split tail systems

bwctreetrimmer

i was wondering for a 7/16th (11mm) rope what was the best split tail system one could rig up? im into the tree removal business so i use gaffs(spikes) to get up all my trees but i was wanting to get into more pruning an taking care of the tree than cutting it down..

everyone climb more trees and God bless you

becmate

hitch climber is awesome. It's smooth and streamline and there are so many different ways to use it. I love to climb on it, it makes light work of a tall trees... check out:

http://www.treemagineers.com/downloa...bers_guide.pdf

it's a large .pdf file (about 8MB) but well worth a read. Best system I've every used.

Apocalypsse

Agreed on the hitch climber, I've been using it for about 14-15 months now and its made life so much easier. I do use mine a bit different to the basic setups there. I have the karabiner through the side hole to the bridge and karabiner to life line in the centre top hole on the hitch climber. For me its been more smoother climbing and the system stays relatively flat, more so than having the karabiners go through the side holes.

bwctreetrimmer

thanks guys for the info, but i cant download to much on this satelite internet it will shut me down but i will save the website so i can look it up thank you for that...
now my question for the hitch climber what size rope do you use i use (11mm) 7/16th... an for my prusik rope do u have a certain type you could inform me on using thanks a lot
iv never used a split tail system but im gonna start so im trying to find the best way an i know all you climbers out there use' em have fun climbing and be safe

Apocalypsse

I'm using 12.7mm (1/2") Yale XTC with a spliced "Donaghys Armor Prus 8mm Prusik Cord" (the green one!). I'll try to get a pic of my setup at TAFE today. I was previously using a bad batch of 8mm accessory cord, can't remember what it was called but it was pretty bad.

bwctreetrimmer

thanks a lot ...
do you use a micro pulley? do you think a pulley makes a difference? thanks .....

all this information is great i have read about it(split tail systems) but getting it from someone who has done it is 10 times better thanks for everything...

i was wanting to get a 8mm bee-line with a cmi micro pulley.. you think that would be allright....

Apocalypsse

8mm with a micro pulley would be fine. I use a hitch climber, tried with a micro pulley but didn't like the way it sat and fed through.

Garry Brockley

11mm rope with 8mm prussik tied with a vt or klemheist and a micro pulley to advance is a very simple and effective way of climbing, i use it that way and so do a few of the climbers i work with.

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newguy18

Shall I go on on of my tautline rants?

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Craig de Denus

I also climb on 12mm XTC plus climbing line spliced eye termination with an e2e spliced prus on hitch climber with 2x ultra 0 ... heres a pic

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