Chutingstar packing hook

[theonlyski 3]

Any of you guys using these or have used them?

Mike G swears by it, and it would probably be nicer than wrapping the pullup cord around a packing paddle and trying to hold it on there while you pull it up.

Just looking for some real world 'yay' or 'nay'

Thanks guys!

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[pchapman 261]

That hook looks nicely built but I just use a piece of hardwood dowel, pulling up under a knot in the reserve pullup cord.

(You do know the knot trick, right? No need to wrap the cypres loop pullup cord a million times around a packing paddle to keep it from slipping.)

Just make sure the dowel material from the hardware store is not cheap soft wood that'll soon break.

The dowel gives a greater hand contact area (less force per square inch on the fingers), is nice and rounded (no edges to dig in), doesn't take long to orient in one's hand (given its axial symmetry), and is dirt cheap (not $45).

Looking much like Homer Simpson's inanimate carbon rod, although smaller, it is just as useful in saving the day.

[theonlyski 3]

I do the knot over the packing paddle and rotate it a few times, but its a pain in the ass with the paddle being long... not sure if the hook would feel better.

I'll think about the wooden dowel idea, but do you wrap it at all, or just put the hoop from the knot over it and pull it tight? My issue would be that it would want to unwrap itself and since it's round, it will just kind of rotate.

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[pchapman 261]

I do the knot and pull up directly on it.

Wrapping the pullup would rotate the dowel too easily.

[spootch 0]

Go get yourself a b12, pull the gate off , and some webbing. build yourself a Rigger Rob. Works awesome because you can use both hands !

[Unstable 8]

Nay.

I try to keep closing a container simple. I've gotten to the point where I can estimate the force required to extract the reserve pin as I close the last flap faily accuratly. I guess I just like my method.

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[theonlyski 3]

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I guess I just like my method.

Which is?

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[councilman24 36]

I use a delerin rod, about 1 1/4" diam., with a saw kerf cut half way through. The width of the kerf depends on the pull up cord material. Then put the pull up cord into the kerf and wrap around once or twice into the kerf. This locks off the cord under itself so it doesn't slip. And exiting the kerf on a radius of the rod means that it won't try to roll. To undo just grab the far end and pull and the rod will twist itself off. I have two, one sized for a cypres cord and one sized for gutted 550.

I used to flip a larks head into the pull up cord and stick a packing paddle through it.

I can't make Rigger Rob method work although I've tried. I've seen him do it three times but just can't do it. Partly I'm bigger than I size 36 jacket.

Mike's hook looks too complicated to wrap and to small a diameter to be comfortable, at least for an old man.

Of course I also pull out Allen Silver's fancy ratchet/axel/plate tool that costs way too much money because they were sold to the air force.

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[riggerpaul 1]

Can you show us a photo of "Allen Silver's fancy ratchet/axel/plate tool that costs way too much money because they were sold to the air force."?

[g2gjump 0]

I am curious about this as well, thanks for bring the subject up!

[JALUV2 0]

Got one courtesy of Mike G. when I went to his senior rigger class. I learned with it and think it works fantastic!

Works great especially on the smaller diameter cord. Not hard to use at all.

[ZigZagMarquis 8]

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Go get yourself a b12, pull the gate off , and some webbing. build yourself a Rigger Rob. Works awesome because you can use both hands !

That's not a Rigger Rob, that's a Sandy Reid neck breaker!

[captain1976 0]

I personally like the Positive Leverage Closing Device or T-Bar type sold in the industry, however I use gutted 550 for the pull-up cord as the thinner types tend to break from the strain at the end slots (see pic).

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[theonlyski 3]

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I personally like the Positive Leverage Closing Device or T-Bar type sold in the industry, however I use gutted 550 for the pull-up cord as the thinner types tend to break from the strain at the end slots (see pic).

I have one of those, trying to get away from using it though.

Still thinking about what to use... got some time till I expect to be closing another one.

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