Won a 5/8" Crane Sling Kit brand new! would anyone like to buy them or trade?

[jesusjime47]

I won a 5/8" Crane Sling Kit from gap arborist but I don’t think I’ll use them ever so if anyone wants to buy them for cheaper or trade me for equipment please reply.

 

[ZinTrees]

seems fishy, got any pics?
people dont usually try to sell stuff online without pictures, brand, description, name, or anything like that

 

[pdqdl]

Yes. I think some pictures are in order.

"5/8ths" sling sounds kind of light for "crane" work, anyway. I suspect that "rigging sling" would have been the correct term to use. I wonder if this is the splice kit in question:: https://www.gaparboristsupply.com/Teufelberger-Mark-Chisholm-Crane-Sling-Kit/item/C5600-20-00000

Quite the value to win, providing you don't mind overpaying for such products. They do look well made, with nice protective covers over the eye splices and a different kind of rope that I am not familiar with.
I'd quickly splice those three slings up from 75' of tenex rope, and I damn sure wouldn't spend $600 doing it, either. Besides. I make my slings out of 7/8ths Tenex.

 

[jesusjime47]

seems fishy, got any pics?
people dont usually try to sell stuff online without pictures, brand, description, name, or anything like that

Hey thanks for replying and I don’t have them yet I should get them by the 4th cause they’re still in route I can send you the link which is “https://www.gaparboristsupply.com/The-Splice-Shop-Premium-5/8-Crane-Sling-Kit/item/CRASLI58MPKIT” also they’re like 600 and like the guy below said they’re expensive so I rather do a trade or sell them for a good price.

 

[jesusjime47]

Yes. I think some pictures are in order.

"5/8ths" sling sounds kind of light for "crane" work, anyway. I suspect that "rigging sling" would have been the correct term to use. I wonder if this is the splice kit in question:: https://www.gaparboristsupply.com/Teufelberger-Mark-Chisholm-Crane-Sling-Kit/item/C5600-20-00000

Quite the value to win, providing you don't mind overpaying for such products. They do look well made, with nice protective covers over the eye splices and a different kind of rope that I am not familiar with.
I'd quickly splice those three slings up from 75' of tenex rope, and I damn sure wouldn't spend $600 doing it, either. Besides. I make my slings out of 7/8ths Tenex.

Yo thanks for clarifying but it’s actually this link “https://www.gaparboristsupply.com/The-Splice-Shop-Premium-5/8-Crane-Sling-Kit/item/CRASLI58MPKIT” I just started climbing I’m an apprentice climber and I have no really use for these I want to give them to someone who does the work unless there’s different ways to utilize them.

 

[ZinTrees]

thats just 3 dead eye slings, would be about $100 but they added 500 for the tags
can use for portawrap slings, tying blocks on, literally anything even a short tagline

 

[pdqdl]

Yo thanks for clarifying but it’s actually this link “https://www.gaparboristsupply.com/The-Splice-Shop-Premium-5/8-Crane-Sling-Kit/item/CRASLI58MPKIT” I just started climbing I’m an apprentice climber and I have no really use for these I want to give them to someone who does the work unless there’s different ways to utilize them.

That's kind of funny. You posted a different link to the same product that I found. They are different web pages with different looking descriptions, but the specifications for each spliced sling is identical.

Good luck selling them. I don't consider that a good value, however, and would not buy them.
Working with cranes & OSHA isn't exactly my strong point, however. There very well might be an OSHA restriction against making your own splices, but ANSI Z-133 standards do not. So I believe that if I was doing a tree removal using a crane, I think an OSHA inspection would be worrying about a lot more stuff than whether the slings had tags on them.

 

[pdqdl]

... I just started climbing I’m an apprentice climber and I have no really use for these I want to give them to someone who does the work unless there’s different ways to utilize them.

If you plan on climbing big trees, those slings could be adapted to being a very good (but long) lanyard. Add a prussic, and climb on up. They would also double as a second tie-in rope for situations where your lanyard wasn't long enough to do the job. 5/8ths is a bit thick and heavy for most guys preference, however.

As to using them for slings? I prefer to have some adjustable eye slings. They make it a bit easier to balance a load for horizontal lifting.