[TowerTalk] Rope for free hand lifting

JOHN OWENS ham38john at comcast.net
Tue Jul 5 13:32:24 EDT 2022


Small diam Samson braid is very good and kind to the hands. -  John Owens -  N7TK
> On 07/05/2022 10:16 AM N1BUG <paul at n1bug.com> wrote:
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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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