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Harken makes a crank that is designed to make room for 2 people

I explain it to taking a whipper in rock climbing on dynamic vs. static line. But now do it with a huge log. The loads a WAY higher. Shock absorption needs to come from somewhere and it ain't gonna come from a dyneema line! love nick

Yes, it handles heat WAY better. Dyneema is around 300* melting point, polyester is around 400*, vectran is around 700-800*. Tree guys will never notice the lack of creep. It's the high strength and high heat resistance we should care about. Do sailor run dyneema cored lines on their...

Ger- what's a D6?

I think the core is vectran (V for vectran, v for validator) but I could be wrong on that one. love nick

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For whatever reason ;) I'm pretty sure I have pics of carl's line. Carl- you don't have Validator, you have Validator II. The first is their hollow braid 12 strand. The second is the same rope with a 24 strand polyester cover over it. Roger- the splice was done as a locking brummel...maybe...

Yale's Ultrex Plus at 1/2" has an ABS of 20,000 pounds. It is a dyneema core (strong and low stretch) with a polyester cover (good UV protection and grip for the winch). Would that work? love nick