Learning rigging

[Joe Newton]

39 minutes ago, MattyF said:

Another reason to take double braid over 16 strand? Regardless I would not !

Not when 50m of 12mm rigging line is £75 with a WLL 380Kg

[MattyF]

33 minutes ago, Joe Newton said:

Not when 50m of 12mm rigging line is £75 with a WLL 380Kg

Dunno I’m a snob and only use English braids Joe for my rigging 🫣

[AHPP]

From memory, English Braids isn't the strongest. I use it because I like the colour.

 

What's the £75 one, Joe?

[Mesterh]

4 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

And what is in it for the expérienced guy?

 

He gets to pilot the drone and choose the colour of the smoke flare.

 

BOOM!💪

[AHPP]

Mick, at home, wearing this, protesting too much.

 

[AHPP]

On 03/10/2025 at 20:57, AHPP said:

 

How did you try to lift it? With a/the rope and pulley up the tree (can't see from video if you crotched it or used a pulley/ring/biner)? Or just by hand on the ground?

 

@kram Not sure if you didn't see this or did see it and ignored me because you thought I was going to bray you over the head with whatever you said like the prevailing sentiment of this thread. Did in fact have something constructive to add if you're interested.

[kram]

23 minutes ago, AHPP said:

 

@kram Not sure if you didn't see this or did see it and ignored me because you thought I was going to bray you over the head with whatever you said like the prevailing sentiment of this thread. Did in fact have something constructive to add if you're interested.

Ah, I did start replying but it got lost when I replied to someone else.. I even illistrated a crude picture!

 

In the tree I estimated each small section and added up the weights. Afterwards on the ground I half arsed attempted to lift it by hand, heavier than expected by couldnt say with any accuracy whilst theres logs on it.

 

Blue are slings, yellow steel biners, red the lowering rope, and purple is the unintended path that the rope fell, reducing the swing I had intended to give it, adding a lot of friction.

 

Edited 1 hour ago by kram

[kram]

So back onto the subject, which rope should I buy?

I am thinking a 16mm 50m.

 

I got one of the arb surplus rope end bags, it has a good sample of 5m rigging ropes. 

English braids 14, 16 and 20mm, look decent.

Stein Omega 12,  seems ok but only 12mm
Stein Omega 16 and 20mm. Very soft cover, nice on the hands as a pull rope but cant see it being very abrasion resistant.

[Joe Newton]

I give up. Buy whatever feels nicer in your hands.

 

Thank God i put my helmet on.