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Bob Bob said:
I’ve gotten a lot of requests for a video on the gear I use for recreational tree climbing. This video shows my current equipment, a set-up for a SRT frog rope walker climbing system and a SRT canopy limb cinch configuration I’ve been experimenting with .

This is not a minimalist system by any means and the video is not intended as an instructional video. The audio isn’t the best and the clumsy commentary was unscripted resulting in a lot of ums and uhs, so feel free to laugh and/or mute as needed.

This is part 1 of 2. Part 2 will feature the actual climb and traverse.

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Thx for the gear tour and the mention on the sewn eye. You'd asked me how much thread I used to sew the eye and I gave you a wrong answer, I start out with 14'. It's a little awkward to handle but gets much less so the more you sew.
-AJ
 
Bob Bob said:
You are going to love it! I've seen a few people modify them by drilling holes to tread and knot your throwline to the spool, I didn't do this with mine. I've ordered 1mm dyneema fishing line to try and gain more capacity, not sure if it will work but worth a try...
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This is Inspirational. I look forward to having it on my belt.
 
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John@TreeXP said:
I love the throw line reel setup. Just put in a bid for a Shakespeare Silent Tru Art model 1837 on ebay!
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I have a couple. They work great. But when you first get one that has been laying around for forty years, they are often gummed up inside with old congealed grease and are sluggish. There is a youTube on how to take them apart.
 
Burrapeg said:
I have a couple. They work great. But when you first get one that has been laying around for forty years, they are often gummed up inside with old congealed grease and are sluggish. There is a youTube on how to take them apart.
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Oh, meant to say, if you are cleaning one and the main spring is gummed up with old grease, be really careful cleaning it. If the spring jumps out of the housing and comes uncoiled, it is an absolute horror to get it back in. (Ask me how I know).
 
I will try to find it again, BobBob. I had done a youTube search on the reels and found it that way. I will run it down again. If I recall, there is one central, slotted screw that you remove and then whole affair slides apart. But you want to remove any tension on the spring first by using the knurled knob. Both of mine worked after a fashion when I got them but were full of old congealed grease, sand, etc. Real tackle-box veterans.
 
Bob Bob said:
I must confess, I've never had mine apart even after years and years of service. Now you have me wondering how much gunk is in there... Burrapeg, do you have a link to that video?
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BobBob, I just noticed the first of those two video's you had up above. That is the one! He shows taking it apart.
 
Bob Bob said:
Part 2 is up.

Going to link this to the DMM Captain Hook thread. Getting some hockling (seen briefly at 2:14 in the video) with the dual-in-one lanyard and wanted some input from fellow treebuzzers. It's nothing that dangling the hook end can't fix but that's an extra step in the throw process.

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My first thought is to add a swivel between the hook and the lanyard line, but that defeats the ability to control and rotate the throwing hook by twisting the line itself. Seems the only way to mitigate this problem, is as you demonstrated, by dangling the hook to allow it to untwist the line. Still, the longer the throwing hook's line, the harder it is to twist when trying to hook it onto or nav it onto a limb.
 
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Bob Bob said:
. . . after seeing daigentanoen's video below. . .
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I love this guy's videos. He apparently owns and uses every appliance and device on the market as well as making his own versions. Quite an inspiration. Neat how he quickly strapped a second GoPro to the tree for a second view of what he was doing. And that extendable pole he was using looks like a great help.
 
I get an 11' reach with my tape measure, but I don't like the extra weight. The pole is a cool tool but may be too light weight for the Captain. What were those rope grabs with the wood ring? Looked pretty grabby on the descents, I thought.
 
John@TreeXP said:
I get an 11' reach with my tape measure, but I don't like the extra weight. The pole is a cool tool but may be too light weight for the Captain. What were those rope grabs with the wood ring? Looked pretty grabby on the descents, I thought.
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Yeah, what's with the wooden donuts? Maybe an aid to operating the gadget they are sitting on for descent?
 
The devices are the Petzl Adjusts, they put them on various lanyard configurations, and on the bridge adjuster. Very hard to use to descend while under load, because you have to rotate it to break the lock on the rope. Perhaps the ring adds some leverage to do this?

Edit: didn't realize it was a video until after I posted, the wooden discs are used to help descend.
 
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