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8mm Oplux questions & uses

Newhunter1 said:
I personally do not care for the HTP. My reason is that during the early season I had my htp in a tight crock of the tree. While going down at 7 in the evening my rope got lodged in the crock and would not come out. I still had my stick on my saddle. I had to one stick up the tree to release the HTP rope and one stick down the tree in the dark. I kept calm but I did not care for that. That evening I went home and bought 52’ of oplux and the HTP has stayed I think the basement.

as far as weight savings. You’ll have to decide what you prefer. The 52 of oplux weighs just at a pound. Predator rope and 75 feet weigh 3 lbs appropriate.
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And I'm sure it packs up a lot smaller than the Predator rope. For how short of climbs we are doing, I'm thinking that the smallness shouldn't be to big a factor.
 
Gents, I just got my dad into saddle hunting. Trying to get him everything he needs without breaking the bank. I got my wisdom teeth out today and don’t feel like scrolling 450 posts lol but does anyone recall the diameter of a normal hunters safety system tree style rope? Is it 11mm? I’m gonna make him a new tether with oplux/Beal/mini Kong but just use his current tether for this lineman’s belt. I’d like to set him up with a tender and need to know what’s good to use with that HSS rope. Thanks


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Jimmyfunk60 said:
The knots don’t take up hardly any room. And I think they will pack neater than the long sewn portion. I’m running a kong on lineman’s belt and a beak jammys on bridge and tether.. I’d like to try a tender on jammys to see if I can live with it and eliminate the kong.

I also run two carabiners on bridge and pass it through tether like nutters one piece webbing bridge and tether.
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hokiehunter373 said:
Gents, I just got my dad into saddle hunting. Trying to get him everything he needs without breaking the bank. I got my wisdom teeth out today and don’t feel like scrolling 450 posts lol but does anyone recall the diameter of a normal hunters safety system tree style rope? Is it 11mm? I’m gonna make him a new tether with oplux/Beal/mini Kong but just use his current tether for this lineman’s belt. I’d like to set him up with a tender and need to know what’s good to use with that HSS rope. Thanks

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Check out this thread:

HSS tree rope size for ropeman 1

Any one now what size rope the HSS 8ft tree tether is? Is it ok for ropeman 1
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I have found a sewn eye prusik cord that works well with oplux. It is a bluewater 7mm VT Prusik cord. I am aware that it falls outside the typical 80% of the main rope spec for hitch cord range. HOWEVER, Blue Water states that the 7mm VT Cord is designed to work on 7mm-9mm host ropes per the following email response.

"Thank you for contacting us and your interest in BlueWater products. The 7mm VT Prusik was designed to be used with smaller diameter canyoneering ropes anywhere from 7mm to 9mm. The 8mm if great to use on smaller ropes but we had enough customer requests that we created a smaller version. It seems to be entirely up to personal preference as some people prefer the 7mm and some the 8mm version but for an 8mm host ropes either diameter prusik would be fine to use."

I received the cord yesterday, and tried it with a few knots.

It held good with a distel as long as you mended the wraps every time you unloaded the knot . Not something that I care the have to do, and if you didnt mend the wraps it was slippery until it caught.

I tied a 5 wrap 3 braid Valdotain Tresse and it holds phenomenally well. There is no slipping,and it locks up tight. That's what I will stick with I believe.

Both knots tended well with a figure aider, and a kong mini figure 8.

All in all I'm happy with the cord in the VT configuration. I did have to throw the extra wrap on so that it grabbed reliably. But the cord is plenty long to tie it that way.
 
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