Breaking a Climbing Line?

[geofore]

climbing line

Once had a piece of hemp go bad, early 1970's, left it tied to the top of a stack for removing acid fumes when the rain started, acid ate it in three days. When working around this type of stack you use new rope. Every day you work you throw yesterdays rope away it part of the price of the job. The customer pays for new rope everyday a rope was used. Never had the new synthetic ropes go bad in treework short of human error, nick or cut by mistake. I don't know where your ins. person got the idea it would spontaniously break.
I did have one customer pay for a new rope when his wife drove over it coming home from the shopping. I gave him the rope but cut out the piece his wife drove over. As if she couldn't see the tree limbs in the driveway and knew we were working, she nearly ran over the groundman to get close to the door with the groceries.

 

[TheTreeSpyder]

The Insurance Man's instincts are right, it is crazy what we do.

It is just that we have a strategic attack; that he can't comprehend at a glance. If he does glance; it is prolly at an acturarial table, with worst cases memorable. Hey, all the sudden some guy wants to throw a party, and get together guys of all different levels of skill; from a proffession that can't quite figure out if it is the most dangerous around or not; and wannts this guy to insure it all! They'll be showing their best, newest tricks, racing etc., they'll be doing it 50' off the ground though; but its okay cuz they all know these secret knots that are just starting to be printed, and they'll tie them in like nylon line to their waist. If they fall, they just gots to remeber not to grab that knot; when they do the chainsaw part, they put 2 ropes on just in case. But, a rope will never break, that is just in case they cut one........

S/He is not from our world, pushes pencils rather than logs, not even sawdust and carabiners anywhere in the house! Heck, i think, there was a time when all that might not have sounded good to me; or i mighta paid to see such a show!

If all he is concerned with is the rope strength, he's easy! Heck your trying to get them to take the liability for the real problems! And we are so particular about this stuff cuz it is dangerous, and not every risk taker or manager will want it, it is in the red zone on the scale of all else that one could do.

They need to be told that the rope thing is like a joke; due to being sometimes ~30-40x strength of weight of man; and is elastic to boot, doesn't degrade due to miracle of synthetics. And you've asked people from all around the world!

If hesitation at risk type comes up; and they bring it up; ya might put it that you were trying to increase the safety of the whole area in one day like no other(from your vantage point of the riskier proffession), by meticulously doing everything right; so everybody wins(by setting the arguement against itself)!

Orrrrrrrrrr something like that!
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