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Rope mod: Amsteel diameter?

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Shortdraw

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Hi All. Thinking of losing the straps on my Hawk Helium minis (ok, the replacement straps...the originals were the subject of a different thread!) and replacing them with Amsteel. Was going to just use the method of tying to/around my versa button and hitching it. What is the generally accepted Amsteel diameter for this method? Thanks!
 
Lots of folks have used 1/4” over the years, myself included, and that works really well. Some folks are not doing full buries in 1/8 but that’s a bit more work without a ton of gain IMO. I know others have gone smaller, too, but I for one like the larger diameter for handling and getting around the tree etc. I also find it easier to make the splice on the larger sizes.
 
1/4” it’s a lot easier to throw around those bigger trees.
 
Hey before you order, try using your straps with no buckles. You may like that even more than amsteel
 
Hunter260 said:
Hey before you order, try using your straps with no buckles. You may like that even more than amsteel
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Hmmm, do you mean just wrapping the strap around the versa button as if it were the amsteel rope? If so, that sounds like a great use for the Helium straps since the buckles were worthless!
 
Shortdraw said:
Hmmm, do you mean just wrapping the strap around the versa button as if it were the amsteel rope? If so, that sounds like a great use for the Helium straps since the buckles were worthless!
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Works like a charm! Only downside is you won’t get them around big trees, but small trees are a lot easier to climb anyway.
 
Hunter260 said:
Works like a charm! Only downside is you won’t get them around big trees, but small trees are a lot easier to climb anyway.
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Tried it out with my daisy chain webbing and the Amsteel daisy chain, both from Eastern Woods ]Outdoors. Both worked great with the buckle-less approach. Thanks for the tip. May hold off on the Amsteel order for a while! And notably lighter and cleaner than having those buckles wrapped around the sticks!
 
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