More rope troubles

[Lifesabeach]

I've got a brand new Arborplex 16 strand climbing rope and some idiot ran over it with their car... I'm wondering just how serious you guys think this is? Should I retire it (way) before it's time?

Thanks for reading and hope to see y'all here for the conference! :Monkey:

Aloha

 

[Tree Machine]

A very lighht passing-over with a propane toch (I mean very verylight ) in the runned area. If you go too heavy you'll begin melting fibers in the cross matrix. Under heavy abrasion, surface fibers fray and stick up like hairs on end. A light pass with the torch will melt those little hairs down into little microscopic spherical ball ends. This arrests the further pulling apart of that injured area.

If it's just compression, and there's no apparent fraying, just handle it with your hands, make sure there's no fine gravel ground into it. Hopefully it wasn't an 18 wheeler that ran over it. I assume the vehicle just ran over it and didn't skid across it or anything. Was it hanked or did they just run over a section?

I bet it's fine.

Aloha to you.

 

[rbtree]

I'd also assume that it is fine...by the way, Arborplex is 12 strand, and has no core, so it's easy to inspect....

 

[Tom Dunlap]

A very lighht passing-over with a propane toch (I mean very verylight ) in the runned area.

You aren't serious are you??? How can you control the heat? There is too fine a line between singeing and melting. I would never want to hear of anyone doing this.

That is not good advice.

If the frays are long, use a good pair of scissors to nip off the long frays. A good layer of fuzz protects the rope from more wear.

 

[Lifesabeach]

Correction, It is a Samson ArborMaster. And it was a section a mid point not the whole thing. I'll give it a good look from end to end for any change in diameter, and no, they did not peel out on it. Still not happy about it though, but my feeling is it'll be okay too.

Thanks for all your input everyone.

Aloha!

 

[Tree Machine]

You aren't serious are you??? How can you control the heat? There is too fine a line between singeing and melting. I would never want to hear of anyone doing this.

That is not good advice.

Tom's right. I don't know what I was thinking. Maybe this is better advised for certain instances with a wirecore flipline. My apologies for this and the questionable past-tense use of run.

 

[Mike Barcaskey]

chaulk it up to those meds TM

 

[Tree Machine]

Heh heh.

 

[begleytree]

I'd have been more worried about the rope being caught on the passing car, and going for a ride.
-Ralph

 

[Lifesabeach]

I was on the ground when it happend... Reminded my groundies to secure the equipment before cleaning up. I was pissed at the guy who ran over it (kept it to myself) because he was a landscaper. It seems at tleast they would understand something about safety equipment.

Guess not

 

[Ekka]

I was on the ground when it happend... Reminded my groundies to secure the equipment before cleaning up. I was pissed at the guy who ran over it (kept it to myself) because he was a landscaper. It seems at tleast they would understand something about safety equipment.

Guess not

Ha ha, most the trees I cut down were planted by landscapers.

 

[Lifesabeach]

Yeah they look great when they're six feet tall all bunched together don't they.

 

[sharpstikman]

speeking of rope fuzz you can even use a hair blowdryer[without wife knowing] to shrink up fibers just dont touch tip to rope

 

[Jim1NZ]

Yeah they look great when they're six feet tall all bunched together don't they.

Ha ha yea, they are 6 feet tall for a year and grow to be a massive tree that, of course, is planted right next to the house.

Ah you gotta love landscapers, especially when they plant ivy which grows alllll over that tree....

 

[Kneejerk Bombas]

speeking of rope fuzz you can even use a hair blowdryer[without wife knowing] to shrink up fibers just dont touch tip to rope

You aren't serious are you??? I would never want to hear of anyone doing this.

That is not good advice.

If the frays are long, use a good pair of scissors to nip off the long frays. A good layer of fuzz protects the rope from more wear.

 

[Tree Machine]

Mike's right. I don't know what you were thinking, Sharpstik. Chalk it up to the meds. Heh heh.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

speeking of rope fuzz you can even use a hair blowdryer[without wife knowing] to shrink up fibers just dont touch tip to rope

I thought that might have been covered in my reply above, I guess not...

 

[Stumper]

Alright everyone. Let's be reasonable. Torching, heatgunning and blowdrying rope fibers isn't something to be recommended but ..... If you have done that sort of thing to your rope and didn't melt/fuse the outer fibers thta weren't raised on that rope you haven't really harmed it.

 

[Kneejerk Bombas]

I disagree.
Each little fiber now has a melted ball on the end, a melted ball that will then be pulled out by the root the first time it encounters friction. If you think about what is going on at the molecular level, there could be substantial weakening of the rope. And if done repeatedly, it can not be good.
If you are not sure about a rope problem, contact the manufacturer. Most are very willing to connect you with the department that can give known facts about their products.
If you find one that recommends taking a blow dryer to your ropes, let me know I'll paypal you $20.