[TowerTalk] Rope for free hand lifting

[Jon]

You should be able to find 1/2” and 5/8” braided nylon rope at Home Depot
and Lowes.  It is relatively soft and easy on the hands as well as fairly
low stretch.

73,
Jon
KD5SFA

On Tue, Jul 5, 2022 at 12:16 N1BUG <paul at n1bug.com> wrote:

> 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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