unicender - is it worth it?

i would have to agree! I have always embraced changes in the industry over the last 26 years!! I have been wanting to embrace srt since it has been sliding in to the tree industry!!
Needless to say i am on THIS thread trying to soak it all in ....Im bout to get giggy wit it!!!
 
I am interested in hearing how people hook their uni to the saddle. I've tried all sorts of combinations and now I use a hitchclimber with the pulley sliding on the bridge of the TM. The uni is hooked in the middle hole with a DMM ultra O. I use the side holes on the hitchclimber to hook my lanyard when I use it as a second rope. I sometimes will hook the revolver carabiner to the ultra O to tend slack but more often than not I don't as it has a tendency to get stuck with the uni which will piss me off to no end when I am a ways out on a branch. Familytree, where do you put the revolver?
 
treebing - my preferred method with the Uni is two hands, especially with this ring setup. It is very, very similar to a figure 8 backed up with a hitch. If I need to one hand the Uni, which I do frequently, I will use the wrap method as opposed to just a squeeze. I find it is as easy to control with a wrap as with a traditional friction system.

Softbankhawks - I use two carabiners so that I can attach and detach the fix/ring with my weight fully on the Unicender. I just prefer having this ability without having to lanyard in.

familytree - remember the fix ring is not just a slack tender, but shares the friction; which is more than what you are asking of the wire gate revolver.

treeweaver - the attachment shows my most current preferred method of attachment of the Uni. (I tend to experiment a lot.) Very fast to go from a walker system to work positioning. The Croll and the Patin are out of the way or readily available if needed.

Dave
 

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I have my Uni attached directly to the bridge on my TreeFlex. It slides on the U portion of the bottom L. Being able to pull the slack out of my bridge is nice. When I do that it acts almost lke a chest ascender even without a neck bungie.
 
Hey Tom. I used to use a neck bungie as well (currently thinking about going back to it for my removals for srt) and I was blown out of the water by bings new "changing the face of the industry" idea.

Lanyard thrown over your shoulder to tend the uni. (doesn't sound like much of an idea but damn no one else thought of the idea, even holly didn't think of it and he's the son of our lord Jesus Christ)

Anyway, it works awesome and isn't more gear to drag around.
 
I climb SRT with my unicender attached directly to the bridge of my harness with a carabiner. The pulley I added to the 'L' shaped bottom piece of the uni allows me to fairlead my climbing line while returning from limbwalks. Works pretty well, but I think I like the idea of adding some extra friction below the uni with the fixe pulley.

Thanks,
Russell
 

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Try uploading your photo to an online site like "photobucket" then link the picture code to this forum.
 
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... The pulley I added to the 'L' shaped bottom piece of the uni allows me to fairlead my climbing line while returning from limbwalks. Thanks,
Russell

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Did you post that photo before? It looks familure. I like that idea too.
 
Both SRT and DDRT.

It is nice to tether out to hip thrust when in DDRT.

When in SRT, I like to be able to hold the base of the Uni in my right hand and the rope in my left hand, extend my arms up fully and then footlock like normal. I can get very long strides this way.
 
Ah, the ancient ways of the footlock. I've seen VHS of this act being performed. I was exhausted just watching it. Even in my imagination I still can't get under 60 seconds.

I'm a pantin only kinda guy and I use the lanyard over the shoulder trick
 
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Yep.
 
Of topic but what is the land-yard over the shoulder trick?

On topic somewhat: Have been reading many positive things about working on SRT. Have been playing with it a little, but man what hard work it is! I really missed the help of a pulley in the system.

You guys must all still be fresh and tough climbers just like when i started climbing in trees.

Can somebody enlighten me please?
 
Jamin,

It was posted a while back on the treetools website, www.treetools.co.nz, in the blog spot. It works quite well but I think it would even be better if the tip of the "L" piece pointed back in a bit further, a bit more of a closed off area for the tail of the climbing line to stay in, like some of the new modifications that are being developed. I may add a larger washer on the outside of the sheave, see if that helps.

Was the uni with a roller built in, posted earlier in this thread, a modification by Morgan?

Thanks, Russell
 
I dont use a tether. I climb srt pretty much all the time so the top hole of the uni is for the lanyard to clip on when I rope walk like treebing showed in his video. Works a charm and eliminates the need for a tether.
 
Maarten,
I was trying to find treebings video, but no luck. What you do is you swing your lanyard behind your back and over the opposite shoulder and clip onto either the top hole of the hitchclimber or uni. This turns the hitch or uni into a chest ascender allowing you to ropewalk easily.
 
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