rope q

[Small Job Tim]

rope question for everyone here:
Can i use a 1/2" New England Safety Blue 3 strand rope as my bull rope? It'll be mainly used for pulling spars over and lowering branches from natural crotches. Since I don't have a block or porta wrap yet, it'll be used for mostly light duty stuff.
Baileys has it for pretty cheap and seems like it would do what i needed....any input?
thanks.

 

[treesquirrel]

rope question for everyone here:
Can i use a 1/2" New England Safety Blue 3 strand rope as my bull rope? It'll be mainly used for pulling spars over and lowering branches from natural crotches. Since I don't have a block or porta wrap yet, it'll be used for mostly light duty stuff.
Baileys has it for pretty cheap and seems like it would do what i needed....any input?
thanks.

Should be fine for light duty stuff, I use retired climbing lines (13mm) for light work.. Pulling down spars should be fine too as long as you are not tying it to the truck. If you need more pulling power just set up an ME with a pulley or two.

 

[lone wolf]

used them forever but dont get carried away with the weight.seen a couple snap with a truck forget that .will work great if you have common sense.

 

[Rftreeman]

I see no reason why you couldn't use it, that's all we had before braided ropes came along, don't over load it and you'll be alright, nothing wrong with using a truck to pull as long as you don't over do it...

 

[treemandan]

That would be a good rope to use for pulling spars as it would work with a Massdam rope puller real well.
You can use it for a lot of other things but in the end you will realize it pretty much sucks for anything but using in the MRP. Its way harder on bark than 16 strand and 1/2 inch is really light duty.

 

[Small Job Tim]

the add for the rope claims it has a tensile strength of 6,500 lbs, much more force than i will ever be applying to the rope.
I know everyone will say I'm crazy, but i have been using a tractor supply store 5/8" rope that has yet to let me down, so the New England would be a good upgrade.
Any other suggestions for a bull rope in the $75 - $100 range?
thanks for the input!

 

[Rftreeman]

the add for the rope claims it has a tensile strength of 6,500 lbs, much more force than i will ever be applying to the rope.
I know everyone will say I'm crazy, but i have been using a tractor supply store 5/8" rope that has yet to let me down, so the New England would be a good upgrade.
Any other suggestions for a bull rope in the $75 - $100 range?
thanks for the input!

you could get the 5/8 three strand instead of the 1/2, it's $110...