Safety/serial number tags on ropes

[Al Duffill]

1 hour ago, Husqvarna King said:

I thought if you strip back a metre of the outer sheath you will find date of manufacture apparently. I’ve never wanted to waste a metre of rope when I’ve bought the off cuts but I know that rope does have to be marked up nowadays.

Never heard that before, how and why would you do that? 

[Husqvarna King]

7 hours ago, Al Duffill said:

Never heard that before, how and why would you do that? 

Not sure but was told by a loler course instructor. He was moaning about companies sending out climbing rope off cuts with no details on, a few years back now.

[matt528]

Did the rope come with a tag on it? You would need to have a serial number on it for LOLER purposes. Every item needs to be traceable back to a unique serial  number. Also a date of manufacture would be ideal. It has been mentioned that there should be a tracer label inside the rope but I would have thought most shops would/should send lengths of rope out with the information labelled on the rope. I know whenever I’ve brought ropes by the metre they’ve come tagged.