[College of ACES] [University of Illinois] [Illinois CES]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Eye-Splicing 16strand

arb@concentric.com
Sun, 21 Jun 1998 22:28:32 -0500

dbl,
You asked : How many splices(home splices) do you think Samson
& New Eng. have seen?
A bunch, they have tree people, boating people
and others sending in their work. If you think
I'll called just anybody, think again! Each
time I have only talked to the labs. These
people go out in the field to see what's
going on and also set the specs. for tensile
strengths and so on.THEY ARE PHD'S AND NOT SALES PEOPLE!
Matter of fact BOTH labs
stated that a proper eye splice will not retain
90% of the rope's strenght! Not even close!!
The people at the labs, are experts in their
field. I'm not working in their field! So I do
listen!

About the stitch lock, go back & read my thread.
You agreeing with what I said.
Splices have been around for long time, I not
complaining. Maybe I'm just writting about what
no one else has thought about?

The bottom line: If you have spliced
a lowering sling and someone overloads it
and that chunk of wood hurts or kills someone
WHO DO THINK IS LIABLE? THE PERSON OR COMPANY
THAT ALTERED THE ROPE.

3/4" SLING? Have you ever dropped hitch
a 1,800lb. chunk w/o letting it run?
I have 3/4" is only good for the light stuff.
Your missing the point, the rope will fuse & break before
the eye fails!
We use 1.250" & 1.500" double braid slings for
the bigger stuff!!

Gimmie fuel, gimmie fire, ahh you know the rest!