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Migratory Hippie Arbolist
I also clip to my chest harness or lanyard-over-shoulder, whichever one I'm using.
Any Rope Wrench or Hitch Hiker users here?
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SouthSoundTree
Treehouser
What's this "Bat" bit?
rumination
Migratory Hippie Arbolist
The Bat, size XS.
SouthSoundTree
Treehouser
Oh,yeah, some saddles can flip that plate around and allow some snap-clipping, rather than biners only.
Joezilla11
TreeHouser
The bat is small tho and in this case it takes the place of a ring on the bridge
Joezilla11
TreeHouser
Thanks for the tips I think I got it dialed in. First I clipped into the bat plate but it didn't give me enough vertical travel. I tried clipping into the small biner on my chest harness but it kept pulling my tether to the hh down and turning the steel biner sideways which I didn't like. I ended up just clipping onto one side of the chest harness itself. It would slide down kinda toward my side but it actually worked well, gave me enough travel on the knee ascender and didn't affect my tether so I'm happy.
SouthSoundTree
Treehouser
Petzl hand ascender with handle ground off, foot loop has adjustable length via prussik. A little rubber band to make a tighter footloop would be a nice touch.
4mm-ish elastic cord doubled over with overhand knots along the length for 'daisy-chain' like clip in options.
Clip biner to elastic and HH tender loop (also doubles as DdRT tie in point. I think that this needs to be shortened and/ or lengthened with two clip-in loops.
Right foot Pantin.
Hand over hand action, with the top of the elastic daisy-chain on my thumb.
Guess I held the camera sideways for the latter two.
4mm-ish elastic cord doubled over with overhand knots along the length for 'daisy-chain' like clip in options.
Clip biner to elastic and HH tender loop (also doubles as DdRT tie in point. I think that this needs to be shortened and/ or lengthened with two clip-in loops.
Right foot Pantin.
Hand over hand action, with the top of the elastic daisy-chain on my thumb.
Guess I held the camera sideways for the latter two.
Yeah Dave, the bungee all the way over to the Pantin gives enough stretch for the basic...wasn't using it to lift the Pantin, I tried tying the bungee shorter and clipping it just to my waist belt but it didn't work as well, so I went back to my original setup.
Note, I tried my small revolver instead of the bent gate for the rope tending, but it wouldn't fit onto my bridge 'triangle'...again, back to the original!
Note, I tried my small revolver instead of the bent gate for the rope tending, but it wouldn't fit onto my bridge 'triangle'...again, back to the original!
Sorry this took so long, Pat. It is hard to see but I clip the bungee into a hole in the adjustment buckle of my shoulder harness.
SouthSoundTree
Treehouser
which fixed side pulley are you using, David?
old irish
TreeHouser
Thanks Dave, I think that I am set up pretty good for now. Always room for improvement though! Can you post a close up of the pulley that you have integrated into the HH biner? Is it to keep the biner oriented? When or if you get a minute of course.
rumination
Migratory Hippie Arbolist
Dave, I'm also curious to see a closeup of your homemade pulley.
OldIrish, the pulley is just there to make slack tending smoother. Any fixed plate pulley will do the trick as long as you're clipping into a ring on the bridge.
OldIrish, the pulley is just there to make slack tending smoother. Any fixed plate pulley will do the trick as long as you're clipping into a ring on the bridge.
There is nothing fancy going on with that pulley. I was just trying out how a swing-cheek pulley would work compared to a fixed side plate pulley.
A pulley under the HH makes it tail as smoothly as a Hitchclimber setup. The down side is it is difficult to put on and take off and is one more thing to drop.
This simple modified Fixed pulley actually works pretty well. It doesn't need the tether as it stays on in use, but I don't have much feeling left in my hands and tend to drop small fiddly things.
A pulley under the HH makes it tail as smoothly as a Hitchclimber setup. The down side is it is difficult to put on and take off and is one more thing to drop.
This simple modified Fixed pulley actually works pretty well. It doesn't need the tether as it stays on in use, but I don't have much feeling left in my hands and tend to drop small fiddly things.
Burnham
Woods walker
I take it both side plates are hooked, Dave?
Burnham
Woods walker
Nice bit of mod there. Thanks.
rumination
Migratory Hippie Arbolist
Really nicely done pulley mod Dave. Thanks for sharing the photos.
Limbrat
TreeHouser
I suspect the next generation of HHs might have an integrated pulley for slack tending.
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