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    Splice or no splice

    All this talk of splicing taking sooooo much time, it’s like ten minutes to splice Stablebraid while drinking beer. The more you splice the faster you get at it. Besides splicing is a very convenient excuse to get out of family obligations and things in general you would rather not do. You “Hey...
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    Splice or no splice

    20% is 2000 pounds difference. What is the peak load with a 500lb chunk falling during negative rigging? I don’t know, but I like keeping as much strength as possible in all situations. Plus splices are just sexy!
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    Splice or no splice

    Why? You ask because we as tree people need to abuse ourselves and time in new and imaginative ways that aren’t conceivable to the rest of the population. Lol
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    Splice or no splice

    “Cry havoc! And let slip the final bury!” “Tis better to suffer the blisters and fids of outrageous rigging”
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    Splice or no splice

    I like splices. I splice one end and use that until is starts getting beat up or I start second guessing it, cut the splice off and splice up the other end of the line and when that starts getting beat up I down grade the line to mud work or retire it all together.
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