Handy

[Crispin]

Seeing as it's all things winch, I spotted this:

Thinking about when LB was dragging us through the mud and around trees with the rope being damaged, this would have been handy...

Easy to make one yourself.

 

[Jon Wildsmith]

while you're making yours can you make me one as well please

 

[Crispin]

I might even be able to make one of these

 

[Chris]

I looked at those and concluded it's more stuff to lug around. I have three snatch blocks now and I just use one of those and a strop if I need to stand the rope off something. When recovering yourself, the rope actually doesn't move so you can use a mat or something on a rock if it's in the way. It's only when the hook is moving - ie recovering someone else, that the rope gets really punished.

By the way, a rock protector sleeve is available for the Dyneema too. It protects the first 6 feet or so.

Chris

 

[pugwash]

the X-zag is pretty handy for all sorts of things- going round trees, over inclines, etc etc they are aso handy for lots of other stuff too- a pair make a nice base for a table, they are very handy for sawing on etc etc

you can get movable winch line protector sheafs though.