Petzl Paw S

[emr]

I just placed an order from Wesspur and we needed to spend about $20 so we could get free shipping. After browsing for a bit I decided on getting a small Paw. We have talked about trying one out for a while but never did until now. So now I have to figure out how to use the thing. Do any of you guys use one? If so, how? Finally, anyone have any pics of it in use? Thanks.

P.S. Don't be surprised to see the thing in the Trading Post section in a few months.

 

[Burnham]

They are real nice as a multi-attachment point on a speed line setup.

 

[brendonv]

Like Burn said, speed line. Top hole to trolley, bottom three for small loads, or use one for a haul back. Whatever really.

I bought one to try on my new tribe saddle years back, now it's in the rigging bag.

 

[Widow Shooter]

yep like they said ,and you can even just clip a biner in the big hole to your speedline, then clip 3 slings to the 3 holes and add a little haul back line like Brendon said.

 

[Burnham]

Sometimes you can get into a hassle with speedlines from the carriage pulley getting flipped over a turn or two and wrapping the haulback around the speedline. If you use one of the paw holes to mount a weight, it can cut down on that problem. I use a big azz shackle, which you can also tie in to for whatever you need.

 

[Old Monkey]

Mine sits in a gear bag. i've used it twice for a speed line.

 

[pantheraba]

I use one all the time...helps keep the visual clutter down when using multiple hookups (e.g., tie ins to two different trees). One saddle has a PAW sewn into the loops (NewTribe did it custom for the guy I bought it from).

 

[woodworkingboy]

Yeah, one guy I sometimes work with is a real gear nut, he uses it like you do Gary, helps keep things organized.

 

[sotc]

My first thought was 'doesn't Gary have three of them on his saddle?'

 

[CurSedVoyce]

 

[stig]

I have one, love it.
Only use it on speedlines, but then I'll use any excuse to run a speedline on a takedown.
Saves dragging the brush, impresses the client and neighbours and it makes me feel like I know my stuff

 

[Jed]

Stig: That's funny. The guys at work and I were just laughing about the fact that we absolutely never ever speedline anything. No one in our company has used it in at least four years. It always seems to us that it just unnecessarily complicates things. I'd love to read through a thread about the different ways that people incorporate it and why.

 

[sotc]

I've done it on jobs where a roof has been built around the trunk of the tree, to save an uphill brush drag, to go over a fenced area etc

 

[SouthSoundTree]

Stig: That's funny. The guys at work and I were just laughing about the fact that we absolutely never ever speedline anything. No one in our company has used it in at least four years. It always seems to us that it just unnecessarily complicates things. I'd love to read through a thread about the different ways that people incorporate it and why.

Speedlines and conifers with landscaping beneath go together like, like peas and carrots.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Absolutely!

 

[MasterBlaster]

Speedlining is a rare event used only when conventional, straight down the trunk roping can't be done due to some target(s) at the base of the tree disallowing that to happen.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I get a lot of those

 

[sotc]

Speedlining is a rare event typically used when conventional, straight down the trunk roping can't be done due to some target(s) at the base of the tree disallowing that to happen.

Ftfy

 

[MasterBlaster]

I don't think so, Willie. IME, when a SL is needed, it's because no other way is possible. And because almost every job I do can be roped down conventionally, I rarely get to SL.

 

[SkwerI]

I've speedlined 3 trees in my life.

 

[MasterBlaster]

It's rarely needed, that's for sure. I like when people see it for the first time.

 

[sotc]

I agree for the most part, sometimes the way a property is set up, you could speed line over an iron fence to the chipper as opposed to dragging brush all the way around the house. It can be faster occasionaly depending on how stupidly the property is set up

 

[MasterBlaster]

That's quite true, although I've never done it.

 

[brendonv]

A lot of it depends on the brains of the groundsman. Some just don't get it, period.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I musta missed something. What does a groundman have to do with the SL?