bonner1040
Nick from Ohio
I broke a brand new 3/8" amsteel winch line today. We were, dont laugh, attempting to winch a tarp full of rakings into the truck. The winch is on the chipper and points to the rear, earlier in the day we ran the line out the feed slot, 180 degrees to the bag and up to a biner choked on a sling hanging from the knuckle... It easliy lifted the big log that wouldnt fit in the 18" chipper.
End of the day, big pin oak prune added after removals, finally done raking and the stupid tarp, maybe 100lbs but big and bulky gets us. It obviously wasnt the load, the line caught on a sharp edge and cut. The line was ran same as earlier.
The bright side of this is that we only had about 15' feet of line out so.... I learned to due a proper eye splice and I did my best to get it right, time will tell. As a bonus I now have a 15' piece of 3/8" Amsteel, 17,000 mbs.
I am trying to figure out what to do with it. Could I make a friction saver? My other idea is to make a loopie sling with a arborist ring and ISC block (the 4000lb one), I could use it like a standard rigging loopie branch, or if the thought struck me I could hang it basket with the rope through the block and the ring, giving me a rigging point that is retrievable much like a r/r friction saver?
What do you think? The line already has an eye splice on the one end, its not tight but it isnt a girth eye persay.
End of the day, big pin oak prune added after removals, finally done raking and the stupid tarp, maybe 100lbs but big and bulky gets us. It obviously wasnt the load, the line caught on a sharp edge and cut. The line was ran same as earlier.
The bright side of this is that we only had about 15' feet of line out so.... I learned to due a proper eye splice and I did my best to get it right, time will tell. As a bonus I now have a 15' piece of 3/8" Amsteel, 17,000 mbs.
I am trying to figure out what to do with it. Could I make a friction saver? My other idea is to make a loopie sling with a arborist ring and ISC block (the 4000lb one), I could use it like a standard rigging loopie branch, or if the thought struck me I could hang it basket with the rope through the block and the ring, giving me a rigging point that is retrievable much like a r/r friction saver?
What do you think? The line already has an eye splice on the one end, its not tight but it isnt a girth eye persay.