Poison Ivy Splice

Fred_Berkelhammer

Fred_Berkelhammer

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Boulder County, CO.
Hey Nick, or other splicers, can you help? I wrote Yale about splicing poison ivy, but am anxious to get this rope in service, not sure how long it will take them to respond. Does anybody know procedure and specs for this splice?

--Thanks
 
I don't know Fred. I suspect that it will be a standard Dble braid splice but that is only a guess. I'm old school enough to be happy with knotting my line to the'biner.
 
And get ready...it takes a bit of work to get the final bury all put away. Lot's of massaging will make things go easier!

If you are in to the ANSI thing, you should use these directions: http://www.yalecordage.com/html/pdf/yale_indust_dbraid.pdf as these are the ones recommended by the manufacturer. But it's just a polyester double-braid, so splice like you would any other "normal" polyester double-braid.

Nice to see you around here, Fred! How's CO?

love
nick
 
I find the Poison Ivy greeeaaatttt!!
It's very supple, stays round even in knots and through devices, is very abrasive resistant since its 24 strand braid, is more substantial to grasp than 7/16" and almost can't tell that it's not quite 1/2", can form and hold knots easily, is the lightest(6.5lbs/100ft) per lb. arborist rope made, and dries quickly after wet and the strength is 6500lbs.(a little more than some 1/2"ropes)
It is also spliceable and eventhough is a Kernmantle "type" construction it is a true braided two ropes in one arborist rope.
It is also very low stretch. Haven't had it glaze easily yet either.
It can almost brush your teeth!--just kidding.
Can you tell I love it?!
CharlieB.
 
Fred, Sorry for the delay. This goes to you as well as all the others who may one day finally get to ENJOY poison Ivy...

I strongly suggest you get the piece spliced at Sherrill. We have finely tuned the splice for this rope. Although the DB splice may bury and look like an eye, it is hard to bury and when things take long to do, one tends to get discouraged and may take short cuts.

So, this post only for safety sake. We dont publish that particular splice.

Sorry but I want everyone to be safe. Less than 30 bucks to know its done right...


Peace
 
No factory splice- Sherrill splices it themself. They don't want to promote the splicing instructions b/c it takes away from their revenue. Anyone who is a proficient double brade splicer should have no problems.

As to the stitching: I as well as almost all splicers i know will lock stitch all of there splices. Nothing special about the stitching on the poison ivy, same as any rope. Just there for two reasons: insurance and to cover the splicers arse in case of splice failure/tampering.
 
The stitching serves to keep a splice to pull apart at low loads before the strands tighten down onto themselves. It's very important when you consider the ropes we use are rated for 5000+ lbs and we weigh MAYBE 200lbs.

Don't climb on a splice that isn't stitched.

love
nick
 
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