just carried on practicing.. clipped a little bit off the spring with a pair of wire snips so it opened up more and now the foot ascender works O.K. ... not great.

But now I only have to yank a bit of slack through it by hand below 5 feet off the deck which isn't that bad at all. I would not recommend anyone else do this, it was just me being lazy and impatient. I most certainly voided any warranty on the ascender by modifying it.