Used Rope

[96coal449]

A hammock out of climbing line is likely to be pretty dang heavy and bulky

How short does a piece of rope have to be to become garbage?

I never put a piece longer than about 15' in the trash. Any longer and someone could use it for a tow rope or some other dangerous purpose.

When I wired the trailer lights on my Chevy Astro van I used a piece of climbing rope with the core pulled as a covering for the wires. Super durable and flexible for coiling into the cubby hole for storage.

I also have issues with tossing used rope ... so many uses. I have a a 10' piece secured waist high along the garage wall. It keeps the shovels, rakes, brooms, and the like from falling over. Just something quick an easy before we move to a permanent home.

 

[Worthaug]

Is anybody recycling short, or pieces of rope no longer usable? What about the remains of doing splices? I've got a pile and have been wondering how to responsibly get rid of it.

Polyester recycles


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

 

[SomethingWitty]

Why does that matter?

I've never had a place to just hang and forget a hammock.

Our couch is a big hammock. I think there are 4 semi-permanent hammocks in the house.

 

[InTheTree]

I like how the tree folk think!

 

[colb]

Don't you want to get it break tested? I sure do. Been starting to get side-eye with my climbing lines.

 

[SomethingWitty]

Don't you want to get it break tested? I sure do. Been starting to get side-eye with my climbing lines.

Yeah!
Everybody pitch in on one of those big analog dynos for me and I'll break test everything that gets sent to me for free in all sorts of scenarios. To hell with hydraulics. I wanna throw a truck off of a cliff on my old line.

 

[colb]

Hmmm... I think it needs to be spliced so that it breaks mid line instead of elsewhere. Actually, I think we should test them as they are tested at the factory so that the results are comparable to starting min./mean break stengths.

 

[SomethingWitty]

Hmmm... I think it needs to be spliced so that it breaks mid line instead of elsewhere. Actually, I think we should test them as they are tested at the factory so that the results are comparable to starting min./mean break stengths.

I'm never going to break a climb line in a static scenario. Rigging? Maybe. But probably not.

You may be looking to learn more than I am. If I decide to break some string, I'd just like to know how much oomph it took.