Splicing Yale XTC (Fire) and other 16-strand ropes

[morten]

I am going to attempt making my first eye splice in my XTC Fire rope, but it is not clear to me which instructions on Yale's website I should be using (none of them state "XTC" or "16-strand", see Splicing Instructions | Yale Cordage ).

 

Searching this forum is hampered by the fact that any search word less than four letters seem to be ignored, hence "XTC" is not a valid search term.

 

I have found these two resources about splicing 16-strand Samson rope, which I assume will be equally applicable for the Yale XTC rope, but would like to know if anyone knows about other/better resources that relate to splicing the XTC rope, or any tips or warnings that apply to the XTC rope.

 

From Samson website: Eye Splice 16-strand class I:

 

And a video:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLTPZe2i8BA]16 Strand Arborist Splice.m4v - YouTube[/ame]

 

I'll post pictures of my attempt unless it is a total failure

[High Scale]

I use the Samson instructions.

[WeeDee]

I do too.

 

Morten, Samson, 16 strand, Class 1

 

It doesn't come much simpler than these three pages.

[Peter]

Samson instructions are by far the clearest.

 

Are you splicing a used rope?

[morten]

Samson instructions are by far the clearest.

 

Are you splicing a used rope?

 

Yes, it is slightly used. I know it's going to be more difficult than a new rope. I've read some tips about soaking the rope in fabric softener, to make the bury easier, but I'll have a go without first.

 

Worst thing that can happen is that my rope gets shortened by 1.2m, which is OK. Crossing my fingers (until I start splicing, that is)

[DrewB]

If it gets tight when burying the last inch of so, go at the throat of the splice with a rubber mallet to soften it. Works 99% of the time. If the rope is only a little used you should have no problems. And yep, Samson instructions are the best. There ate also some very clear YouTube vids

[Peter]

I have spliced used Fire, if the core is still clean it's not too bad.

 

Make sure you don't catch any cover strands when you insert the fid to make the final bury.

[Cleetus]

Morton

 

Follow the Samson instructions but if your splicing XTC then only remove 9 cover strands not 10 for your taper, the inner core with XTC is slightly bigger than samson 16 strands so leaving that extra strand in keeps the same diameter from the taper down.

 

As the rope is used the throat of the splice is likely to be tight so as mentioned before whack it with a mallet which will relax the strands, then bend the throat backwards and forwards.

 

Work the rope, dont let the rope work you.

 

 

Hope this helps

 

Lee