5/8" Rigging Rope Recommendations (Poll)

[Lindley]

Working with that and Sirius 14mm lime yellow today. ‘Tie the lime green yellow line onto the lime green yellow line!’ Ugh.

According to the website, the Sirius 14mm is orange and the 16mm is yellow. (See screenshot)

Does that change how how big you think your Courant is?

 

[Chris Schultz]

FWIW all yale rig ropes are 15% off at Wesspur right now. Good people there at Wesspur.

 

[Stumpsprouts]

According to the website, the Sirius 14mm is orange and the 16mm is yellow. (See screenshot)

Does that change how how big you think your Courant is?

Ha my oops. Late night rambles. But yes the 14mm courant appears much beefier than the 16mm yellow Sirius!

 

[Serf Life]

We have 200’ sirius 1/2” for a speedline which is great for that purpose. Knots exceptionally well and not super stretchy. Glazed to all getup from the few times it was negatively rigged hard. I like 1/2” 16 strand for general rigging and natural crotch more than double braid. Thinking 9/16 atlas for next larger line.

 

[rico]

Atlas 5/8” is my personal favorite for negative rigging. It is miserable for pulling (it’s like a rubber band). All atlas and higher strand sheathed lines glaze badly when used natural crotch, in my experience.

We use 1/2” double esterlon for general use, pulling, and lifting. The 9/16” polydyne comes out for trees tall enough to take it really big.

I like stable braid for a low stretch line (love the 3/8” for mini rigging), but we splice both ends of our rigging lines. In my experience, Samson products tend to milk a lot. Haven’t had a problem with a double-spliced Yale or Sterling line yet.

Yup.. Comparing Atlas and Stable braid is like comparing apples and orange. Both are lovely ropes, but they shine in different scenarios. Samson, Yale, and Sterling are all producing wonderful rigging lines and picking the right rope for a given task is much more important than which brand it is.

 

[Lindley]

So, in summary, I need to get the right tool for the job and quite being a cheapskate. I should know better as there are no shortcuts in life.

I will buy some Samson Stable Braid and use it for top rigging, pulling, and lifting.

As for the more dynamic rope for negative rigging and such, what is the final vote from the hive? Looking through the comments above, a case could be made for any of these:

• Sterling Atlas
• Yale Polydyne
• Teufelberger Sirius

Any final thoughts?

 

[Z'sTrees]

Sirius is going to be alot less dynamic than atlas or polydyne as it is all polyester construction versus nylon/poly.

We have a few hanks of sirius in both 12 and 16mm, also have had the 14mm. Needless to say, I like it alot. Also it is usually one of the cheaper ropes for a given size. We've had good experience with stable braid and sta-set but it's been a bit more expensive the last few times rope shopping
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For negative rigging polydyne and its cheaper cousin Husky have been good to us, have not tried Atlas yet. Seems like all the poly/nylon ropes are prone to hockling a bit more than their all poly counterparts. Just requires a bit more attention from the rope man, which in negative rigging scenarios there is usually time for.

For a pull line I usually prefer a more dynamic rope, but we're usually pulling with a truck or equipment. 5:1 or winch i'll take something more static.

 

[Crimsonking]

Polydyne has a slightly higher mbs than atlas, and is a little easier to handle, in my opinion. My 9/16 line just got its first glaze last week after two years. I blame the portawrap- it was a slick barreled version versus the textured version I usually use. The textured version seems to be more rope-friendly to me, maybe because it allows more heat dissipation?

 

[Lindley]

Just ran upon this chart of "engineering data" on the Yale website. Impressive numbers for Polydyne!

Looks like it Polydyne has a little more stretch compared to Atlas (5.1% vs 4.5%). Polydyne is about 33% less expensive compared to Atlas as well.

Engineering Data - Yale Cordage

www.yalecordage.com

 

[Helmstein]

9/16 atlas, boy have we dropped some huge peices into that rope. Atlas 5/8 stays home, only used once in 3 years

 

[dspacio]

nobody digging the Nystron? I enjoy using it, it's my longest rigging rope; I love how it takes knots and the general feel of it. same goes for stable braid. those are my main two.
I got it to have that forgiving stretch when "letting it run" doesn't happen.

I got a ~50' chunk of Atlas 1/2" for small rigging, (wesspur rope clearance) I dig it, but find it doesn't like accepting knots very well. not a problem if I leave a bowline and a biner on the end while rigging. but I often end up jumping between ends on that rope and needing every foot.. so it's kind of a bummer. Just takes extra effort to get the knots to dress and set.

I found out the hard way that Atlas is NOT recommended for splicing.. I had to abandon and cut it off... so for that reason I likely wouldn't get it again. I love my spliced eyes.

The Nystron 1/2" is doing fine over here for a dynamic line.

 

[Njdelaney]

Samson Stable Braid is on sale right now at Bartlett. $102 for 150' of 1/2" for those interested!

 

[colb]

I've really liked Allgear Husky and Yale Polydyne. The Allgear is a tad cheaper. It usually gets a bad rap (I get it - if you check out their sling designs or cabling specs it is obvious they don't cater very well to our profession, despite trying hard to...), but the rigging rope I've used has been great. Both make/models are nice in the hand and stretch a lot. I don't bother with 5/8 - just 3/4 or 1/2, with the occassional 9/16 thrown in.

 

[Jonny]

I think I may have subconsciously decided AllGear stuff was subpar just because of the name. Just sounds generic or something like that. I know that’s not the case, it’s just my weird brain.
I got a couple large rigging rings from them, and they’re great. Really nice anodizing that is taking a long time to show wear.

 

[Stumpsprouts]

I think I may have subconsciously decided AllGear stuff was subpar just because of the name. Just sounds generic or something like that. I know that’s not the case, it’s just my weird brain.
I got a couple large rigging rings from them, and they’re great. Really nice anodizing that is taking a long time to show wear.

Their 11.7 is a favorite of mine and I believe Reach rocks it as well.

 

[Reach]

Their 11.7 is a favorite of mine and I believe Reach rocks it as well.

I do, Cherry Bomb for years and now Blue Craze (same thing, different color) and I’ve been quite happy with it for 6-8 years in total.

 

[Mitch Hoy]

I have to admit that I haven’t ever given AllGear a fair chance either. Looking at their website, they have a lot of nice stuff. Who are their main distributors online?

 

[Reach]

I have to admit that I haven’t ever given AllGear a fair chance either. Looking at their website, they have a lot of nice stuff. Who are their main distributors online?

I can’t say who their main suppliers are, but I’ve always bought mine from Gap Arborist Supply, so I would give them a call.

 

[islandarb]

Yale double esterlon. Or stable braid. My sirius glazed like a mofo on big wood. Although to be honest it was some heavy wood. It is still alive and functional for pulling shit over.

 

[JeffGu]

...for pulling shit over.

What the hell have you been eating, that makes you need to do that?