Old Ropes.

[Climbinfool.]

What in the world do you guys and gals do with all your used up ropes?. To bad there wasn't a way to recycle them and makes other things.

 

[squisher]

I do nothing much with them. Give them away to friends/family who think they might have a use for them.

Someone awhile back posted pics of rugs made from them I think? That was cool.

Many things I feel this way about. I've got a whole pail of used chipper knive bolts just waiting for a project of some sorts.

 

[Tucker943]

I keep a few around for odd tasks. Pull lines for small trees, choker lines for big brush piles to drag them with a machine, use them with the maasdam to pull uprooted stumps back in the hole, use them to pull trucks out of mud, or for very light rigging such as very small limbs.

 

[treesmith]

What's a "used up rope"?

 

[bonner1040]

http://www.sterlingrope.com/recycle

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[gf beranek]

Don Blair wrote a heck of a funny, but still serious, story about old an rope.

He said it was shot, picked, frayed, tattered, thin in some places and thick in others. Threw it in the back of the truck with some other junk and went to the dumps. Backed up to the heap, got out of the truck and started tossing.

Some guys next to him saw that rope fly through the air and land in the heap and went right over and picked it up. "Man look and this! This is some good shit! Wow, what a find." They threw it in the back of their truck and Don went over and told them, "Hey, that's worn out rope! it's not safe to use for anything!" "Oh, no, this is good shit, man.! We can use it!" And off they drove with the old rope in the back of their truck.

After that Don said, "From now on every old rope gets cut up in 6 foot pieces"

 

[stig]

We cut ours up as well.
Simply so we won't be tempted to use them again.
Not into 6 foot lengths, though.

With the winters we have here, most people are happy to get a 30 foot rope to keep in the car, in case they need assistance getting unstuck from the snow.

So we give them away to neighbours and clients. Better than just tossing them out IMO.

 

[squisher]

Anyone else remember those rugs? I think it was NoBivy who posted about them?

 

[Burnham]

I recall, sure.

 

[squisher]

I tried searching for it, maybe it was in one of the versions that was lost?

I thought he had a link or something to to how it was done, they were weaved or something. I'd like to see that again if anyone recalls/knows how to find it.

 

[PCTREE]

No it was Frans who made the rugs...

 

[rangerdanger]

Use them for tie downs on the trucks, pull ropes for smaller trees, pulling stuck trucks, dragging brush with the truck or a machine.

 

[wiley_p]

I hack them up into smaller pieces that can't be used for climbing as well.

 

[Husabud]

I give them to friends for low hanging rope swings. In ten years only one two foot drop on some fat arse is the only issue.

 

[brendonv]

Black bag and toss them. If I kept everything that still had a little bit of use left it in I wouldn't be able to walk in my garage. Went on a throwing away spree this afternoon actually, and I saw some old ropes fly by.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I cut them into small lengths for horse owners I know. Just for bridle leads..
I also had cut them 12 foot for the quad to drag stuff. Probably will do it for the Willys as well.

 

[Tucker943]

I spank bad employees with them too.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I'm gonna stick with the halter lead story

 

[MasterBlaster]

I miss Frans.

 

[Tree Reb]

I tried searching for it, maybe it was in one of the versions that was lost?

I thought he had a link or something to to how it was done, they were weaved or something. I'd like to see that again if anyone recalls/knows how to find it.

It was Frans. https://www.masterblasterhome.com/showthread.php?9239-Ocean-Plat-(rope-rug) but he didn't post a link.

This shows you how.http://www.summitpost.org/so-you-want-to-make-a-rope-rug-eh/263578

I wonder if it would work with hemp rope, I've still got a heap of that along with chipper knives and old chains. [I did post something about using them once but it's gone]

 

[flushcut]

I use old ropes for things that will destroy them further like dragging brush or skidding logs with machines and general uses where 1/4" cloths line would do but I'm using 9/16SB. I think that is a dignified death for the old snarly and all the fond memories and $$ that were had.

 

[squisher]

It was Frans. https://www.masterblasterhome.com/showthread.php?9239-Ocean-Plat-(rope-rug) but he didn't post a link.

This shows you how.http://www.summitpost.org/so-you-want-to-make-a-rope-rug-eh/263578

I wonder if it would work with hemp rope, I've still got a heap of that along with chipper knives and old chains. [I did post something about using them once but it's gone]

Thanks, Snarf was doing it eh? Good to see my memory isn't letting me down. Lol.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I use old ropes for things that will destroy them further like dragging brush or skidding logs with machines and general uses where 1/4" cloths line would do but I'm using 9/16SB. I think that is a dignified death for the old snarly and all the fond memories and $$ that were had.

I always feel like I am putting an old friend out to pasture.. Funny how we can get attached to something

 

[flushcut]

I always feel like I am putting an old friend out to pasture.. Funny how we can get attached to something

Yea it's true. (for me as well) I think some gear kind of becomes part of us, we trust our lives and lively hood to the stuff. Kinda hard to say good bye some times.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Almost forgot. Sometimes I use them for dock lines for our little boat.
If you wash them nice, they are good for Tuesdays as well