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    Quote Originally Posted by threedogs View Post
    I was thinking if your winching 4t thats going to build a heap of heat.
    Happy to be wrong , cant see it being safer and safety is the name of the game eh
    G'day TD. Was emailing Luke from Drifta, they se;; these rings. He sent me a video on which they use one of these rings to recover a fully loaded 79 series up a rise/hill. He said the rings hardly get warm. I haven't watched the vid yet. Here tis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liAneEO9ofI
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    I've been able to get a snatch ring from the good folks at Drifta for demo day use at @MudRunnerTD upcoming soft shackle / how to splice workshop.

    I'm looking forward to seeing what you guys think of them.
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    I was watching a youtube clip on these units in action, from a distributor in the UK from memory, and what I noticed was the soft shackle was fitted with a wear sleeve and the donut rotates directly on that surface rather than the rope. I thought that would probably be enough to get me to purchase one as the interface surface between the rope and ring is my only concern. I think they are a really simple device and improvement in a lot of conditions, but still holding onto the snatch block until I see some more feedback.

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    I use a chafe sleeve on my softies anytime I think they may be subject to friction heat or severe abrasion.

    You can use an old length of sleeve off a knackered Winch Rope or buy some.
    All you do is cut it to length and slide it over the softie.

    It's only like 10 to 15 bucks a metre and that metre will give you 3 or 4 sleeves at least.

    If you identify a need you slip a sleeve over the softie, attach the softie, do the deed, remove the softie and check for damage... just like using a...uuummmmm... nah, won't go there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by the evil twin View Post
    I use a chafe sleeve on my softies anytime I think they may be subject to friction heat or severe abrasion.

    You can use an old length of sleeve off a knackered Winch Rope or buy some.
    All you do is cut it to length and slide it over the softie.

    It's only like 10 to 15 bucks a metre and that metre will give you 3 or 4 sleeves at least.

    If you identify a need you slip a sleeve over the softie, attach the softie, do the deed, remove the softie and check for damage... just like using a...uuummmmm... nah, won't go there.

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    Nice, been looking and all i could find was expensive and not quite big enough for my 12mm. would you grab some 20mm for a loose fit over the 12mm Softy although it is a double length of 12mm so not sure that is big enough?
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    Quote Originally Posted by PeeBee View Post
    I was watching a youtube clip on these units in action, from a distributor in the UK from memory, and what I noticed was the soft shackle was fitted with a wear sleeve and the donut rotates directly on that surface rather than the rope. I thought that would probably be enough to get me to purchase one as the interface surface between the rope and ring is my only concern. I think they are a really simple device and improvement in a lot of conditions, but still holding onto the snatch block until I see some more feedback.
    In the previous Vid the guys specifically talks about the sheath. He was concerned about dirt under the sheath that you cant see. If everything is kept clean the risk is very low. The winch rope is no where near the soft shackle by design so it really is how clean the Soft Shackle is, Not the winch rope. This should be an instant inspection and judgement i think.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD View Post
    In the previous Vid the guys specifically talks about the sheath. He was concerned about dirt under the sheath that you cant see. If everything is kept clean the risk is very low. The winch rope is no where near the soft shackle by design so it really is how clean the Soft Shackle is, Not the winch rope. This should be an instant inspection and judgement i think.
    Totally agree Darren. For me the rolling and sliding winch rope is not the issue, its the static soft shackle. If that part stays out of the muck, and is protected by the sock, happy days. The winch rope may pick up some crap but its impact on the ring would be minimal I reckon, certainly no worse than a snatch block.

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    I have a heap of 25mm yacht rope Id love to find out what breaking strain
    or what its used for. Id love to have an eye spliced in each end. Ive used it once
    for a recovery and it was fine its an awesome piece of rope, I had about 20mtrs
    but cut it in half. maybe some one can tell me what I have from the colour marking
    on the rope.
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    By "Yacht Rope" I assume you mean double braid polyester IE an internal braided poly rope with an external poly braid over it and not Kernmantle over aramid or somesuch... IE this stuff
    https://www.whitworths.com.au/6mm-d-braid-white

    If so 25mm (which is pretty darn big) is rated around 15,000 Kg B.S... 20mm is 10 to 12,000 Kg B.S.
    Work backwards from there for knots used

    I say "around" as it is different for different manufacturers.

    FWIW I have some 20mm Marlowe 8 Braid at work hidden away as it is awesome to handle wet or dry (so perfect for mooring lines) but a pig to splice.
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