YoungTreeGuy
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What's your oppion on wearing gloves while climbing... Good to keep hands safe , bad for slipping?
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outofmytree
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I wear cheap rubber faced cotton gloves with the fingers tips cut off. They make you stick to the rope like spiderman.
I have tried ironclads and a 2 or 3 other "top end"gloves and they are good for a few days then need washing and after they are washed they just plain suck. My cheapies on the other hand, have a stench that will outlast religion but they are still going strong after 6 months of abuse.
I have tried ironclads and a 2 or 3 other "top end"gloves and they are good for a few days then need washing and after they are washed they just plain suck. My cheapies on the other hand, have a stench that will outlast religion but they are still going strong after 6 months of abuse.
YoungTreeGuy
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I like cheap cotton gloves. They breath in hot weather and usually can pick up a huge pack of them for like $5. I tried the rubber ones when they sent a free sample out but in cold weather they made my hands cold, and hot weather I'd sweat to much... Great for sticking to everything tho. I guess could put some warm gloves under them to keep warmer. ^^ Can't beat the heat tho.
So I guess what I'm getting is it's ok to wear gloves? Got into a discuss about what we were doing this winter with my employees... I said cutting trees of course!
~ But course my old man always got soem smart ass comment to anything I got to say! -.-
More oppions plz
Rftreeman
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I never wore gloves until I was up and tied in and then they were the one piece leather roping style or lineman's gloves with brown cotton gloves inside for warmth, summer time I never wore any.
ozzy42
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I always try to keep a few pairs of cheapies in the truck for sticky and sappy stuff,but they are for groundies,,,,,,,,,,I want to feel the tree,and the rope when I'm aloft.
Norwayclimber
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Thin leather gloves when taking trees down, or little climbing on the rope. Rubbergripped gloves when theres lots of climbing on the rope.
Rubber help out for getting good grip on slick rope?
YoungTreeGuy
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I feel safer bare handing it but every night I come how I got some minor cut that pokes and prouds till it heals a little bit. Good proxide bath and they feel a bit better but if I can avoide it I like too.
I guess gloves are good based on the situation at hand. Ha got it?
canopyboy
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I like to climb with mechanics gloves, they give a good feel but still a bit of protection. Especially useful when descending. That said, once I'm up in the tree I usually take them off and stuff them in a gear pouch in order to work the saw or change my tie-in.
tree md
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I wear them sometimes on the ground. They are nice to have when you need to do something like pull a rope through a tree with a throwline or in the Winter when it's cold. I like to feel the tree and the rope as someone else has mentioned. I use my hands a lot and will even hand jam in crotches sometimes like rock climbers will do (never seen a good rock climber climb in gloves).
However, I just went to climbing with a VT on an 8mm eye to eye prussic that does not cover the running end of the rope as well as a regular split tail or traditional setup and can burn your hand. Therefore I am thinking about buying a fingerless Michael Jackson glove to descend with...
However, I just went to climbing with a VT on an 8mm eye to eye prussic that does not cover the running end of the rope as well as a regular split tail or traditional setup and can burn your hand. Therefore I am thinking about buying a fingerless Michael Jackson glove to descend with...
YoungTreeGuy
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I wear them sometimes on the ground. They are nice to have when you need to do something like pull a rope through a tree with a throwline or in the Winter when it's cold. I like to feel the tree and the rope as someone else has mentioned. I use my hands a lot and will even hand jam in crotches sometimes like rock climbers will do (never seen a good rock climber climb in gloves).
However, I just went to climbing with a VT on an 8mm eye to eye prussic that does not cover the running end of the rope as well as a regular split tail or traditional setup and can burn your hand. Therefore I am thinking about buying a fingerless Michael Jackson glove to descend with...
Now that you mentioned it I use to have these football fingerless gloves that worked great. There was a plastic coating on the back side that deflected alot of small crap and i could use the ropes like there was no glove. If i remeber right they breathed pretty good.
<-- thats how I feel right now for not thinking of them sooner ... more like a kick to the teeth
tree md
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I wear them sometimes on the ground. They are nice to have when you need to do something like pull a rope through a tree with a throwline or in the Winter when it's cold. I like to feel the tree and the rope as someone else has mentioned. I use my hands a lot and will even hand jam in crotches sometimes like rock climbers will do (never seen a good rock climber climb in gloves).
However, I just went to climbing with a VT on an 8mm eye to eye prussic that does not cover the running end of the rope as well as a regular split tail or traditional setup and can burn your hand. Therefore I am thinking about buying a fingerless Michael Jackson glove to descend with...
Oh yeah, Forgot to add that someone needs to que up Billy Jean.
Ghillie
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Oh yeah, Forgot to add that someone needs to que up Billy Jean.
Here you go (it won't imbed)
As far as gloves, I just started wearing a technora glove made by Ansell. They have latex on the palms and have great dexterity. I don't even notice they are on, I can answer text messages on my phone with them on and they are supposed to last 4 times longer than leather (I haven't had them long enough to know)
outofmytree
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Sure does. If you are using clean rope it can be tough to get a decent grip and I dislike wrapping rope around my hand as I have seen other climbers do. Cheap cotton gloves with a rubber or latex face and the fingers cut off are my personal favourites.
Plus you look much cooler when moonwalking... I mean branch walking.
squad143
Tree Guy
I always wear a leather gloves unless its raining, then I switch to the cotton ones with the rubber. When I started working with ropes I became used to wearing gloves and now it is second nature. Not any leather glove will work. I like a fairly tight fitting glove (takes about a day to break in). Can't stand a loose glove.
YoungTreeGuy
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You bring your phone in the tree? If I did that I'd spend most my day on the phone and not getting anything done. "JUST TAKE A :censored: MESSAGE!" is what I want to yell my seceratary.... Them some good gloves if you can text in them.
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mic687
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I always wear the rubber palm gloves the only problem I have had is sometines the rubber palm gets cought in the froction hitch when decending. The grip on those things is amazing tohugh.
No gloves ever for me. Nothing beats the actual feel of the hands on approach. Only time maybe is if I'm feeding heavy thorned branches or brush through the chipper and then they are real loose in case they get caught on something.
Ghillie
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You bring your phone in the tree? If I did that I'd spend most my day on the phone and not getting anything done. "JUST TAKE A :censored: MESSAGE!" is what I want to yell my seceratary.... Them some good gloves if you can text in them.
I only stop working if I am expecting an important phone call, the rest wait for a lull in the action.
So far I've ran the gloves through the washing machine twice after muddy days and the are still going strong.
I've always worn leather gloves when working with ropes (or chainsaws) but take them off when I need to do finer tasks. I usually go through a pair of leather in less then a month, the fingertips and palms wear through quickly from abrasion.
These technora ones (same stuff beeline and icetail are made from) are like a second skin, you can feel the texture of just about everything you touch.
