Side load carabiner test

[Weldabeast]

My gates dont touch

Right ..mine neither but some people may not be as mindful or they new to it.
There's lots of new guys jumping right into this stuff and they might not understand the danger

 

[tailgunner]

Good point.

 

[raisins]

Turning the carabiner down the tree decreases the angle that the spine is against the tree .not increases it.this puts more of the spine on the tree not less.making it less likely to bend.atleast you understand it is not sideloading on a corner.and the threads we hang from will break first.still gunna use them

true.....the extreme case of this to prove the point is that turned enough the carabiner just sits against the tree pointing straight down

the downward pull also puts more of the rope against the tree, which increases the friction between the rope and tree and decreases the force the carabiner sees (the extreme case to prove the point being to wrap the tether around the tree twice.....enough wraps and the carabiner wouldn't even be needed as the rope would just be stuck to the tree)

 

[tailgunner]

Adding to what da beast said.using carabiners you need to allways be mind full of their orientation.especialy in the dark.even if they do lock.and for that mater any other system too i guess.but you need a system you can repeat just by Touch with your eyes closed and being confident by feel alone

 

[TradBowGuy]

Tailgunner-how did you make those rope stopper/keeper thingys that I see on your 'biners?

 

[tailgunner]

They are elastic folded over and sewn 2 times.so it makes 2 loops with a grab tab at the end

 

[tailgunner]

 

[TradBowGuy]

Pretty sweet! Thanks!

 

[tailgunner]

You can wrap one around your tether with a quick link

 

[tailgunner]

 

[Iron_llama]

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That's brilliant, thanks!

 

[Samcirrus]

 

[peteherbst]

What a wild video.

Can’t imagine a better test of cross loading.

 

[Cajunyankee]

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What is that holding your rope from moving in the carabiner? Looks like 3 links of molle.

 

[chaded]

Elastic sewn to form two loops.

 

[tailgunner]

Yep

 

[tailgunner]

The things people worry about and over think is so funny to me ...especialy if they have already hurt thier selves on sticks then worry about thier carabiner.its like getting in a motercycle wreck then worrying about sitting on the couch.

 

[TreeRecon]

I did this today. I brought up the wrong sling with me for my SRT redirect. As you can see, the tag was still on it lol. I had to basket hitch it

It's a 50kN carabiner and my primary tie in was on a crotch about 30' above this.

 

[BTaylor]

I did this today. I brought up the wrong sling with me for my SRT redirect. As you can see, the tag was still on it lol. I had to basket hitch it

It's a 50kN carabiner and my primary tie in was on a crotch about 30' above this. View attachment 102040

Wouldnt have needed all that if you had just 2TC'd that tree.