Any Rope Wrench or Hitch Hiker users here?

[ch74]

Thats awesome nhlocal.

 

[Grendel]

haha, yeah, there's a rope wrench in there somewhere, a HH too, so it's relevant to the thread, sort of. . .

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Gear is one of the best investments you can make. High return when you use it.

 

[Burnham]

I wish my pile was so compact.

 

[ch74]

Wish I had a pile. Lol.

 

[SouthSoundTree]

Gear is one of the best investments you can make. High return when you use it.

Gear does what you tell it to do, its never tired or hung over, and there is no Worker's Comp / SS/ Unemployment/ etc.

 

[NHlocal]

Gear does what you tell it to do, its never tired or hung over, and there is no Worker's Comp / SS/ Unemployment/ etc.

I don't believe a truer statement could be made.....

 

[GemCutter]

Gear does what you tell it to do...

Apparently I need to be more specific when speaking to my throw bags.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Hahahaha, no shit!

 

[Grendel]

 

[CurSedVoyce]

 

[SouthSoundTree]

Gemcutter, sounds like you need to speak APTA-ese. What you tell your throw line must not be what you think you're telling it.

 

[MasterBlaster]

"Listen, throwbag! If you don't hit that fork, I'm gonna KICK YOUR ASS!!!"

 

[GemCutter]

That IS what I tell them. And then they hit the fork. Maybe more specific like "Listen, throwbag! If you don't go through that fork, I'm gonna KICK YOUR ASS!!!"

 

[CurSedVoyce]

You should pet them nice and feed them treats....

 

[GemCutter]

I give them as much bark, dirt and leaves as they could want. Is there a better food choice?

Pet them huh? Ummmmm.....maybe....if no ones watching.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Gentle strokes my friend... gentle strokes.

 

[arborlicious]

Phew. Just spent three days getting through 99 pages of HH and RW great info - thanks Treehousers. Now time to write my first Treehouse post...

I've been a long time RW user starting on the ZK-1 in Nov 2011 followed by the ZK-2 with a stiff tether which made things even better.

Purchased a HH last year but only tried it out a couple of weeks ago. Tied my usual 3 wrap 3 braid XT (the same I use with RW) and was amazed at how much better it ran on the rope than the RW. Seems that as soon as you unload the carabiner, slack takes care of itself. Looks like I'm not using the recommended hitch so I'll try the 6 wrap thing with some new HRC tomorrow.

Here's a pic from last job with RW - Monterey cypress or just Macrocarpa as we call them in these parts.

 

[ClimbMIT]

Hey Arborlicious, welcome to the house! My name is Mark. I started with the Zk-1 as well and I now use the HH. Both are great tools for Srt IMO. I do miss using the RW and may purchase the Zk-2 in the future. Glad you enjoyed reading this thread. This is forum has lots of good info and people. By the way nice pic. We have Bald Cypress here in Louisiana.

 

[NHlocal]

Welcome to the 'House!
Great picture. Do you have a close up picture of your XT you're using on the HH? I'd like to see/try that on my HH.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Welcome to the Tree House. Good to have you aboard

 

[MasterBlaster]

Welcome to the TreeHouse, Arborlicious! What's your first name? Mine's Butch.

 

[arborlicious]

Welcome to the TreeHouse, Arborlicious! What's your first name? Mine's Butch.

Hi Butch. Steve here, thanks for the welcome

 

[arborlicious]

Welcome to the 'House!
Great picture. Do you have a close up picture of your XT you're using on the HH? I'd like to see/try that on my HH.

Actually, I thinks it's a VT not an XT. All I do is make sure that the cord from the top wrap goes UNDER the first braid. There is only just enough of the original beeline to do this. I'll try out the 'standard' HH hitch today with some new HRC and also throw a pinto pulley underneath–mainly to keep the carabiner aligned as that's one thing that messes with the slack tending.

 

[rskybiz]

Welcome to the house Steve!
Joel