Very clean in his work for sure. Other than a couple measurements being a little off and his cover taper very disappointing, it looked like a standard class 1 db splice to me. Am I missing something?
Those are some great bags o rope. My first bag was pretty good but my last two kinda sucked ( alot of short pieces that were somewhat unusable). I also got 100 feet of some kind of crap cotton core rope that was essentially unusable as well.When I called to get an i.d. on it, they said it was...
What if you just put a bucket on a pulley that you could raise up to the tap and then lower from the ground to empty the sap on each tree. This would limit the climbing to just setting up and removing the tap and pulley system. You wouldn't have to climb every tree twice a day this way. Not...
I'm not sure about the modified splice integrity. I Do know that stable braid splices very easily and I think that with just a little use, you could still splice it with the class 1 db splice. I dont think you'll have much problem at all
https://www.treestuff.com/store/catalog.asp?category_id=3&item=36 I personally think that this is one of the best rigging ropes out there. It will last longest when used with a block or ring instead of natural crotch rigging. It's my favorite anyway.
http://www.wesspur.com/carabiners/climbing-rings.html this is the cheapest place to get the rings. They are not hard coat anodized, they are Teflon coated (not sure which is better honestly) but they are a little cheaper. I made the sling I posted but I'm sure wesspur could make you one...
The beast ring is basically the largest ring you can buy at the major retailers. This is my favorite rigging anchor point. (Don't mind the ninja turtles walkie talkie, that's top secret stuff :D