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Old trad stuff

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Logan O'Brien · · Madison, WI · Joined Feb 2011 · Points: 55

Hey i have some old trad gear from my uncle. I was wondering if it is still usable? I know some stuff will have to be retired, but what can i still use? I have a set of wild country nuts #1-8. 1-6 are attached with wire and 7-8 with cord. I also have 4 hexentric hexes #11,9,8 and 7. These are attached with wire and a set of rp micro nuts #0-5.

Wild country nuts, #1-7

RP micro nuts, #0-5

RP micro nuts, #0-5

Close up

Wild country nuts, #7-8

Hexentric hexes, #11,9,8,7

Thanks

Logan O'Brien · · Madison, WI · Joined Feb 2011 · Points: 55

Thanks. #0 micro has a fray so i probably wont use that and #5 has a small bend. Is it usable?

Evan Sanders · · Westminster, CO · Joined Dec 2010 · Points: 140

Original RP's!! You hit the jackpot in terms of brassies.

Bending in wires is pretty common, that's perfectly ok to use. Some people get massively freaked out over it, others look like they just strangled some people with the wire on their nut.

Can you post a picture of the fray on the #0?

Logan O'Brien · · Madison, WI · Joined Feb 2011 · Points: 55
fat cow · · St. Paul, MN · Joined Nov 2009 · Points: 10

replace the cord on the big guys because of deteriorative effects on nylon, other than that inspect the cable on all the others and if they look good they are. oh there's a fray, dont fall on it, use it for anchors though should hold a ton of weight still (literally)

Logan O'Brien · · Madison, WI · Joined Feb 2011 · Points: 55

in the picture above #5 RP the plastic at the bottom is cracked and the wires exposed. what about that?

Stuart Ritchie · · Aurora, CO · Joined Dec 2007 · Points: 1,725

That stuff is all bomber. Modern too. When I saw the post I thought you had some Moacs or Tetons. Looks likely to be from the late 80s. Replace the cord and you're good to go!

Evan Sanders · · Westminster, CO · Joined Dec 2010 · Points: 140
Logan O'Brien wrote:in the picture above #5 RP the plastic at the bottom is cracked and the wires exposed. what about that?
You're only clipping a draw to it, you hopefully won't be running any soft goods directly through the nut. It's fine.
NickMartel · · Tucson, Arizona · Joined Aug 2011 · Points: 1,332

Those RP look DANGEROUS! Better send them to me for QC testing... ;-)

Branden Michelkamp · · Salt Lake City · Joined Jun 2010 · Points: 350

Like the others said, Everything looks good from what I can see, I would just replace the cord and call it good. Climb on.

Woodchuck ATC · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Nov 2007 · Points: 3,280

Nice wires. RP's are the best, except that zero which I took a fall on one time and it of course ripped ritght out on a fall. Nice brassies for sure.

Alex Whitman · · Chattanooga · Joined Sep 2009 · Points: 440

Yup. I climb on those same nuts. They work.

Evan1984 · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Aug 2007 · Points: 30
Logan O'Brien wrote:in the picture above #5 RP the plastic at the bottom is cracked and the wires exposed. what about that?
All that gear looks pretty good.

The plastic looks like a pinch point from a fall. When you fall on it, the carabiner exerts enough pressure to pinch the plastic, which is why most nuts don't have a plastic sleeve. It's not a big deal unless the fall was a big deal, which is anybodies guess, so...

Evan
Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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