Cheap durable rope sleeve

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17 years 7 months ago - 17 years 7 months ago #129473 by SRT-Tech
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I made a flexible, inexpensive, and customizable to any length "rope sleeve", that i feel is better than the big bulky leather sleeves.

I basicall took the OUTER cover (polyester) of a bull rope (5/8") and heat sealed the ends, then coated the entire outer surface with GOOP (it was a bit messy doing this, but rubbing the cover with GOOP on both hands worked well). I then slid the cover (after the coating was dry) onto my tree ropes. It stays put when your hoisting your rope up, is easily set into place with a slip knot ont he climbing line. It follows the bends and contours of a limb or turnk quite easily. The Gooped cover grips when your climbing, and the climbign line feeds thru with almost no effort.

cost me nothing. i have an old bull rope, i can make up about 60 of these covers with the outer sheath. RECYCLED and CHEAP!!!

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17 years 6 months ago - 17 years 6 months ago #129789 by geofk12
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How about posting a pic?
Are you still using it? How is it holding up?
Geof

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17 years 4 months ago - 17 years 4 months ago #130149 by SRT-Tech
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i used it for work for a week in a disgustingly pitch ridden pine tree. That poor rope sleeve took a beating, gooped up in pitch, pine needles, dirt. The main part held up well, the ends frayed a bit. But since it was so cheap (recycled) i just tossed it and made another one. my rope stayed a lot cleaner.

no pics...no more camera

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