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Video of rope stress with a ropman 1 and kong duck

onestringer

onestringer

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Got bored yesterday and decided to do some shock loading on some ropes using a kong duck, ropeman 1, and some prusik cord. I am not giving any advice or recommendations just merely my observations in a very non scientific test. Like I said I was bored yesterday evening and since DanO is now selling oplux by the foot I no longer have to buy 100 ft at a time. In all of the tests only the rope sheath was damaged, I did not see any damage to the inner core.

 
onestringer said:
Got bored yesterday and decided to do some shock loading on some ropes using a kong duck, ropeman 1, and some prusik cord. I am not giving any advice or recommendations just merely my observations in a very non scientific test. Like I said I was bored yesterday evening and since DanO is now selling oplux by the foot I no longer have to buy 100 ft at a time. In all of the tests only the rope sheath was damaged, I did not see any damage to the inner core.

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well that pretty much shows why I love a friction knot...and there is rally no reason to back it up other than a stopper knot.

And I"ll deal with a little car damage when my boys or older if it means theres a time I get to say " I really dont have anything to do"...
 
Vtbow said:
well that pretty much shows why I love a friction knot...and there is rally no reason to back it up other than a stopper knot.

And I"ll deal with a little car damage when my boys or older if it means theres a time I get to say " I really dont have anything to do"...
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Like your demo test...couple of guys on YT suggesting the ropeman 1 is not safe and that they prefer to use a prusik. I suspect the load would have to be from an extreme drop to cause such damage. I believe most SH are pretty much tethered to a tree in such a way that a foot drop would not cause this type damage. In any event well done thanks for taking the time to damage some GooD Rope
 
Sooo a ropeman, Kong or Prussic is perfectly safe for all of us! Cool test, next time maybe drive it off a cliff and see what happens. Lol. Use a winch to pull you back up?


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Good test. Thanks for sharing. Was I seeing right that the Ropeman and Kong Duck slipped slightly under the shock load? If that is the case it is possible that the slip might soften the blow of the drop somewhat.
 
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