Could this be used as a rigging block?

[Lil Red]

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CMI SHEAR REDUCTION DEVICE
Strength: 17,000lbs Sheave: Hard CoatedAluminumn Mechanics: N/A Sides: Stainless Steel Axle: N/A Max. Diameter: 1/2"/12.5mm Weight: 1lb3.2oz/544g Color: Stainless

If not what is it used for?

 

[Lil Red]

No one can give me a heads up?

 

[BCbound]

No. Just get a rigging block. Right tool for the right job. That would be similar to just natural crotch rigging or a couple biners and a sling would also be same as well. You will benefit more from a pulley.

 

[Lil Red]

Gotcha thanks, wanted it as a spare but it won't work

 

[lotsoknots]

It is used mainly to provide a larger radius for the rope to run over in a top roped situation. Think at the top of a climbing wall at a YMCA or gym.

The large radius also provides a bit of friction for the belayer.

CMI makes a version of that device that can operate as a pulley, and, with a locking bolt, as a shear reduction device. Has about a 4" sheave.