X-Rings on 5/8" 3-strand

[Muggs]

I have long had a thing for 3-strand ropes. This is polyester 5/8" 3-strand from Maple Leaf Ropes, MBS 8600 lb, deadeye slings

 

[evo]

Get your hands on some four strand

 

[Matias]

Get your hands on some four strand

What is this witchcraft you speak of?!

 

[evo]

What is this witchcraft you speak of?!

More is betta, we are imperialists.

But it makes for a nice rope, never understood why 3 strand was favored. Could be hockeling? Twas a thing with spur climbing fliplines

 

[Matias]

More is betta, we are imperialists.

But it makes for a nice rope, never understood why 3 strand was favored. Could be hockeling? Twas a thing with spur climbing fliplines

I was looking around, and see that there is also such a thing as a 4 strand braid, which I find intriguing. Is splicing 4 strand twisted rope basically the same as 3 strand? Does 4 strand hockle worse than 3? That'd be a deal breaker, as 3 strand is already hockly enough.

 

[Matias]

Sorry Patrick, I have a bit of a thing for derailing threads.

 

[flushcut]

You’re the conductor of this train wreck lol.

 

[flyingmosstreen]

Is there a specific use for these Patrick?

Span rig ring slings ?

 

[Matias]

Is there a specific use for these Patrick?

Span rig ring slings ?

Sounds like a good one, but what makes them inferior for any other typical ring use? They're cheap, and abusable, relatively speaking.

 

[Muggs]

They're just for setting up rope paths and getting good vectors. My old slings were shorter, and I like these more than Tenex.

 

[Matias]

They're just for setting up rope paths and getting good vectors. My old slings were shorter, and I like these more than Tenex.

Yea, the picking is starting to piss me off. I may join the cult of three strand next time.

 

[Muggs]

3 strand is a religion. 4 strand is a cult.

 

[Friedrich]

double braid for me with an eye splice on the other side…

 

[Matias]

double braid for me with an eye splice on the other side…

What do you do with the eye on the tail?

 

[Friedrich]

What do you do with the eye on the tail?

choke it where length of sling is not too critical (often times with a shackle) or to be able to use it on large wood with max WLL (because of splice) instead of a running bowline.

 

[Matias]

choke it where length of sling is not too critical (often times with a shackle) or to be able to use it on large wood with max WLL (because of splice) instead of a running bowline.

I like that idea. I'll have to make one of those for sure.

 

[Muggs]

2015 Sherrill tree catalogue

 

[Matias]

Well, that certainly makes a good case for getting and looking through those catalogs. I realize now that Friedrich didn't actually say a tight eye, as I had assumed.

 

[evo]

Gotta do something with the tail, better than a dead end.
4 strand was used for flip lines where a length of cable was twisted into the middle like a core, aka steel core flip line was born.
The splice is prettier too.
@Muggs have you played with tapering the splice tails. Is that hardlay?

 

[Muggs]

Gotta do something with the tail, better than a dead end.
4 strand was used for flip lines where a length of cable was twisted into the middle like a core, aka steel core flip line was born.
The splice is prettier too.
@Muggs have you played with tapering the splice tails. Is that hardlay?

I tapered this one a few years ago. Decided it wasn't worth the extra effort.

I've heard of steel core 3-strand before, didn't know it was called 4-strand. That would interesting to make...