Yale Cordage Contest!!!

NickfromWI · Nov 17, 2009

Gentlemen and Ladies- Yale has released their latest catalog. They've come up with a contest to get us all to read the catalog more. The winner gets an all expense paid trip to climb a Giant Redwood!!!

Click hereto see the official contest on Yale's site.

Everyone wins stickers and $10 off your next order and 10 people'll win 150' of XTC!!!

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nick

chris_girard · Nov 17, 2009

Sounds great. I saw that new catalog in the Nov TCI mag.

Very interesting info on sizing your rigging system based on a rope's elongation properties and not just its ultimate breaking strength. Yale is top rated in this industry.

One thing that I don't agree with in the catalog is Yale's use of a 5:1 SWL in their rigging lines instead of the 10:1 that we use in the arborist field.

I talked to Don Blair and Jamie Goddard from Yale about this just today.

treedimensional · Nov 17, 2009

And what did Don and Jamie have to say? I have a guess but will wait to hear your response.

Jman · Nov 18, 2009

shhhhhh your not suppose to tell anyone

treedimensional · Nov 18, 2009

If I was asking about a Stein Helmet he would have responded 20X!

Norm_Hall · Nov 18, 2009

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One thing that I don't agree with in the catalog is Yale's use of a 5:1 SWL in their rigging lines instead of the 10:1 that we use in the arborist field.

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That's been on Yale's website for years. The same rope (XTC and XTC12) rated at 10:1 in the climbing section and 5:1 in the rigging section.
I don't agree with it either. I try to use at least 10:1 for rigging. Hard to calculate shock loads when drop hitching, though. Do your best.

chris_girard · Nov 18, 2009

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If I was asking about a Stein Helmet he would have responded 20X!

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HA, HA funny. For what it is worth, I was trying to get Don's permission before quoting him on a public forum.

Jamie and Don both said that Yale Cordage follows an Industrial rigging application 5:1 SWL. Jamie says that for climbing lines Yale follows 10:1.

He also asked if it says in the ANSI Z133 that a 10:1 SWL for rigging applications must be followed. Don and I both told him that no where in the Z does it say that 10:1 must be followed.

Yale will continue to use 5:1 in its Arborist catalog for the time being, but that may change at a future time.

Don and other experienced riggers will continue to use 10:1 SWL rigging or even 20:1 under severe peak load conditions.