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How far out will you kill an elk by yourself?
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<blockquote data-quote="Noobie" data-source="post: 3085890" data-attributes="member: 127485"><p>Was winching some large cut logs into the truck up a ramp once with about 50' of 5/8" twisted nylon rope. Had a heavy pulley on it and a log got hung up. Stretch on typical nylon is 30% before failure and was using a 2000 pound winch. Think 50' slingshot. When the rope broke (wasn't looking back to see the stretch) the pulley slammed into the back of the steel headache bar with a bang that could probably be heard for miles. Climbing rope comes in two varieties, static and dynamic, both with a uni core and a woven case. The dynamic rope is supposed to stretch so a falling climber gets stopped gradually. Static rope has quite a bit less stretch and is used for hauling gear etc. It still has plenty of stretch though, and I wouldn't want 1000 yards of it strung all over with pulleys. </p><p>We switched to wire rope long ago for tree felling, learned how to splice it because stupid wire nuts always fail. Even wire rope can pack a punch so the rule is to NEVER be in the line of fire. The other issue is slings. We use large load rated kevlar slings to attach hardware to trees to protect them from damage. Everything in the load train is load rated, such as forged eye bolts instead of the ones bent from steel rod. </p><p>I suppose if the pulleys were attached to the trees with super heavy duty gear, leaving just the rope to recoil (no hardware in the load string, just rope), it would take some of the risk out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Noobie, post: 3085890, member: 127485"] Was winching some large cut logs into the truck up a ramp once with about 50' of 5/8" twisted nylon rope. Had a heavy pulley on it and a log got hung up. Stretch on typical nylon is 30% before failure and was using a 2000 pound winch. Think 50' slingshot. When the rope broke (wasn't looking back to see the stretch) the pulley slammed into the back of the steel headache bar with a bang that could probably be heard for miles. Climbing rope comes in two varieties, static and dynamic, both with a uni core and a woven case. The dynamic rope is supposed to stretch so a falling climber gets stopped gradually. Static rope has quite a bit less stretch and is used for hauling gear etc. It still has plenty of stretch though, and I wouldn't want 1000 yards of it strung all over with pulleys. We switched to wire rope long ago for tree felling, learned how to splice it because stupid wire nuts always fail. Even wire rope can pack a punch so the rule is to NEVER be in the line of fire. The other issue is slings. We use large load rated kevlar slings to attach hardware to trees to protect them from damage. Everything in the load train is load rated, such as forged eye bolts instead of the ones bent from steel rod. I suppose if the pulleys were attached to the trees with super heavy duty gear, leaving just the rope to recoil (no hardware in the load string, just rope), it would take some of the risk out. [/QUOTE]
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