Up in the top of that bur oak was left one of these pink slings I've been field-testing. I like em. Wish I hadn't forgotten that one. Here in the attached shot it's adjacent to a 7/16" tenex sling JPS suggested on to me. They're 32 and 36" resp.
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Originally posted by Tree Machine
It's a sling if it has just the one caribiner in the end of it. It's a false crotch if you drop in another biner, gate opposed, or a locking biner.
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I should also note that used as a sling, you would sling it in a choker configuration. As a FC you might want to use a 2,nd biner and in a basket configuration, like a friction saver.
You guys were right on ---no heavy rigging with these. Even though that pink flat sling is double thickness of regular 1" webbing, theoretically it should be twice the strength. Still, I don't lower stuff much bigger than me on a sling like this. For bigger lowers, I use load-rated lifting slings, or something I tied out of 2" wide webbing.
THEREFORE, because I never lower, or rig, a limb any bigger than me, never subject these pink slings to shock loads and I dutifully inspect my gear continuously (especially if I'm going to drop in a redirect), I use the gear as I deem necessary. Still, I will take these pink 32's to American Wire Rope and Sling, and have them tensile tested. I'm very curious how they will spec. out and I'll share the photos and the data after we do that.