I have an interesting technique for "milking" out a new rope, particularly a full 600' length spool.
1: leave rope on spool, tie one end to a solid anchor (tree, post etc) in a football field or big field.
2: unroll the spool, until the spool is empty and you have a long length of rope on the field.
3: walk all the way back to the anchor post, attach a Rappel Rack to the rope, near the anchor. use about 5 - 6 bars
4: attach a short length of accessory rope to the rappel rack eye, and hand one end to your buddy, who will help for beers
. You grab the other end.
5: now both of you pull the rack, all the way down the length of the rope, be it 120, 150, 200, 600 feet. This will stretch out and set the rope. when you reach the end, you should see a small "bubble" of the outer sheath .
6: disconnect rack, and go back to the anchor and repeat this a few times. Its quite easy, even if your by yourself.
7: cut off and seal the end of the rope when you reach it.
presto rope is "broken in" and all the strands are nicely stretched and set.
1: leave rope on spool, tie one end to a solid anchor (tree, post etc) in a football field or big field.
2: unroll the spool, until the spool is empty and you have a long length of rope on the field.
3: walk all the way back to the anchor post, attach a Rappel Rack to the rope, near the anchor. use about 5 - 6 bars
4: attach a short length of accessory rope to the rappel rack eye, and hand one end to your buddy, who will help for beers
. You grab the other end.5: now both of you pull the rack, all the way down the length of the rope, be it 120, 150, 200, 600 feet. This will stretch out and set the rope. when you reach the end, you should see a small "bubble" of the outer sheath .
6: disconnect rack, and go back to the anchor and repeat this a few times. Its quite easy, even if your by yourself.
7: cut off and seal the end of the rope when you reach it.
presto rope is "broken in" and all the strands are nicely stretched and set.
