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Originally Posted by George Hayduke  Sewn webbing slings have a long and successful performance history. They have been used in lots of applications and are solid workhorses. Worrying about thread or stitching stretching...huh? You gotta be kiddin' ??? |
What I'm saying is short of breakage, that would be the only worry, not that I'm worried about it on an emotional level, I climb on the same stuff as you, usually my own tied slings out of 1" tubular webbing with a Beer knot, or a Water knot, but usually the former. But actually worrying about the stitching? No need for concern. I'm sorry I wrote it like that
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Originally Posted by George I've taken short pieces of retired climbing lines and tied them into loops using double fisherman's knots and used them for rigging chokers. |
Sure, as have we all. A seasoned rigger is going to have a collection of different slings, different materials, different length, different styles and different ratings for the various rigging tasks that come up.
Slings are the foundation of lifting or rigging down things that have mass.
Slings are static, by design, as stretch lends an element of unpredictability. When you have stretch, it's because you have elasticity. If you have elasticity you have the potential for bounce. Bounce is usually not good when dealing with heavy loads. But then again, that's a generalization.