true blue ?

[treeman82]

I have heard you guys talking about how a bunch of the high performance hitch cords bind up on blue streak climbing line because it is rather fat. I had a True Blue climbing line a couple of years ago and was very happy with it. I am considering going back to that same line, however I am curious if I will have any issues with hitches binding up, because it is a rather fat rope in my opinion.

 

[jblimbwalker]

Too Fat

IMO true blue is a great 12 strand, but I don't climb on it because it is too fat. My 8mm. cord would bind too often on this rope, but maybe 9mm. would perform better. Not sure. I like my Hi Vee and Fly and use a True Blue for a lowering line.

 

[TREETX]

probably telling you what you already know......

There is no one perfect type of rope. I like to have a variety of ropes and a variety of cords to use a variety of hitches.

The down side to this is that you have to spend some of your own time experimenting with different cords and different lengths.

I don't care for True Blue. That is me. I guess I just spent too much time climbing on it. I do like the Blue Streak and will probably buy some for the future. I like it as an entry line to enter by footlocking and then go to a different climbing line when I get to the top.

.02

 

[Reed]

Arrgghh Nate, I nicked my bluestreak too! 50 foot mark. Crap, eh? It's too slinky. I'm going back to Arbor-Plex.

Golfcourse, remove top of 250-yr live oak - city's bucket can't get to it (or the workers didn't want to). Call Reed.

It's wilting, tested positive and periphery giants all dead - injection mania and cost-plus attitude. The only symptoms at the top so remove it and hope for the best on the rest.

Up there, tallest tree, early morning, watched the sun rise in the east. Took a few minutes to just contemplate the beauty of the view. No golfers comin' thru, no mowers running, nothing but me and my 020T. Started her up and began sending huge limbs down - knocking-off all the dead below in the process. The layout of the growth made this topping unique, really got into the dance. All of a sudden a Lear Jet blasted over not fifty feet up. Take-off and full burn out - I felt the heat a moment after being took by complete surprize. Wobble de do, hang tight and yeehaw. The runway was right there but some reason made me not even think about from the start. No planes either when I started so I guess I was just not expecting a 10 megaton blast right as I cut too close to my rope. Rope got the nick as I freaked from the surprise blast.

Either way, way cool. Another experience with something new - low flying aircraft while high climbing tree. Turns out I know the Lear guy. It's only a toy to a trust funder, but he's okay for a rich boy. He didn't look back to see I flipped him off.

Ah well, it still went good.

 

[TREETX]

Wow, that rope lasted all of 2 weeks.

I think what sucks the most about nicking a rope is not the ruining of the rope, it is the wound to my pride for doing something stupid.....never had a jet distract me though, that is a first. Trophy wives that sun at the pool all day while I'm working are a different story......

Sure am glad I knocked all of that brush down this morning so I can drag it out now that it is nice and hot.....

 

[Reed]

Yeah boy. Although I think those trophies are down there because you're up there. My wife said if anyone ever decided to do an Arborist's Calender, you'd be January.

It's also not just pride in doofing something - this bluestreak I waited on for six weeks from Canada. It was just getting the perfect little fuzzies, now it's Rasta mon.

Titanium hardware - was looking for a lifeline swivel for the boat and found some carabiners with lbs. ratings up in the 5-7K range. Way cool.

http://wichard-usa.com/ClimbingSafety/csr.htm

 

[rahtreelimbs]

I use True Blue as my short climbing line, 65 ft. I just switch to 8mm Sta-set on a 3 over 1 Distel. I haven't had a chance to try this on the True Blue. I like the True Blue for it's suppleness, but, it is also a little slick too.

 

[tjk]

I think the biggest problem with the 12 strand ropes have no core and go flat when a hitch is applied. If you like the feel of 12 strand yale and new england have new 12 strand ropes with cores.

 

[Mattman]

I've been climbing with true blue for at least eight years now, and am very happy with it. I don't like the safety core ropes because they have a tendency to get bloated on the ends. You know what a snake looks like when it eats a huge mouse?
I don't use any of those new methods of having a separate line for my hitch or even one of those micro adjusters for my flipline.
I know what you're thinking, and I agree. I am a total caveman.
I told myself a long time ago that I would stop climbing by the time I was 35. I have a couple years to go, and don't want to change all my gear at this point. But I am trying to keep up on the latest inovations for my employees.
So what kind of rope out there is worth using? I'm about ready to buy another spool.

Matt

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

If you use very long ropes, then go for the NER Fly. It is several pounds lighter per hundred feet. 26 strand core dependant with less streach so you dont bounce as much when using most of the rope.

 

[WillClimb]

True blue is a nice rope but it's a little too springy for me as a climbing line. I've used Safety Blue (which is actually a white rope - blue core) for the longest time and have been happy with it. Trying High Vee right now and like it. BTW, never had any trouble with having to milk the lines with cores. Never seen the "snake bulge" described earlier.

I've used True Blue a lot for light rigging and it has worked really well. The spring in it seems to absorb some of the shock load.

I catch a lot of flack by some climbers for using colorful lines but when you're up in the tree talking to your groundsman, it's so much easier to say, "No, the blue line!", or "...grab the white rope!"

 

[NeTree]

I use the Tru-Blue, but only for rigging. Tried climbing on it once, didn't like the "hand".