I am looking for suggestions on rope. I often do tower work alone and
use a rope to pull up items such as buckets of tools, rotators,
equipment boxes, etc. I attach one end of the rope to the item while on
the ground, climb the tower with the other end, then use the rope to
pull the item up to me.
I have been using 5/16" dacron rope for several years but gripping the
small diameter rope is not comfortable when there is a 20 to 40 pound
load on the other end. I would like to replace the rope with something
larger in size.
Ideally I want 1/2" to 5/8" braided rope with reasonably low stretch,
reasonably light weight, somewhat abrasion resistant. I would like to
try 5/8" if that doesn't make the rope too heavy. I do not like twisted
ropes. They allow loads to spiral excessively and always seem to get
snarled up. Suggestions?
There are very few brick and mortar stores that sell quality rope near
me, so I am probably looking at purchasing from an online vendor. That
said, buying rope without seeing and feeling it can be a gamble... hence
the reason for my question.
73,
Paul N1BUG
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