Stein RC-3001 Bollard attachment deadeye/sling

[charlie]

What are you guys using with the webbing strap to attach the bollard to the tree? What size diameter and length of deadeye sling?

 

Thanks in advance [emoji106]

[htb]

whoopie sling, think 20 or 22mm as its what i've got

[Will C]

20mm dead eye sling

[David Dobedoe]

The Stein ratchet strap is rated at 10,000kg (when new)

The device is rated for 3000kg working load limit when well mounted.

At the moment I use a Yale 8 meter 24mm deadeye sling, as back up. Whilst it is heavy duty piece of kit it has similar ratings (12887 kg) to the ratchet strap and is therefore i think a real backup in the case of a problem or failure.

 

I do acknowledge the greater loads generated at the pulley end and the implications of generating loads that would threaten the integrity of such a heavy duty sling!

 

In my experience the most likely cause of failure with this type of device is the device and strap slipping on the tree rather than failure of the equipment. We have had problems with this on massive beech trees where strange shapes make it difficult to install even when we cut a mounting surface and lip for the device. the backup has played its part in keeping things under control.