New Choking Crane Sling Stays on Hook

[cory]

Those look excellent

 

[sotc]

Egads, that was some rough work, shock loading nearly every pick. Cycles to failure...

 

[chris_girard]

Egads, that was some rough work, shock loading nearly every pick. Cycles to failure...

Very rough indeed and the sling looked like shit as well.

 

[chris_girard]

http://m.westechrigging.com/round-sling-hook-green.html

finnally found what my preffered CO has. its these hooks. we set two of them for each pick, oriented correctly and opposing. its pretty fast.

I have 2 of my own slings setup just like this Kevin and I have one CO who has decades of experience with tree work. He does not like to use them, but will as long as they are used in pairs. I have other (younger, less experienced) CO's that I use sometimes and we have used them by themselves with no issues. IMO, its all about proper balance-point-rigging in setting up the pick.

 

[woodworkingboy]

Both nylon or polyester, I think what most synthetic lifting slings are made from, degrade from exposure to UV. That one that broke sure looked sun beaten faded. Store them out of the sun when not in use at job sites wherever.