Working a spar.

[tod_k]

I use my RG until the rope is to short, then I go SRT. What do ya'll do.

 

[Mark Chisholm]

Ditto!

 

[wct4life]

What's a RG /forum/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[Mark Chisholm]

Sorry, Rope Guide. /forum/images/graemlins/aaa.gif

 

[joe]

I don't use a rope guide. I do apply the same concept using a friction hitch and a long piece of rope. It saved my butt once. I was working a spar and the trunk was fractured. It was old wounding. I cut a piece of wood and a splinter of the trunk, somewhere around 4'-5' (feet)/(1+2/3 meters) long, knocked me off my feet and I fell into my rope. I looked at my system and was glad I was being original. (/forum/images/graemlins/cool.gif yes, I'm boosting.) For the srt technique like in the original picture-I use a friction hitch instead of a mechanical friction device. I learned the srt technique by reading Mark C.'s srt article for spar work a few years ago and still cannot thank him enough for that information. Thank's Mark!

Joe

 

[Rupe]

I'm only just starting to use some SRT techniques. For the poplar on the other thread I got my throwline round one of the good stems and chokered my rope at that point and SRT'd up using what I think you call the RADS system.(couldn't footlock due to wearing spikes/spurs) That made it easy to work the lower easy branches and stems off before setting the rigging and getting going. After a cup of tea of course!

With the rope chokered at the top it means that when you arrive you have the end of your rope there already and so switching to trad system is quick and easy. I'm sure the proper way is to anchor the rope at the base, but in this case I needed to be tied in around a stem not over a branch as they were all a bit weak at that height.

I could work most of the large stem down while anchored to a smaller one, but for the final large peices the SRT system pictured would have been useful, must remember to try that next time, I still had the gri gri on my harness so no excuses!

For tight crown trees like the poplar I use a lock jack. It saves on burning out friction hitches. For large open crowns a friction hitch wins for running around and if it needs replacing often then thats a fair trade.

My question would be; what do you think of chokering my line off at the top using the LJ? Set it up as usual and then haul it up the tree and then its there when you arrive at the top. You can even thread in the RG and send that up too.

Not sure how "approved" this may be. /forum/images/graemlins/confused.gif