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acorneau
Mar 3, 2008, 3:26 PM
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Mine's coming up to the 10 year mark (along with the rest of the whole set).
I really should get them re-slung, but I don't use them that much for trad lead, so they doesn't see any direct lead falls. I do use them for top rope anchors on a semi-regular basis, though.
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fearlessclimber
Mar 25, 2008, 6:23 AM
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Mine are older than me, i think some dude used them during the great depression.
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healyje
Mar 25, 2008, 7:00 AM
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Retired for about a couple of decades for the most part. Don't have a lot of use for them on our basalt out this way. Used to use them all the time when I lived back east.
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thelockdude
Mar 28, 2008, 2:07 AM
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How do you get them re-slung? And what does it cost?
If the roll pin is rusted, do they replace that too? Or is it a goner at that point?
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imnotclever
Mar 28, 2008, 2:44 PM
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6 years and still in good enough shape.
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the_climber
Mar 28, 2008, 3:34 PM
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thelockdude wrote: How do you get them re-slung? And what does it cost?
Some webbing off of a spool tied with a water knot. Cost? about $.90/Tricam.
And yes I have bombed onto them with tied slings.
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thelockdude
Mar 28, 2008, 4:34 PM
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the_climber wrote: Some webbing off of a spool tied with a water knot. Cost? about $.90/Tricam.
It would have to be 1/2" to fit the pink tricam. Mountain Gear has 1/2" tubular webbing for .39/ft. Is that what you recommend? I'm wondering if tubular webbing would be too bulky.
I visited the Mountain Tools website that acorneau posted. They use "ultratape" to resling tricams. I didn't spend a lot of time on their site, but it doesn't look like they sell ultratape, i.e. by the foot or roll. Does somebody else sell it?
I am guessing if I get the tricam professionally re-slung, they sew it again, similar to the original webbing that came with the tricam?
If I re-sling it myself, can I put a few stitches in the webbing, near the tricam itself, to give it a little stiffness when placing it?
And last, what about the roll pin - when you get a tricam professionally re-slung, do they replace the rollpin?
Dan
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the_climber
Mar 28, 2008, 4:47 PM
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I have used 1/2" to rapair them in the field, a quick temp-fix. Double this up, it is easily done on the pink too. A double layer does not interfere with your placement.
You can source super tape, or other high strength webbing. Look around you'll find it.
I have put 1" tubular on a pink tricam berfore, but you need to stitch it folded lenthwise where it goes around the rolepin.
And yes you can sitich the webbing to hold the tricam in place at the end, finger tape works too.
I do not belive they replace the role pin when re-slinging.
(This post was edited by the_climber on Mar 28, 2008, 4:50 PM)
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healyje
Mar 28, 2008, 5:13 PM
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When I was using them I had them all set up so you could place them like stoppers and 'auto-shove' them in camming mode.
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chossmonkey
Mar 29, 2008, 9:50 PM
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flint wrote: 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-
Mine are 10+ years old and I trust them. I they don't see the light of day that often either though.
The five year rule of thumb is exactly that. A rule of thumb. If the webbing isn't crusty and all torn up it should be fine.
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austin.timm
Mar 30, 2008, 2:12 AM
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the_climber wrote: Now that is some serious dedication to the pink.
True dat...
Tri Cams are sweet young or old.... if they're that damn ratty mountaintools.com will throw on a new sling for not that much coin.
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herothezero
May 13, 2008, 1:18 AM
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What would the reprocution be to re-sling them with cord?
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the_climber
May 13, 2008, 2:55 PM
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herothezero wrote: What would the reprocution be to re-sling them with cord?
Of the top of my head:
-being limited to use as only a stopper (any cord of equivalent strength to the webbing would be too thick to use it in camming mode)
-reduced strength as the force would not be distributed across the whole length of the role pin
-difficulty in cleaning especially the smaller sizes
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There is a reason they are sling with a sling. Yes there are knock-off's that are cabe slung, but that is a whole different thing from cord. Stick with webbing.
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herothezero
May 15, 2008, 1:02 AM
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good answer
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guangzhou
May 15, 2008, 2:40 AM
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If i remember correctly I bought mine in 1991. Yikes.
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stymingersfink
May 17, 2008, 1:39 PM
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she's of legal age, that's all you need to know.
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guangzhou
May 17, 2008, 2:03 PM
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stymingersfink wrote: she's of legal age, that's all you need to know.
Not sure what state you're in, but here, there is no such thing as legal age. Of course, my tricam is older than many of my students, maybe it's time to retire. (IT)
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