Frozen Ropes in the Tree...

[FLtreeGuyVHTC]

Had rough night. Probably why I was on edge this morning. The hole feeding from a tube gets me because I know people that have been hurt bad. It happens when you slip up and make a mistake. I recently met a couple guys that just use a Lanyard... scary..

 

[Hddnis]

You said it was 19° and that kinda surprises me. When it's that cold my ropes don't even get wet or dirty. We get a pretty dry cold most of the time, so that may be why.


I tell ya' though, having your ropes freezing to the tree, being soaking wet, have a stiff breeze come up, the sun goes behind the clouds, you get cold in a hurry and all I wanted to do was get out of that tree. I'd grab the tree to reposition and my shirt would freeze to the tree.



Mr. HE

 

[Nailsbeats]

Just cause you wanna be a 8===D About it... its BlackMax Bull Rope... look it up on baileysonline.com... No Im npt certified. But I can cut like anyone else using older techniques... I fully understand how all the gear is used but Ive never needed to by extra gear when what I have and already know kept me in business and the 3 tree services that have seen me climb were impressed. So keep trying to talk down. How often do you have run a 395xp in a tree? Im just sick of the over head. I got a family that i wanna spend more time with. I know the gear but I posted because my ropes froze 50ft in the air when thry hung by a woodstove all night. Was probably mositure from my floor board now that i think of it. Thanks for any postive input anyone has. Couple good ideas.

Well there, I am glad you cleared that up. Along the lines of what StihlOmatic said, you need to get your facts straight before coming in here looking for answers. It's got nothing to do with what kind of a treeman you are, it's about the context of the question.

 

[Huskytree]

yup

I like nail knots and Mono lines.:hmm3grin2orange:

But my feet don't leave the ground, me scared of heights.

 

[Iustinian]

yea, ya pretty much started out sounding just like what Stihl-o-Matic described, but honestly, you would really benefit from spending $1k to update your setup, maybe a nice Sequioa harness (its waaaaay lighter and more comfy than what you currently have) and also a spliced rope. For what you specifically complained of, I would recommend Velocity; it has a higher wax content, so it is far less likely to slip even when its wet or cold. I usually recommend it for beginners for that reason, but I really can't stand it because I like to fly down on my descends and it slows me down.

trade that "big" Husky in for a modded MS 361 and you won't complain as much hahahahaha

 

[ForTheArborist]

Well that's an easy one... I always just break out my rope warmer when mine freezes up... I keep it right next to my rope stretcher.

OMG I wish I could afford these right about now.

 

[2treeornot2tree]

Had rough night. Probably why I was on edge this morning. The hole feeding from a tube gets me because I know people that have been hurt bad. It happens when you slip up and make a mistake. I recently met a couple guys that just use a Lanyard... scary..

I put a ad up on craigslist for a climber. I got alot of people that responded that really have no clue. I had a amish guy call me and he said I would really be happy with his climbing. I asked him how long he been doing it and what kind of gear he has. He hasnt been doing it long, and his gear consited of a 3 point harness and a lanyard. He said he shimmed up the trees. I just laughed to myself when I got the metal pic of this guy bear hugging up a tree.

Another thing to remember is your ropes have a lower mbs when wet.

 

[RavenFeather]

Frozen ropes?

I was climbing in central Wisconsin, and it was below freezing, sleet/snowing and I had no troubles climbing. My rope never froze, even with the two tons of water I was pushing into it by footlocking with soaking wet boots. I have poison hi-vy with a beeline split tail (smaller diameter, I think 10mm). And I've only ever had it lock up once, while I was trying to us a double blake's setup.

 

[treemandan]

We had been running the lines through the snow all day , at the end I hanked it up and hung it up in the truck. Some obstinate retard decides it should be stuffed into a bag and does so after I told him not to, he did it when i wasn't looking.
The next day I get my tired cold ass up a big oak to deadwood, I look down and see this jackass trying to get this kinked up frozen 200 foot noodle of a lowering line untwisted, I came down and went home.

That rope was frozen stiff and it wasn't gonna thaw.

 

[treebilly]

i dream of 19 degrees its a bit chilly but not wet. had my ropes get stiff but climbing line never froze. i've been using a modified taughtline since 96 and it's never given me any trouble in the cold. i've had lowering lines get a bit hard , usually after the groundies drag something onto the road before untieing it. your rope could've been a little damp even hanging over night

 

[formationrx]

wtf...

this is some stupid ### ####........ 5 pages and i did not learn a ####### thing....

 

[newsawtooth]

this is some stupid ### ####........ 5 pages and i did not learn a ####### thing....

Get what you pay for and that sort of thing.

 

[ROPECLIMBER]

In Colorado last fall was 7-15F in the morning and we would put the bar oil and the gear bags in the front on the way to the job site made it easier, now I see why they have those heated man cabs with all the inside storage on the big ornage trucks, put it in the floor board of the formans truck some times was crowded but when I would forget ropes were stiff and the bar oil was like hard honey, good clean climbing lines dont freeze its the moisture from the day before that would freeze, I had read the thread about not leaving rope hanging and this would be another reason not to, especially up there it seemed to always rain first then snow so Ice under the snow, then muddy mess by 10am after thaw. they had one 5/8 rigging line that was stiff like a larriate and worse if cold, I would tell the groundie specifficlly not to bring that one,
Paul