rock climbing rope for tree climbing?

[the Aerialist]

I'm man enough if Jeff is willing ...

... Are you man enough to test your 3/4" rope behind a 5 ton to breaking point? that would be cool. I did consider doing a video of a setup with a crash test dummy ... I think that would be awesome!

As it happens I have a 60' section of that 19,500 rope, made when a now fired ground guy cut it with his saw. All we need is a 300# crash test dummy... Jeff?

 

[DangerTree]

rope rape.

As it happens I have a 60' section of that 19,500 rope, made when a now fired ground guy cut it with his saw. All we need is a 300# crash test dummy... Jeff?

If there is one thing I simply can't stand it's rope rape. Don't stand on my ropes, get gas or oil or dog crap on my ropes, and for the love of all things good please remove the rope from the tree BEFORE you cut it up! Also I do not tolerate seeing a 1/2" rope secured to a moving vehicle unless it's tied around the guy that cut my rope. And lastly I don't believe in the ( if you don't know knots tie lots ) school of rope raping.

 

[the Aerialist]

Rope rape x 2 ...

If there is one thing I simply can't stand it's rope rape. Don't stand on my ropes, get gas or oil or dog crap on my ropes, and for the love of all things good please remove the rope from the tree BEFORE you cut it up!... Also I do not tolerate seeing a 1/2" rope secured to a moving vehicle unless it's tied around the guy that cut my rope...

How about some crew member driving over your climbing line? Man that really tic's me off! Or tying a knot that can't be untied once it's loaded? Or how about being loaded when you tie a knot? I had that problem from a ground guy when I contract climbed for another tree service. It's one reason I don't do that anymore.

 

[CJ-8_Jim]

The dynamic is the amount of force you think that 300lb top will exert on the crotch after falling 60'. Anybody know how much that would be? Anybody.

300 lbs falling 60' is 18,000 ft. lbs. -- but I think you already knew that.

 

[DangerTree]

300 lbs falling 60' is 18,000 ft. lbs. -- but I think you already knew that.

Well if nothing else it was a damn good estimate don't you think?