Show off them splices

Worthaug · Mar 25, 2016

My favorite sling. Multi purpose - friction saver, srt retrievable redirect, Sisk monkey tail, or Blakes hitch split tail with tender.

@AW4130

Reed Wortley
CTSP #01739
ISA CA #SO-6953A

Alex McManus · Mar 25, 2016

Anybody have experience splicing All Gears 11.5 climbing rope? I believe its a DB class 1.

I tried to put an eye on it the other day, but when I extracted the core there was another core inside. Kind of 3 strand

braid and when I put a fid into the core the 3 strand bunched up inside. Is there any info out there about this rope?

Bhard47 · Mar 25, 2016

Alex McManus said:
Anybody have experience splicing All Gears 11.5 climbing rope? I believe its a DB class 1.

I tried to put an eye on it the other day, but when I extracted the core there was another core inside. Kind of 3 strand

braid and when I put a fid into the core the 3 strand bunched up inside. Is there any info out there about this rope?

I've been climbing on all gear rocket line and loving it. When I spliced an eye on it I used New England tachyon instructions and it worked out perfectly.

Bhard47 · Mar 25, 2016

Alex McManus · Mar 25, 2016

hmmm I will look into that. Good looking splice, is there a reason you choose to do a lock stitch over whipping?

Bhard47 · Mar 25, 2016

I guess laziness lol.

Alex McManus · Mar 25, 2016

Fair enough. Did you use a 7/16 fid?

Bhard47 · Mar 25, 2016

Yes sir.

roxy · Mar 26, 2016

nice work Boomslang, or as I like to say after overcoming an obstacle such as this, "I win."

Tommy_B · Apr 1, 2016

Got bored yesterday

Dave Rohach · Apr 1, 2016

Very nice work, Tommy! Looks really clean.

Thomas4444 · Apr 2, 2016

Sterling scion tight eye. Took a lot of work but finally got it!

Simpleiowaguy · Apr 2, 2016

Thomas4444 said:
Sterling scion tight eye. Took a lot of work but finally got it!View attachment 37059 View attachment 37060

Scion is a real pain. It appears to have three core strands like tachyon but they are the same color. Spliced one for a buddy. Did not enjoy it at all

TreeWorks13 · Apr 4, 2016

Velocity cool second time trying an eye splice ..... First one wouldn't burry all the way this one went really smooth

Jesse

Dave Rohach · Apr 4, 2016

This was a little project that I did @ 5:00am, while having my 2nd cup of coffee! It adjusts from 18" diameter to 6" and it's doubled the entire length! I put 9 cinder blocks on a platform, that I attached to the covered loop.

So what's the overall opinion of it?

monkeylove · Apr 4, 2016

Looks great Dave.

Dave Rohach · Apr 4, 2016

Thanks guys, the charts say that 3/8" Tenex Tec is good for 5100, but if you double the eye and the adjustable loop is considered doubled would the overall sling be stronger than just running a single length the entire distance? I'm just wondering if all the extra work raised the MBS or MWL (max work load) by any amount noticeable. I guess I'll have to just load it up and see what it can hold. Didn't calculate static loading. That's a test for a day this week! I still need to finish a 3 ring X ring sling w/ 1" Tenex, that's some fun rope to play with, just heavy as Hades!

monkeylove · Apr 4, 2016

If your anywhere near breaking that Tenex in use you probably should have not used the Rigging Wrench anyway.

Dave Rohach · Apr 4, 2016

I'm only looking to lower branches no bigger than 4-6", I'll never get close to the limit with it, Frank. I was curious if anyone has ever pushed the Tenex to that limit before. I don't want to damage my "Baby"! LOL.[emoji854]

Tree-Taylor · Apr 4, 2016

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A whoopie will have a slightly smaller WLL.

I use mine for 90% of my rigging in some sort of capacity. I can say that I have pushed this thing to the limit. A 4-6" limb will barely break this thing in lol.

I put in an order for some 7/16 tREX to make an ultra sling. Time to retire the loopie, she's served me well.