pole spikes or tree gaffs?

[JBA]

Hey guys looking for a little advice. Have a set of steel Buckingham climbers with the long gaffs. When if it all do you switch to the shorter pole spikes? Tree diameter? I'm sure bark thickness is a big factor. Do the shorter ones put less pressure on your ankles? Any thoughts and ideas are greatly appreciated.

 

[2treeornot2tree]

You can get away with pile spikes on some thin barked trees. I have a pair of poke spikes in the truck but i always climb on my 2-3/4" Buckingham spikes anymore.

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[NYTREECLIMBER]

I use pole spikes on almost everything,not on black locust though . They definitely put less stress on your ankles it's the reason I started using them in the first place. Pole spikes also are no good on super dead punky wood but it only takes 3 minuets to swap out gaffs . I use the buckingham titanium spikes. You just have to figure out which situation calls for which gaff once you know it's simple

 

[joezilla11]

I think the brand of spurs make a difference too. I didn't like klein tree gaffs and preferred the pole gaffs. I picked up some geckos and prefer the tree gaffs now.

 

[KenJax Tree]

I want to buy some Geckos, my Bashlin's are about 8 years old now


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[Matt81]

I use the velcro wrap Bucks with the replaceable long steel gaffs. I had an older pair with the fixed pole gaffs, but hardly if ever used them so i sold them when the new bucks arrived.
They are very solid and comfortable!