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    Double Braid Splice: Toss vs. Samson

    Yeah, I do this if the bury is especially stubborn. As a general rule, I don't. But it sure can help.
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    Rope snaps in Z133.1

    Well, if the Z359.1 standard applies to arborist work positioning systems now in use, I doubt that any of the carabiners or snaps that we use (or are sold by any of the distributors) comply with that ridiculous side load requirement. If there is, I suspect that the standard is a "political"...
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    Double Braid Splice: Toss vs. Samson

    That's sometimes true...that's one reason why I don't do it anymore. I also suspect that anytime you compress any part of a splice (or any rope, for that matter) you are probably going to weaken that part. More friction=heat=quicker failure.
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    Double Braid Splice: Toss vs. Samson

    If you stitch the crossover, you can compact the crossover and make it easier to bury. I don't do it anymore, even for tachyon. Keeping tension on the eye side of the crossover seems to do the trick better than enything.
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    Rope snaps in Z133.1

    That's what I suspect...perhaps another industries' ANSI standards have changed. The other poster was right, you have to consider shock load. But I suspect that to put that kind of side-to-side stress on a snap, something in your climbing has gone drastically wrong. I also suspect that should a...
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    Rope snaps in Z133.1

    I just contacted Bourden Forge about ordering some of their steel rope snaps, and the salesman told me that their double locking rope snaps (that I have used for years) no longer meet the new ANSI standards for a 3,500 lb. side load. I hadn't heard of such a thing, and checked my copy of Z133.1...

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