Anyone using snatch rings?

[Hodge]

Great innovation.
Can replace the hefty ARB snatch block residing in my draws constantly being a burden in a already gvm tickling GU.

In power industry over in the us of A , they have been using this ring technology as an insulator when rigging ropes through live line work.
Something unheard of here in behind the times land of Oz.

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[10G]

Great innovation.
Can replace the hefty ARB snatch block residing in my draws constantly being a burden in a already gvm tickling GU.

In power industry over in the us of A , they have been using this ring technology as an insulator when rigging ropes through live line work.
Something unheard of here in behind the times land of Oz.

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Yeah, I reckon this idea must have come from somewhere else. I was thinking it's something you'd see on yachts with all their lines & pulleys etc.

[MudRunnerTD]

This is great discussion.

I brought this up, as last weekend I was going through what to pack for my trip and unpacked my snatch block & shackles. I need to get rid of unused things and reduce weight.

Carried the snatch block around for a 1000 years and never used it, but understand its usefulness. I've replaced the shackles with soft ones and am tossing up about this ring thing.

I've not watched the vid yet, but I can understand how the ring would rotate around the shackle if for no other reason than the rope is wrapped around the ring, or the rope has more surface area contacting the ring than the shackle so the rope will have more 'power' behind it to rotate the ring than the shackle which is stationary. Happy to be told I'm wrong, I'm not an expert.

My driving would see me maybe wearing this out in a gazillion years, but saving weight in my vehicle immediately.

This would be a good item to organise as a group buy I reckon.

Im in for a group buy for sure

[MudRunnerTD]

[MB]

That looks much more reassuring Daz mate, is it two ropes together to make a single soft shackle bound at the monkey fist knot thingy?


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[threedogs]

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

[MudRunnerTD]

@matfew can you post a couple of pics of that snatch block in the back of your GQ please mate. I ment to take a couple of pics.

[10G]

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

Yeah maybe TD?? The winch'll be getting hot as well, I reckon you'd need to rest the winch first, but I got no experience with this stuff.

[10G]

Hey @MudRunnerTD you guys doing a splicing workshop some time?????

I'm happy to get in touch with Drifta and see if they'd like to donate one to the meeting so you can all test it out and review it etc. Any thoughts on that???

[MudRunnerTD]

Hey @MudRunnerTD you guys doing a splicing workshop some time?????

I'm happy to get in touch with Drifta and see if they'd like to donate one to the meeting so you can all test it out and review it etc. Any thoughts on that???

Yeah thats is the plan. I'd be keen if they want to throw one my way. Happy to review it and post a Youtube vid of it for sure.