sugestion for anchor in a cuban palm

Sherry777

Hi when i climb cocos palms and other palm trees i climb up with spikes and flipline and when im up as a xtra safety i take my rope who is attathed to a carabiner and spin it 2 laps around the trunk and just clip it on..
but when i do that on royal cuban the rope just slides down course tha trunk is slipery as a metal pole,, Ned some advise what to buy or what to do,,i dont want to do knots up in the tree course it takes to long and when i advance down i need to move thhe rope with me easely,, Hope anyone of you understant what i mean

Joshua Rugg

here in hawaii i trim at least 200 palms a month. something that will change you life with pruning palms is to go out and buy an adjustable friction saver. you dont wanna climb cuban royals with spikes. its a bad idea. instead use your throw line with a 16-20 ounce heavy bag and launch it up and over the crown with a big shot then pull your climbing line through the crown and SRT up. i would suggest using a 2 piece climbin platform for hunting like we use on coco palms but royals are too big for the stands.



http://www.youtube.com/user/climberd...43/hRVcf47IDGE

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Sherry777

than you for the reply and very nice videos
Yes a adjustable friction saver is what i really need to buy but i think i stick to my spike climbing course that is what i know best but in the future maybe will try your technics

Sherry777

Hi i found this one he calls it Q-safe it looks very nice i maybe should give it a try?

Victor Lindsay

Check this out! Not good for Royal palms, but not a bad idea for coconut palms.


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I use and adjustable false crotch with an omni block for Ddrt, and use the trunk walk to ascend. I charge $125.00-$195.00 to clean a royal palm in someones back yard where there is no access with a lift.

Victor Lindsay

Hard as stihl, have you ever tried the trunk walk by Ekka? It's in the video forum. big energy saver!

Sherry777

[QUOTE=vl2007;116672]Check this out! Not good for Royal palms, but not a bad idea for coconut palms.


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Hi Where can i buy the climbing gear you using?
That is very good when you just want to clean the palms

Joshua Rugg

i just watched the video. thats pretty cool! its a bit too slow for me though.

i rope walker up palms too big to use the platforms with. i like it cause its fast and you have something to stand on once you up top. but who knows, i could be fast at it since im not 100 kilos like ekka

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Stihl
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pukunui

Does anyone have any idea what system the guys in the first video is using to climb up and could draw me a diagram?

Not sure of the exact terminology but is it a self trailing prussic with an attachment for the prussic minding pulley to the other side of the rope? so you don't need to manually take up the slack?

Thanks.

Eric Frei

You pretty much got it.

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pukunui

Cool, i think i saw somewhere on here when i was going back through old threads that a couple of people had made a small prussic loop out of cord for this purpose.
Is that the best option?
Does the prussic join directly to the pulley?

Joshua Rugg

when im using a DRT off a SRT pully like the first vid i like to use a pantin and put one foot on the stem and the other on the rope. kick off with your foot on the stem and advance slack with pantin.

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Stihl
MS192T 14"
MS200T 16"
MS261 16"
MS440 25"

Husqvarna 359 20"
394XP 32"

Poulan P3314 14" ( new hire/groundy saw)