Notch Triple Rigging Thimble
The Notch Triple Rigging Thimble is a new configuration of rigging thimble that allows you to add friction at the rigging point or run two lines separately. Running your rigging line through more than one hole of the Triple Thimble reduces forces on the rigging point and makes it easier to control the load, all without introducing any rope-on-rope friction.
Details
- No rope-on-rope friction on running rigging lines
- Use it as an anchor for multiple rigging lines simultaneously
- Add a second sling through one of the holes to create a floating anchor point
- Deeper rope groove than other rigging thimbles for extra-secure anchoring
- Important Note: The Notch Triple Thimble should be spliced tightly on its anchor sling so it can not come out when loaded
Weight: 1.40 lbs
Tensile Strength: 65kN (14,613 lbs)
Made in: China
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Really strong and not too bulky
The Notch triple thimble is a great lowering device that doesn't take up too much space.
Perfect for small crews
I got this sometime last year and it's been an awesome addition to our rigging kit! I'm a very small company with one other person that works with me and we can rope down decent sized limbs with ease!
Great for top down rigging.
Recently got two of these. One on a whoopie and one on a dead eye. I very much prefer the dead eye and will probably be changing the whoopie over to that or an ultra sling (pocketSLING) soon. We were testing the Notch Triple Thimble out and could easily lower a 400+ pound piece as long as it was rigged from an overhead point. Later on we tried some negative blocking on the trunk and found out that this is not good for that at all. The increased forces just make it extremely dangerous to hold on to the load. tried combining it with a portowrap but that just gave too much friction and the piece locked up. Overall, I love this thing. Just don't use it while negative blocking.
Cat's Meow
I recently started climbing and after much research settled on the Notch Triple Thimble for my friction device. After reading many reviews aerial friction seems to be smoother and great for small to medium loads. While I was skeptical about how much friction it would actually hold, I ordered this and spliced it into a 3/4" Tenex-TEC ultra sling. Two weeks before Christmas Arbsession had it in stock and in my hands the next week! Everywhere else is still back ordered at the end of January. Using 1/2" Double Esterlon for rigging I took down a longleaf pine to put it through it's paces. This thing is slick! Positive rigged full branches and negative rigged 4-5 ft chunks with no issue. Once the piece was caught there was enough friction in the system that I could hold it at the top while it was being guided to the ground. Down the road a port-a-wrap will be nice to add to the bag, but overall I extremely satisfied and look forward to using it all the time.
Really nice thimble
It's a nice block of aluminum, I don't notice it on my belt on the way up, but it's heavy enough I'd hate to get hit in the head with it swinging it around the spar. Exceeded my expectations with friction. I purchased this Notch Triple Thimble to splice into a 3/4 tenex-tec ultra sling which went very well. used to negative rig 6-700lb chunks of ash with 9/16 Notch Krakken, worked like a charm. The aerial friction reduced the expected shockload tremendously, and made the experience a pleasant one for the rope handler as well as the climber(myself). I used the 3 holes when rigging a large branch paired with the porta-wrap and found it almost had too much friction, I find myself using only 1 hole for most everything, and save using all 3 for the huge stuff. I only use either 1 hole, or all 3, since if 2 holes are used, the rigging rope doesn't straddle the sling loop. If the thimble were to pop out of the sling loop because of sideways loading, there would be nothing preventing a freefall of the load.