Lanyards??

[Blinky]

I missed you during the workday at Andersonville, I was with Dunlap in the AM and in that god forsaken poison ivy post oak in the afternoon. Cut my rope in that tree.

Where did you end up working?

 

[lumberjack]

North east of you in a big oak. Gary L (Pantheraba) and I spent most of the time in it.

The PI tree you were in shoulda been flopped, IMO. But from a free, not my labor stand point, it could stay.

 

[Blinky]

Agreed on the PI tree. I wonder if it's still there?

 

[stehansen]

I think mine is 10'. It's a wire core with a gibbs. The one I got from Jeff is longer. But I'm not sure, maybe he remembers.

 

[wiley_p]

My go to lanyard is a 10' wire core. I also run a 10' static that I sewed and whipped an eye on. In the rigging trailer if needed are 12', 16', and 24' wire core fliplines. Sean gave me a new Yale flipline to try out and it is the best wire core I have ever used, nice and light. I'll be running run with the new ISC snap. The test one had a swivel biner on it and its cumbersome to work with one hand.

 

[sotc]

i like 7 feet. on the rare occasion i need a longer one i got a big wire core in the shop

 

[Bounce]

I use wire core fliplines for removals and plain rope lanyards on pruning jobs. My wire core is 12' and seems just about right. I currently have 3 plain rope lanyards made from pieces of climbing line ranging from 10' to about 35'. When I climb without spurs, I find that I need a longer flipline because I need it to go around a branch that might be quite a ways away, not necessarily large diameter trunks.

 

[Burnham]

A whole raft of different ones in my gear box, depends on the tree and the work to be done in it...mostly I use a 12 foot wirecore with a Petzl Macrograb for spur wook, backed up with a 15 footer, and a 24 footer I really try not to need .

I like a long rope lanyard, mine range from 14 feet to 24 feet. Adjust with a variety of mechanical rope grabs(Micrograb, Positioner, Ushba basic) or a distel hitch with a slack tending pulley.

My climbing style, trees, and work frequently have me using two lanyards instead of a lanyard and a climbing rope. Something to consider, though it's not for everyone.

 

[rangerdanger]

Thanks everyone!! I may start with a 12' one first and go from there. I've never had anything bigger than an 8' lanyard, so 12' seems like a nice middle number to start from.

 

[The Branch Doctor]

16-18 foot for me. I get into some big trees here and there and I've been known to use mine as a double lanyard (climbing line as one and lanyard as the other) to lower myself into sketchy places.

I keep my excess tail linked up (prolly wrong terminology) so it's outta my way but I can release more lanyard when needed.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Something to consider, though it's not for everyone.

I like a connection to the ground, plus it's nice to get off your spurs for a break.

 

[brendonv]

Around 10' of 3/8" Tenex I just spliced. Used it the last couple days, and even 10' can get in the way.

 

[Burnham]

I like a connection to the ground, plus it's nice to get off your spurs for a break.

If you used a long lanyard, you could get off them just like with your lifeline.

It never has worried me to be without a rope down right at hand...but I do different work than you aloft, almost always. When the risks go up, so does my DbRT or rappel system .

 

[treesandsurf]

I use a 12' blaze lanyard. For a couple of years I was using an 8' lanyard but when I started working in larger trees I found it too short.

I really like having the extra length; comes in handy quite often. Here's a pic of the current setup (run through loops to keep it hanging about knee high).

 

[rbtree]

A wire core lanyard I presume RB?

jomoco

no way...the long one is for pruning....wire core 10 or 12 footer for removals.

 

[rbtree]

A wire core lanyard I presume RB?

jomoco

no sir, the long one is for pruning....wire core 10 or 12 footer for removals.

 

[Koa Man]

I like long lanyards, even though I rarely climb a large tree. My rope lanyard is 18 ft., which I use on trees other than palms. My palm tree lanyard is a 8 ft. wirecore.

 

[Tucker943]

I use a short lanyard, maybe 8 feetish. The area I live and work in is not known for enormous trees. We have em, but I'm certainly not in them 6 days a week. For the days that I am in some sort of fat pig, I have a longer lanyard in my gear. I use XTC Fire on a micrograb.

 

[pantheraba]

I checked mine today...it is 16' long, with a distel and pulley on right side and aluminum snap on the end. I often use it as a short climbing line...I coil up the extra and secure with a quick release knot to keep it out of the way.

Sometimes rather than snap into the left side D ring, I snap into the center anchor point on my New Tribe saddle...helps put the stress on the legs rather than the waist when using it as a climb/suspension line.

If I limb walk the extra length lets me anchor at the end of the limb to help return to the trunk under control...that way if I slip I don't make a bounce off the trunk traverse unintentionally.

 

[pantheraba]

Here's an example...not the best but I'm sure you understand. The orange rope is my lanyard.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I totally get that

 

[MasterBlaster]

Wow.

 

[pete mctree]

I have a 30ft lanyard for pruning, 10mm so the surplus fits into a bag on the rear of my harness. I gets used for a 2nd rope on a frequent basis, especially on spready crowns.

For dismantles I have a 10ft and 12ft wirecores. A bonus is that because the long lanyard fits into the bag I take it with me on the dismantles also. There if needed


I'll get some pics today

 

[MasterBlaster]

I like how you guys call a short climbing rope a lanyard!

 

[Burnham]

Well, that's how we use it, Butch.

'Course, we like how you call a lanyard a piece of rope too short to do anything very useful with.

I use a short lanyard, maybe 8 feetish. The area I live and work in is not known for enormous trees. We have em, but I'm certainly not in them 6 days a week. For the days that I am in some sort of fat pig, I have a longer lanyard in my gear. I use XTC Fire on a micrograb.

Tucker, it's not for large girth that I (and most others who have commented) use a long lanyard, it's to allow more movement and options for triangulation to stabilize your position.

The exception is spur climbing the biggun's, of course.