Amsteel

[Lumberjack]

I got my Wespur catalog in this week, and I noticed that they sell Amsteel in any length, from 5/16"-58". My question to yall, is would the 5/16" (rated to 13.7K) make a good sling? I know that Amsteel wouldnt make a good rigging rope, except for steady pulls and such, because of its lack of stretch. My thinking is that it would be fine for slings because the sling doesn't need to stretch, the rigging rope would do that.

I could see me making loopies out of the 5/16" for life support such as when I am above my TIP and I want to add a TIP to the line higher up. It would be small enough to store half a dozen in my bag, and use them with a biner (of course). I could use some for life support, and others for rigging.

I know that alot of yall don't like black widow (Amsteel), but do like it, I am just wondering if it would make an acceptable sling material.


Thanks
Carl

 

[MasterBlaster]

Whadaya want with all that stuff? Is that part of your SRT stuff?

I use slings when I work with a crane.

 

[rborist1]

:Eye:

 

[MasterBlaster]

Ah-Ha! SRT stuff.

Now I unnerstan.

:alien:

 

[NickfromWI]

Carl, that's good stuff. Great for rigging slings. You have to keep in mind that when you splice it, you have to follow different rules than if it was just a regular polyester single braid. This is one of those instances that you should be really aware of ANSI's "splice according to manufacturers reccomendations."

I have the directions from Samson that I could fax you, but you should be able to get it off their website.

love
nick

 

[Lumberjack]

My fax line is 662-241-5706. I figured that it would take some special doins. Is a loopie possible?


Thanks
Carl

 

[rbtree]

Originally posted by MasterBlaster
Whadaya want with all that stuff? Is that part of your SRT stuff?

I use slings when I work with a crane.

Who said anything about SRT?

Good gracious!

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Rigging slings and block anchors Butch.

Unless you'r going to buy a lot of it, I don't see the need. standard singel braid is fine for rigging slings.

I could see AmSteel if you splice your own crane slings, it would be cheeper and lighter then the Aramid fiber filled tube webbing.

I could see a few block slings, reduce the weight of your kit a bit.

The stuff was desiged for tugboat hawser, shoule work well for what we do.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

I was on the phone with Treeman218 yesterday and this thread came up. (Many why can't you post these things yourself! ) Guess that is the price I pay for posting my number

for a loopie you would have to call the maker for a burry length, and it would be very long sice the stuf is so slick.

Another problem is the melting point of Dyneema is under 200* so anyplace where there is rope on rope contace durring dynamic loading you should have some tube webbing to buffer.

The friction on load uptake could cause enough heat to do some melting.

Otherwise the product is great for heavy lifting. You can inspect the loadbearing portion of the sling, unlike Tuflex and the like, wich are core dependant products.

I guess it is better for me to post these things, I have to think about it more then if I was just reading.

 

[Hemlock]

Now yer loggin' RB! Gotta love the simple things in life.

 

[NickfromWI]

Sounds about right to me, JP. Gotta bury deep with the high tech lines....and a nice smooth long gradual taper.

love
nick