I had a spare bridge laying around I had made out of a shorty of 1/2 or 7/16" amsteel. It's a little bit of overkill - I think it's rated for 17,000lbs, or the weight of @Nutterbuster's noggin after all the redneck love he's getting.
I don't like loose braid ropes of any kind for applications where they can catch. I was standing up on platform with bridge unloaded, and the bridge caught on the lock of my carabiner. I was sloppy and didn't set it back down in the valley of the biner before loading the bridge again. I felt a nice twinge, and looked to see I had ripped up one of the strands. Granted, the weight rating is now 16,000lbs, it illustrates the point.
Make sure you keep any loose braid ropes under tension in a spot like this when you can, and take care to lay them back in the bottom of the biner before you reload. I don't think it's a lifesaving tip, more of a preventative maintenance type thing. I prefer tight braids for bridges for not having to think about this when I'm in the tree. It's worth a couple of ounces to me.
Man my hips have not remembered last season well - gotta get used to the diaper again...
I don't like loose braid ropes of any kind for applications where they can catch. I was standing up on platform with bridge unloaded, and the bridge caught on the lock of my carabiner. I was sloppy and didn't set it back down in the valley of the biner before loading the bridge again. I felt a nice twinge, and looked to see I had ripped up one of the strands. Granted, the weight rating is now 16,000lbs, it illustrates the point.
Make sure you keep any loose braid ropes under tension in a spot like this when you can, and take care to lay them back in the bottom of the biner before you reload. I don't think it's a lifesaving tip, more of a preventative maintenance type thing. I prefer tight braids for bridges for not having to think about this when I'm in the tree. It's worth a couple of ounces to me.
Man my hips have not remembered last season well - gotta get used to the diaper again...
