So just to get a final answer on this I just called Harken a few minutes ago and they actually stopped making the X-Rigging Rings for them last year (sorry for the confusion there, I had my timing mixed up). Originally Antal was making them, then they moved to Harken, now they've moved...
Just an FYI from several discussions with Harken (the maker of the X Rigging rings/Safebloc) they haven't actually been able to replicate the whole crack fraying the rope thing. I have heard from Treestuff that it's possible but only in discussions comparing the X Rigging rings to the unfinished...
No problem! We've been on for a while but I haven't had as much time as I would like to have had to keep an eye on posts. Also I want to try to strike a delicate balance between offering insight and not sounding like a corporate shill or roaming advertisement! We've really started to put a heavy...
Sorry for the delay, was out of the office yesterday. For the winch, it really depends on how hard you want to push the rope. We have a cost effective/low stretch uncoated polyester double braid that basically all of our tower customers (who almost always have a portable winch) use here. Of...
This rope is actually from a test run we did with a new factory overseas. We've been trying to nail down a cost effective coated double braid for a while. One factory in particular chased us down so we gave them a shot. The first batch came in rock hard as it was way overcoated (it eventually...