ptpp
Nov 1, 2007, 5:53 AM
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Wow, buddy did a nice job illustrating the Far End Haul over on the other website, eh?
Mini-Trax is great to wear when you're the leader and you are zipping up gear mid-pitch, or cordelettes and hauling devices and the top of haul line(s) at the end of the pitch. Also great on the Far End Haul. Ok for hauling light loads.
The Pro-Trax is an overpriced piece of junk with serious design flaws. Tom has talked about them over on McTopo. I've destroyed two on the wall, have personally seen one other failure, and read of other failures. You might be OK if you're not hauling really huge loads. The problem is that if the thing is torqued at all, it gets buggered.
For only a few bucks more, you can get the amazingly better and very strong Kong Block Roll, with a much bigger pulley, better bearings, and hugely easier to haul. The thing is emphatically The Shit. Great device, unfortunately the damn supplier is terrible at getting the things over to North America. I've had a half-dozen on backorder since the summer, when they told me they would have them! [They now say Nov 15, so we shall see]
Don't buy a Pro-Trax. Better to buy a nice big 4" pulley with sweet bearings, and use your own inverted ascender. Just hang your ascender on a wired stopper, not a sling, to reduce stretch.
Cheers,
Pete
(This post was edited by ptpp on Nov 1, 2007, 10:46 PM)
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