Blue ox

[Mr_B]

Does anyone know anything about blue ox ropes? They seem to have a big variety of ropes and their arborist lines seem identical to other “name brand” arborist ropes, namely the blue and white Samson 16 strand.

I’d never heard of them until recently.

 

[DRBetz]

The only time I have encountered them is when a customer had some 3/4" blue ox ropes they wanted hung for rope swings. I looked it up and I think it was listed as 20,000 lbs MBS or in that ballpark. I remember it being slippery and not holding knots very well.

 

[climbingmonkey24]

Yes. I have a 12 strand climbing rope (1/2 inch x 150 ft) and rigging rope from Blue Ox. I bough them back in 2016 and they’re still in pretty decent shape. I don’t really climb with the climbing rope much but will use it for miscellaneous things like a tag line, etc. and I still rig with the rigging rope quite frequently.

 

[Mr_B]

Thanks for the responses!

 

[Jonny]

Does anyone know anything about blue ox ropes? They seem to have a big variety of ropes and their arborist lines seem identical to other “name brand” arborist ropes, namely the blue and white Samson 16 strand.

I’d never heard of them until recently.

Are you sure the one from Blue Ox is a 16 strand? I thought it was a 12. Looks a lot like Samson Blue Streak which is a 16.

 

[Stumpsprouts]

Yes. I have a 12 strand climbing rope (1/2 inch x 150 ft) and rigging rope from Blue Ox. I bough them back in 2016 and they’re still in pretty decent shape. I don’t really climb with the climbing rope much but will use it for miscellaneous things like a tag line, etc. and I still rig with the rigging rope quite frequently.

I got that same rope back around then as well. Used it on the job a little when I was still doing DRT. Then it was a rec climb rope, got lent to a friend and returned years later to pull a barn down with. It served many purposes.

 

[Mr_B]

Are you sure the one from Blue Ox is a 16 strand? I thought it was a 12. Looks a lot like Samson Blue Streak which is a 16.

You know what I think it as actually a 12 strand. I’ve been using it and wondering how it’s so supple and knot friendly thinking it was a poor quality 16 strand or something . Looks almost identical to Samson arbormaster blue streak. Silly me.

 

[Jonny]

Yes that’s 12 strand. I’m sure it’s nice for light rigging.
Samson Blue Streak 16 strand parallel core end looks like this.