For my usual job (arborist only, not logger), I see 3 levels of stretch in my rigging gear.
- the 1/2" 3 strands, very stretchy due to how it's made and the applied force being not very far from the WLL. You get a good part of the stretch possibly affecting the rope.
- the 5/8"+ (16mm) braided...
With a real static rope/cable, the tree will just "sit" on it, even if you didn't pull hard enough initially. That's assuming that you pulled all the slack off the system and beyond, though.
The issue with a stretchy rope is that you have to be sure to overcome all the back load when you make...
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