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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=liAneEO9ofIQuote:
Originally Posted by threedogs
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.
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.
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.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Premium-Qua...lvWlJmGhKNdr7w
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?Quote:
Originally Posted by the evil twin
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by PeeBee
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD
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.
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.
You thinking like these BS 15TonQuote:
Originally Posted by PeeBee
Again I stress do not use these with my recovery points as they were not designed for soft shackles.
Ive noticed Road Safe selling soft shackles with copies of my recovery points, again DO NOT use them.
if you must first use a shackle so the soft shackle has a smooth round surface to work on
Yes TD, however like the double legged units better, I have some of the singles but have not used then as yet, and they are not protected like these are.
20mm fits my 12mm softies easypeasy... hardly gets used these days tho, they were made for truck recovery so are waaay overkill for most 4X applications... only ever been used regularly by my young fella in a prev job he had for a coupla years.Quote:
Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD
I made my sheaths from discards but FWIW I would suggest a metre of 20mm and a metre of 14mm and you would have a lifetime supply of sheathing for under $30.
I just keep a few sheaths in with my softies and slide the sheath on or off a shackle as required.
So just received this on the mail today. Looks pretty sweet actually. It's smaller than the other pics. This is the 5 ton unit which is a higher rating than the ARB snatch block.
Keen to see the bigger one but this is a rippa.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...2019/06/36.jpg
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...2019/06/37.jpg
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...2019/06/38.jpg
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...2019/06/39.jpg
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...2019/06/40.jpg
The slot is rated for up to 12mm but is a 20mm groove.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...2019/06/41.jpg
The centre is about 30mm. Will be interested to see how the 12mm soft shackle fits through the hole.???
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...2019/06/42.jpg
The outer diameter is 80mm and the inner rolling diameter for the outer rope is 40mm.
Thanks a heap to @10G for sorting this. Can't wait to have a play.
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I'm keen to see how you get on with it Darren. Gee it does look small. One thing I'll be interested to hear about is if it's difficult to use coz of its size?
Things like, is it too small to handle? Does it get lost in the recovery bag? do the ropes slip off it too easily and so on.