Welcome to Tree Spice! I'm Ryan, a climbing arborist and hobby rope splicer. Follow along to see me splice ropes, climb trees all while mixing in a few gear reviews to help you determine what's best for your climbing needs!
Would this device work well for working on a spar, or so so? Also, would it work on 11.7 mm ropes? The description online I have seen says 10 mm to 11 mm.
I have the super small one that just take 1 18v battery. I love it for trimming I rarely use it for large limb removal. It’s so light, I’d love more battery saws. I’d just highly recommend converting to 1/4 pitch chaun
I really do love it, but I would caution against buying it if it’s your first mechanical. Unless you have a lot of experience with standard descenders.
It does feel pretty concerning dipping your rope in a chemical, but I did break test many samples of polyester nylon and dyneema covered in water based poly and didn’t have any strength change. The goal is just to protect an exposed looser braided textile and it keeps it together very nicely. Only downside for me is that on the kernmaster splices it makes the eye incredibly firm like a hard plastic. When I’ve put it on exotic fibers like the core on beeline it absorbs less so the eye is still pretty pliable. Can’t say there’s any industry precedent, but it’s plenty good enough for me.
Hello 👋 .. interesting video .. I like your honesty .. am in the process of buying a new harness .. I'm 5'8" .. 175 pounds .. 31 waist .. my current saddle is a (mgn date 1998) .. Weaver model 1036 .. Although it was used by me allot .. I've always taken care of it .. but it is +25 years old .. Am looking at the lighter version of this one .. the EVO .. I work in double rope not SRT .. what do U recommend 🤔🤨🧐👌
I like this harness a lot, but the balance is a little weird and the ventral connection point is going to be a bit of a waste if you like to double rope. For a very similar price I would probably recommend the Courant Koala. It has a better sit balance and quick buckles for the belt, which most people seem to prefer. I know a climber that has the Evo and only double ropes and he enjoys it, so neither is the wrong option.
@@treespicemedia .. ThanX for your insight .. will be looking into both models .. either one will be lighter than what I have now😅 .. Live working in the canopy .. TREE'S R awesome 👍
WOW, what and informative video. I was just planning to buy a bunch of climbing gear to keep all dead limbs and live unwanted limbs removed from many post oak, mulberry and black jack oak trees on my property that are not dead and not being removed. What a mistake buying spikes would have been. Thanks for saving me money and my tree thank you. Thank you for the video.
I was going to complement your video for how quiet the background sounds are and how this makes it so easy to fully concentrate on the content... then you inject that crap music and kill the whole mood...kids, they only half know what they're doing!
Very nice that you didn't make jump cut edits in the video which often result in missing small but important (at least for the beginner) tips and fixes or additional less obvious safety principles...essentially an unedited continuous climb; movement of anchor point; descent; retrieval. The tube style cambium safer seems so much easier to set than the ring style and a better choice for a beginner. Thanks.
Just learning this at 64. This video provides exactly what I needed most without a half hour of commentary on every single point. VERY well done! Thank you so much!
Enjoyed the video. Nice camera positioning. I'm a Petzl ZigZag guy. So many advantages with the ZigZag. I do use a RRP if I may have to reposition in the tree - which is rare (Too old for intricate limb walking). Thanks for posting.
I attach the axis point of the handle end to my chest harness. This makes the device more grabby with smaller diameter ropes. it generally make sit more grabby, I use it for solo rock climbing as well as tree work and rope access. I'm a huge fan of it. For lead solo, you need to add a pulley to the top of your system to make paying out slack sensible. I learn a lot from your videos, thank you for your time.
After almost three decades of climbing the Edelrid Tree Rex harness with their suspenders that have a bungee cord attached at the bottom for a knee ascender is the best and most comfortable saddle ever made. It’s fairly lightweight while still being very durable. It has everything you need to start doing production climbing out of the box. Their talon climbers are also the most comfortable than anything else by a mile! I love Monkeybeaver saddles, tree motion saddles and Courant’s Koala saddle, but the Edelrid gear is just so good and so well designed it’s just impossible to beat in my experience at least. Great video as usual!
Really cool to see you doing this video with your son on you. As a father, I love seeing people bringing their family into their work and things that they love doing. Also, thanks for the nice video on SRS anchors.
Thats actually a bowline WITH A BITE..kevin Bingham uses this .he did seminar on tree stuff..and his favorite re direct was on a clove hitch ..he calked it the joey tree redirect
Fantastic content! Thank you, this is revolutionary information, I love the bowline on a bite base anchor, cant wait to try it, my ropes will thank you too.
I love it when you look down while up in the tree so I can feel all the fear safely from my laptop. Carpenter here, thought I was afraid of heights. Turns out I'm just afraid of walking on 3.5 inch boards with no safety. I worked hanging off a ten story high rise this past year with a harness and climbing chains. Now I'm looking to climb trees. I love that feeling of looking down if I know I can't fall. If I'm unsupported though, I literally lose my mind. Comedy.
Great vid, made one of these a while back but I did a double eye splice with ocean poly on the small ring, it was a pain to bury!! This looks lots easier haha. Unrelated, Have you ever done a courant canopa splice? Just picked some up and realized it is not a traditional 16 strand construction
I’ve had my hands on some Kanopa and I had the same issue. I found the patent for the splice, which is pretty close to instructions. It’s more complicated like a double braid splice.
