Match tools to work, best to have variety;
my best general go to, long lasting is 1/2" Samson True Blue with that blue Samthane finish that seems to have some trick to it just by itself, but unfortunately don't see in other tree ropes.
Not many ropes up to full rigors of tree work, stay with arbo gear to specialized environment when can.
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The higher tensile a line, the less elastic dampening response to same load;
or, the amount of elasticity returned is per how much of tensile strength is encroached upon.
3/4"Arboplex will give more shock than 1/2"Arboplex from 2'drop of 500# etc.
This is so true if simply double rope capacity with pulley on load, gives more shock load etc.
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Many of my rig lines started as 1/2" lifelines.
If doing under 500# rigs and less can be fine many times.
Can have a bull rope for heavier loads too, but keep day to day wear off more expen$ive rope that is not in it's weight class anyway.
Dragging a 5/8" thru tree, rolling up 200' etc. especially can be uselessly fatiguing on person and higher dollar gear(thus also greater chance of growing legs and walking off on it's own), when are working what 3/8" 100' would be ample, cheaper gear and get more elastic response jobs. Especially if weight of load can't offset against support frictions and 75' of 3/4" hanging from tree, crew shaking it trying to get limb to fall faster or keep falling etc.
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Now if constantly falling wood in worst direction (up) with rope with capstan, or getting out of work class of rope downward is a different story.
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Need select fire, not machine gun approach.
Goldilocks story in everything, anything can be too much/too little or just right; always need right balance, stay in powerband and SWL of strategy and gear. Even too much SWL can give more shock!
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i always believed in keeping fresh bag of 1/2" around just in case, never trapped into questionable rope usage, take opportunity to rotate lines downward and refresh as opportunities present. Find a win in everything besides outright loss. Plan these moves ahead on chessboard, and wait for situation to come to that point. Rope is a wearable resource as the softest resource like fanbelt, tires softer dampening links from raw rigid forces of chain.