- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC
First impression - SS Port-a-wrap/1/2\" Polydyne
So I was lifting a tree off a house last week and needed another rigging line. I had 200' of brand new 1/2" Polydyne on the truck so I sent Jared to Sherrills to pick up another block, a redirect pulley and a Porty. They still have the SS for the same price as powder coated so I got one.
That is one smooooth friction device. Couldn't really tell on the house job but the next day we had a big red oak to rig out.
I sent Jared up and I ran rope while he rigged pieces from 20' storm sprouts to 12" x 12' logs. I felt like a friggin pro, I was running pieces and swinging them within 2' of a roof and landing'em all in a nice longways pile... I am NOT that good on ropes but the SS Porty made me look like a pro.
The Polydyne was prolly a factor because it's unusually soft and flexible for a rigging rope, more so than Stable Braid. We didn't drop anything big on it, the logs were all static cuts with a balancer so I can't vouch for the extra shock absorption just yet. Sweet rope though, easy to knot, fairly light.
Anybody who feels like the regular large Porta-Wrap has too much friction for anything but logs will like the stainless version because it makes running light pieces as easy as heavy ones. If you want a 1/2" rigging line for use with a block you could do a lot worse than Polydyne. I can't rave about it yet cuz I've only used it on 4 jobs but so far I like it as least as much as Stable Braid. Combined with the SS Porty it's the nicest running/lowering setup I've ever used for wood under 1500 pounds and it's just as good with 75 pound wood.
So I was lifting a tree off a house last week and needed another rigging line. I had 200' of brand new 1/2" Polydyne on the truck so I sent Jared to Sherrills to pick up another block, a redirect pulley and a Porty. They still have the SS for the same price as powder coated so I got one.
That is one smooooth friction device. Couldn't really tell on the house job but the next day we had a big red oak to rig out.
I sent Jared up and I ran rope while he rigged pieces from 20' storm sprouts to 12" x 12' logs. I felt like a friggin pro, I was running pieces and swinging them within 2' of a roof and landing'em all in a nice longways pile... I am NOT that good on ropes but the SS Porty made me look like a pro.
The Polydyne was prolly a factor because it's unusually soft and flexible for a rigging rope, more so than Stable Braid. We didn't drop anything big on it, the logs were all static cuts with a balancer so I can't vouch for the extra shock absorption just yet. Sweet rope though, easy to knot, fairly light.
Anybody who feels like the regular large Porta-Wrap has too much friction for anything but logs will like the stainless version because it makes running light pieces as easy as heavy ones. If you want a 1/2" rigging line for use with a block you could do a lot worse than Polydyne. I can't rave about it yet cuz I've only used it on 4 jobs but so far I like it as least as much as Stable Braid. Combined with the SS Porty it's the nicest running/lowering setup I've ever used for wood under 1500 pounds and it's just as good with 75 pound wood.
