|
flint
Feb 21, 2008, 9:22 PM
Post #1 of 43
(5844 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Jun 21, 2007
Posts: 543
|
So, I was playing with my rack while watching the snow fall and realized that my favorite little pink pro is getting up there in the 5 year old range. Now, I know about the life of webbing and what not, but do you guys still place your tri-cams after there five year webbing death? What is the oldest age which you would trust you tri-cams?
j-
|
|
|
|
|
Roots
Feb 21, 2008, 10:16 PM
Post #2 of 43
(5777 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Jan 28, 2008
Posts: 14
|
I would use the same reasoning as with any webbing..
|
|
|
|
|
tolman_paul
Feb 22, 2008, 12:48 AM
Post #3 of 43
(5709 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Apr 22, 2005
Posts: 385
|
I think all my tri-cams are about 20 years old, and I'm still using them. The webbing is in good shape.
|
|
|
|
|
binrat
Feb 22, 2008, 12:51 AM
Post #4 of 43
(5705 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Jul 27, 2006
Posts: 1155
|
Mine is 12 and just got it re-lung becasue the webbing was just alittle rough.
Binrat
|
|
|
|
|
potreroed
Feb 22, 2008, 8:27 AM
Post #5 of 43
(5646 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Sep 30, 2001
Posts: 1454
|
My pink tricams are way old and I still trust them.
|
|
|
|
|
wanderlustmd
Feb 22, 2008, 2:21 PM
Post #6 of 43
(5579 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Oct 24, 2006
Posts: 8150
|
6 years.
|
|
|
|
|
jestering
Feb 22, 2008, 3:15 PM
Post #7 of 43
(5541 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Oct 10, 2007
Posts: 62
|
Just got my first one. Can't wait to use it; NC climbing, here I come.
|
|
|
|
|
gt29905
Feb 22, 2008, 3:18 PM
Post #8 of 43
(5536 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Oct 1, 2005
Posts: 167
|
Yeah... one of my pink tricams is kinda rough. The other is brand new. I keep the funky pinky because it's kind of a "leaver tricam." Like a leaver biner. I don't know that's kind of sketchy but I'm poor so I need my worn gear to serve a function. 
|
|
|
|
|
no_email_entered
Feb 22, 2008, 4:10 PM
Post #9 of 43
(5491 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Feb 1, 2008
Posts: 558
|
mine are beat to shit. still use them and love them.
another question is how many have you come across that were impossibly stuck and yet you still tried to add to the booty bin?
three in the last year. i came across another one last week. looked like it had been stuck in this crack for 100 years. i still tried to jimmy it out though.
|
|
|
|
|
joshklingbeil
Feb 22, 2008, 4:13 PM
Post #10 of 43
(5488 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Jul 6, 2002
Posts: 403
|
9 years old. I hardly use them. But I still trust them more then I trust some people.
|
|
|
|
|
the_climber
Feb 22, 2008, 4:46 PM
Post #11 of 43
(5457 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Oct 9, 2003
Posts: 6142
|
no_email_entered wrote: mine are beat to shit. still use them and love them. another question is how many have you come across that were impossibly stuck and yet you still tried to add to the booty bin? three in the last year. i came across another one last week. looked like it had been stuck in this crack for 100 years. i still tried to jimmy it out though.
There is only 1 (one) bootie tricam that has been so stuck I couldn't get it out. It's on P1 of Reclining Pine at the Back of the Lake (Lake Louise). I do belive someone took multipe meatbombz on that one.
I've bootied a lot of tricams, and given a lot away to partners starting out on Trad. If they need to be reslung I generally forgo sending them away and just resling them myself.
I have pinks Tricams ranging from about 8+ years only to 1.5 years old.
The set up I settled on:
One old one (before they changed the mould and made them bigger)
One filed down ( equivalent to ~0.3)
and
One newer bootied one (newer larger mould) reslung on black webbing.
|
|
|
|
|
clintcummins
Feb 22, 2008, 9:29 PM
Post #13 of 43
(5372 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Nov 1, 2002
Posts: 135
|
I don't know how old mine is, but it doesn't matter - I found it some years ago and it simply hangs in the garage with the other tricams I've found. It has "194" stamped on it - is that sufficient for a tricam expert to determine its age? :-)
One of my partners has a collection of booty pink tricams she has found, mostly on mountains. I think she has 4 or 5 of them. We scored the most recent one last summer from the pitch right after the Vein Pitch on Snowpatch Spire (SE Corner).
Maybe I should ebay the ones I've found - 0.5, 2.5, 3, 4.
|
|
|
|
|
dingus
Feb 22, 2008, 9:32 PM
Post #14 of 43
(5368 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Dec 16, 2002
Posts: 17398
|
clintcummins wrote: I don't know how old mine is, but it doesn't matter - I found it some years ago and it simply hangs in the garage with the other tricams I've found.
Ditto.
DMT
|
|
|
|
|
paintrain
Feb 24, 2008, 5:43 AM
Post #15 of 43
(5281 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Feb 17, 2004
Posts: 184
|
+15 years.
Been probably 8-10 years since I placed it.
Pt
|
|
|
|
|
sspssp
Feb 24, 2008, 5:51 PM
Post #16 of 43
(5219 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Jan 2, 2003
Posts: 1731
|
flint wrote: Now, I know about the life of webbing and what not, but do you guys still place your tri-cams after there five year webbing death? What is the oldest age which you would trust you tri-cams? j-
If you have old or damaged slings, then you should have them reslung. This applies to cams as well as tri-cams.
Unless you have taken a hammer to the tri-cam to get it out, I can't see that age would matter much. My pink tri-cam is 15 years old (and has been reslung). It has been a while since I used it (although there are a few routes for which I might dig it out).
|
|
|
|
|
nurocks
Feb 24, 2008, 6:11 PM
Post #17 of 43
(5209 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Jul 19, 2003
Posts: 788
|
mine is about 6 years old...but I haven't placed it since last November at E-rock...spring is comming...it will get placed again.
|
|
|
|
|
climboard
Feb 24, 2008, 6:25 PM
Post #18 of 43
(5199 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Apr 10, 2001
Posts: 503
|
My original pink Tricam is about 14 years old. I just got a replacement for it last Christmas.
|
|
|
|
|
bkalaska
Feb 24, 2008, 7:24 PM
Post #19 of 43
(5182 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Feb 16, 2005
Posts: 143
|
one about 10 years, and the other about 3. I probably should look into getting the one reslung soon, but more due to age. SInce it hasn't taken a fall, and repeated stretching along with age is what really kills webbing I still feel safe, but will consider reslinging. If it is older than 5 years and has taken a fall or two I would resling.
|
|
|
|
|
greatgarbanzo
Feb 29, 2008, 6:16 PM
Post #20 of 43
(5034 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Oct 13, 2001
Posts: 360
|
All my cams are 12years old. I change the webbing every 3 years. Everytime they fail is because of bad rock/placement.
|
|
|
|
|
the_climber
Feb 29, 2008, 6:30 PM
Post #21 of 43
(5026 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Oct 9, 2003
Posts: 6142
|
greatgarbanzo wrote: All my cams are 12years old. I change the webbing every 3 years. Everytime they fail is because of bad rock/placement.
You, uh... still talking about "Tricams" like the rest of us? Or TCU's?
|
|
|
|
|
gandolf
Mar 1, 2008, 8:24 AM
Post #22 of 43
(4979 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Jun 4, 2005
Posts: 119
|
Pink tricam: 15+ years old, but don't use it that much.
|
|
|
|
|
the_climber
Mar 3, 2008, 12:16 AM
Post #24 of 43
(4879 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Oct 9, 2003
Posts: 6142
|
Now that is some serious dedication to the pink.
|
|
|
|
|
granite_grrl
Mar 3, 2008, 2:16 AM
Post #25 of 43
(4867 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Oct 25, 2002
Posts: 15084
|
One is like 5 or 6 years old I think, the other maybe 3 (???). If your 5 year old was still from when they were making them a little smaller, you'd be a fool to totally replace it (unless you want me to take it off your hand for you!). If you're really worried about the webbing, just resling it.
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
