pondnstream
ArboristSite Member
Hi Fellas,
A few weeks back I bought this beautiful piece of stable braid rope 150' long and 13,000lbs breaking strength and even got a loop spliced in one end. Its really great and it enables me to do lots of things I couldn't do safely before such as pull down hangers from a safe distance.
So my questions:
- whats a good way to make a knot that is easy to untie after being pulled on with lots of
force, I find that the knots get real hard and tough to untie after using the come-along and
a snatch block.
- should I avoid pulling directly on this rope with the hook in the come along, can it take the point load. How about that $25 spliced loop I got on the end can that be pulled on directly with the come-along hook?
- I was going to cut off a 50' piece that is shorter and lighter and easier to use, can you just melt the ends of this rope to seal it and keep it from unraveling ?
- Finally , what are the things to avoid doing that will ruin this rope?
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Thanks ,
tim
A few weeks back I bought this beautiful piece of stable braid rope 150' long and 13,000lbs breaking strength and even got a loop spliced in one end. Its really great and it enables me to do lots of things I couldn't do safely before such as pull down hangers from a safe distance.
So my questions:
- whats a good way to make a knot that is easy to untie after being pulled on with lots of
force, I find that the knots get real hard and tough to untie after using the come-along and
a snatch block.
- should I avoid pulling directly on this rope with the hook in the come along, can it take the point load. How about that $25 spliced loop I got on the end can that be pulled on directly with the come-along hook?
- I was going to cut off a 50' piece that is shorter and lighter and easier to use, can you just melt the ends of this rope to seal it and keep it from unraveling ?
- Finally , what are the things to avoid doing that will ruin this rope?
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Thanks ,
tim