HRC

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Jim

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I've read a few posts mentioning HRC being used for hitch cord. Does anyone know where I can get some more info about its properties? Who makes it? Where to buy? Does if perform similar to the Sta-Set? If you use/have used it, how'd you like it?

Thanks,
Jim
 
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HRC is the best performing cord that I've found. Worth the extra cost because the performance sets the mark for all of the rest of the cords.

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I have used HRC quite some time now and find that it performs very well. Especially on my fly line.

I did here some interesting facts this week though. Being that its made from a kevelar? material it eventually just blows apart. I hope there is some sighns of this before it happens and not just all of a sudden while I'm out on a limb.Anyway, that came from another rope companies sales rep.

I have been climbing on the same one for four monthes now and haven't seen hardly any wear or burning and, I have been putting it to the test.

I'm currently trying a new cordage called B line. It's about three eights rather then five sixteenths. Similar heat resistant material, but with a polyester blend.Seems to be working well, but I will let you know in a month or so .

Greg
 
Greg,

That's probably true. It will start to fall apart, but you will see it. It will start to look shabby, then you will brn through the cover. The cover isn't just Technora, it's also nomex. If that doesn't make you feel safe enough, remember that it is rated for 5000lbs. AND it also has a Vectran core!!!
 
Doesn't glaze
Grips smoothly-grabs but doesn't bite down on the rope
Lets loose when unweighted0-coils spring open
Stays round-doesn't go flat
Durable

If you compare the price foot to foot it might seem spendy. But if you realize how little you actually spend on hitch cord the price difference is insignificant.
 
Greg, I bet the "blowing apart" thing mostly applies to applications like sailboats where much of the line is up in the air away from close up daily visual inspections, unlike our friction hitch.

It just "blows apart" because there is little (no) stretch in the rope. In a nylon rope, if one strand is a little loose, the strands around it will stretch until all the strands are holding the load. In fibers with no stretch, this can't really happen. So if somehow only a few strands are holding the load, they may quickly just tear, then the strands around them will try to hold the load, but having lost the help of the recently torn strands, they too will now rip, and thus the blowing apart factor.

Mark's right. The rope will just slowly wear away, and one day you'll look at it and say, "hmmm, let's get a new one."

The vectran core is stronger than some brand new 3/8th sta-set, that's for sure!

love
nick
 
I got mine quite a while ago. No idea of the cost. Right now I'm climbing on the Unicender :)

My brother just got some from Bishop. They told him that NER doesn't put HRC in the catalog because it's a cord that only arbos use and we're too small a market. It's nice to see the support from the manufacturers! /forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
kliminfool, thanks to Nick's post, I found HRC on Bisphop's site for $2.03 per foot. That's the only place I've been able to find HRC on the web.

I tried to post the url to the HRC, but it won't work for some reason. Nick had the same problem. You can go to their site and do a search on HRC. It comes right up.

http://www.bishco.com

For those using the HRC, do you descend on it also, reagularly? Reason I ask is that I find the Ultra Tech cord starts to glaze, ever so slightly, from the first descent and just becomes more glazed with subsequent descents.

And it's not like I'm trying to be the first one down either, because I'm the only one in the tree. /forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif

If HRC holds up better it might be worth the price.

Thanks,
Jim
 
Jim, I would say that it's rare for someone to regularly descend on anything BUT the friction hitch. The hitches are good for work because you don't have to spend a minute switch over to a fig. 8.

The ultratech wears as fast as a more affordable all polyester double braid because the cover of ultratech is just polyester.

HRC is super tough stuff. You won't glaze it and you won't wear it out quickly.

love
nick
 
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