Notch portawrap or Stein RC1000/ RC2000

[john87]

When you say "three strand" I take it you mean the blue polypropylene stuff??

 

I have used a LOT of the 10mm, [roping and sheeting lorries!!] and that stuff is amazing.. The 16mm version would be all but unbreakable i would think.. [turns out the breaking strain is about 3.5 tons or 35Kn for the metric types!!]

 

It is also silly cheap..

 

john..

[AHPP]

Mine is the Marlow stuff, white with black flecks. Polysteel (green) sold on ebay has a good reputation. The garden variety blue stuff is silkier. Couldn't say for sure but gut feeling is that it won't be as good.

[gand]

51 minutes ago, AHPP said:

Mine is the Marlow stuff, white with black flecks. Polysteel (green) sold on ebay has a good reputation. The garden variety blue stuff is silkier. Couldn't say for sure but gut feeling is that it won't be as good.

The Marlow stuff is great. As far as I'm aware they've stopped making it, or at least not the 20mm anyway 

[john87]

My climbing rope and split tails etc are all Marlow and i am very pleased with them..

 

john..

[Blah]

The basic rigging kit I got after getting my rigging ticket was a Tree runner p500, an ISC red pulley (the 100kN one), a whoopie sling and a 14mm rope. Old climb line for a tag line, and this lot would cover 90% of the rigging we do. Obviously I've acquired more shinies over the years. 

 

On the rigging rings, if you only get one thing, I'd get a pulley rather than rings. Rings can be a pain when groundies have to lift stuff. 

[john87]

There are some bits i will have to lift [branches overhanging buildings] so i was thinking a pulley would be best as i did not know quite how much drag the rings would cause.. BUT, i did like the idea of installation from the ground, but to be truthful, i would prefer to climb up and have a close look at any prospective rigging point before i go dangling weights from it!!

 

More great advice!!!

 

Thank you..

 

john..

[john87]

Hi All..

 

In the end, i found that someone else had asked a similar "what should i get" question on this forum. They were asking what rope to get, as in what thickness. They were advised that if they were limited to just the one rope, then the best thing to do would be to get a 16mm one. I took this advice well on board, and in the end i bought a "Stein rigging kit 3" which is the Stein RC2000 device, plus the strap they make to dangle it from the tree, plus a pair of slings, a 24mm one for the base anchor, a 20mm one for the pulley, the pulley itself [a very substantial looking 30Kn rated ISC RP 055 [150kn to break it apparently] and 50M of 16mm rope and a nice kit bag to keep it all in..

 

So, sorted!!!

 

Thanks all!!

 

john..

[Steve Bullman]

8 minutes ago, john87 said:

Hi All..

 

In the end, i found that someone else had asked a similar "what should i get" question on this forum. They were asking what rope to get, as in what thickness. They were advised that if they were limited to just the one rope, then the best thing to do would be to get a 16mm one. I took this advice well on board, and in the end i bought a "Stein rigging kit 3" which is the Stein RC2000 device, plus the strap they make to dangle it from the tree, plus a pair of slings, a 24mm one for the base anchor, a 20mm one for the pulley, the pulley itself [a very substantial looking 30Kn rated ISC RP 055 [150kn to break it apparently] and 50M of 16mm rope and a nice kit bag to keep it all in..

 

So, sorted!!!

 

Thanks all!!

 

john..

Well done!

 

just be careful with that ISC pulley. Seem to recall someone recently saying never to buy their stuff somewhere or other…

 

oh, just found it here 

 

[john87]

53 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

Well done!

 

just be careful with that ISC pulley. Seem to recall someone recently saying never to buy their stuff somewhere or other…

 

oh, just found it here 

 

Yes!! not my fault it was included in the kit though!! Seems a substantial very well made thing though, so, perhaps it will be ok after all!!

 

Ha ha!!

 

john..