[TowerTalk] Abrasion protection for rope lanyards

[EUGENE SMAR]

Mark:

     You're assuming that the underlying rope wil NEVER get cut.  Covering
up a rope lanyard, so that any abrasions or cuts are shielded from view,
would give me the heebie-jeebies (forgive me - I'm not actually old enough
to use that expression.)  My thinking is that if I have to protect my safety
device from damage like that, I should be looking for another solution.

73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark ." <n1lo at hotmail.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Abrasion protection for rope lanyards


> Hello TowerTalkers;
>
> I use a sleeve of tubular nylon webbing over my rope lanyards. This
> protective layer is easily inspected before and after each climb.
Dangerous
> abrasion is quite visible before the main element becomes damaged. Perhaps
> something like this would be sufficient, depending on just how sharp the
> edges of the tower angles are.
> Is there another, more cut-resistant tubular braided material available?
> Stainless hose braid?
>
> --...MARK_N1LO...--
>
>
> Gene wrote:
> <...snip...
>      As I wrote in the referenced TT post (above), I don't like the idea
of
> a
> rope lanyard on angle tower members.  Too much risk that the rope will get
> cut
> or nicked by a steel angle.  I have a whole bunch of concrete in my
tower's
> foundation and it looks like it might hurt quite a bit if I were to fall
> onto it
> from the rotator platform of my tower!
>
> 73 and be safe de Gene Smar  AD3F ...>>
>
>
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