Mechanical Adjuster

[brendonv]

Changed 4 light bulbs. I'm not sure if I like the Distel, it bites like a bastard on the 3/8" rope and it's hard to make shorter.

 

[Höllenreich]

if it releases under tension like a Positioner does

yes it does by squeezing the little lever, allows the rope to slide.

 

[Burnham]

Changed 4 light bulbs. I'm not sure if I like the Distel, it bites like a bastard on the 3/8" rope and it's hard to make shorter.

Sounds like your lanyard and the hitch cord are incompatible with the distal...it's like any other friction hitch that way, gotta be tuned to both host line and hitch cord.

No duh, huh?

 

[Blinky]

Changed 4 light bulbs. I'm not sure if I like the Distel, it bites like a bastard on the 3/8" rope and it's hard to make shorter.

Yep the Distel definitely bites harder than a VT, I don't like it for a climbing hitch. But you can play with different cord diameters and maybe get a smoother action from it.

The thing about a mech is, it's hard to adjust under tension unless it's like the Cinch or a Grigri.

 

[Bounce]

If the Distel is getting too much bite, maybe try removing a wrap?

 

[brendonv]

Dur, I didn't even think of that. I might even put it back on a carabiner, and put a real slack tender in there. Although I don't like the clang of an extra biner.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Micro and Macro here.. I deal with pitch a lot.. Bull pines will gum up your lanyard toot sweet. The macro adjusts easier than the micro, just a leverage thing I think cause of the size. Macro sprind easily replaced as it is a cable on my Petzel. Nuttin to it.

 

[No_Bivy]

micro ascender here.....for many, many years.

 

[sotc]

camera was dead today, ill try t remember in the am

 

[MasterBlaster]

Your beating will commence at 0500 hrs.


(LOL!)

 

[sotc]

exciting!

 

[pantheraba]

Here's a picture of my lanyard distel/pulley-tender setup...

 

[MasterBlaster]

i dont get it

Sorry, I didn't know the 'lil wabbit did that goatsie thing at the end!

 

[sotc]

definatly weird

 

[treesmith]

Here's a picture of my lanyard distel/pulley-tender setup...

Pantheraba, what type lines are your lanyard and prussik made of?

 

[pete mctree]

I use an ART positioner on my wire core. Best of both worlds (security and ability to release under tension) but comes at a price.

http://www.treeworker.co.uk/acatalog/Advanced_Ropeclimbing_Technology_6.html


On my rope lanyard I'm loving the cinch. I find it works better with a 10mm line

 

[Wagnaw]

How do those do with sap in them? I have a Petzl Grillion, but even with 11mm line, it's still tight to pull slack through. ...and forget it with sap on the rope! I'm still searching for one that I don't have to swap out every time I do a sap wood tree removal. I just use my gibbs for pitchy removals, grillion for hardwood climbs.

 

[pete mctree]

Art positioner copes fine. Being honest i have not tried the cinch on a pine, I predominantly climb hardwoods

 

[Burnham]

How do those do with sap in them? I have a Petzl Grillion, but even with 11mm line, it's still tight to pull slack through. ...and forget it with sap on the rope! I'm still searching for one that I don't have to swap out every time I do a sap wood tree removal. I just use my gibbs for pitchy removals, grillion for hardwood climbs.

I find the Petzl micro- and macro-justers handle pitch real well.