[Mike Moore]

Just hit the harbor freight tent sale up on 9 mile. They have 75 foot polyester camo ropes on sale for $3. Will work great for safety ropes on loc ons and ladder stands. They look very similar to the style rope hunter safety system sells. I bought 8 of them but they have a box full.

 

[Try'n Hard]

A $3 "safety" rope? Was there any kind of load rating on them?

 

[Mike Moore]

A $3 "safety" rope? Was there any kind of load rating on them?

Only 300 pounds. Stretch, sunlight, abrasion, mildew resistant. I compared it to my HSS rope when I got to the camp and I swear its the same rope. I'm using them as "life lines" that run the length of the tree to attach to while ascending and descending. Guess a "$3 safety rope" is better than "no rope". Just passing along info. Feel free to refrain from purchasing.

 

[BobbyD]

I got my "lifeline" rope from weatherfords last year. It is actual climbing rope. May be more expensive and overkill, but i will trust it over a $3 rope

 

[Try'n Hard]

Only 300 pounds. Stretch, sunlight, abrasion, mildew resistant. I compared it to my HSS rope when I got to the camp and I swear its the same rope. I'm using them as "life lines" that run the length of the tree to attach to while ascending and descending. Guess a "$3 safety rope" is better than "no rope". Just passing along info. Feel free to refrain from purchasing.

I would suggest you research it before you climb with it. I made three lifelines several years ago. Don't have the numbers but did a lot of checking and purchase the correct rated rope. If you weigh 200 pounds and you fall 2 ft it puts about a 2000 pound "shock" load on the rope. Saving a few bucks is not worth putting your life in danger. I don't know you but am sure that your friends and family would agree

 

[MikeG]

ACE Hardware sells 100ft braided rope for 19.99 and its 2200lb rope. I make my lifelines out of that and use a smaller diameter 300 lb rope for my Prussik knot. Works great.

 

[johnf]

I bought my lifeline rope at a rock climbing store. It cost $15 per stand. For the extra $12 I would rather be safe than sorry.

 

[ABailey]

I got my "lifeline" rope from weatherfords last year. It is actual climbing rope. May be more expensive and overkill, but i will trust it over a $3 rope

X2. I don't trust the tools from harbor freight, definitely not trusting them with my life.

 

[Try'n Hard]

X2. I don't trust the tools from harbor freight, definitely not trusting them with my life.

Classic!

 

[Grassflatsfisher]

ACE Hardware sells 100ft braided rope for 19.99 and its 2200lb rope. I make my lifelines out of that and use a smaller diameter 300 lb rope for my Prussik knot. Works great.

+1!

 

[Mike Moore]

Guess rope is comparable to humans........ size is deceiving..... lol. I still swear its the same rope. Maybe an experimental study is in my near future. Maybe I'll tie 300 pounds to it and fling it out of a tree.

Did I mention that harbor freight had 75' bow pull up ropes on sale for $3

 

[KingCrab]

Thats why i dont hunt from no tree stand. Nothing is rated for me. 310 lbs. Not fat either. Just beer belly.:whistling: Ask Brandy.:shifty:

 

[bobinbusan]

weatherfords is the place to get your safety gear from, better safe then sorry:thumbsup:

 

[bigbulls]

Mike, That is definitely not the same rope. DO NOT trust your life, or any one else's life, with that rope from HF..

That rope from harbor freight is polyester braid with a cheap fiber core. It is not shock load rated and is not designed to arrest a fall.

The HSS rope is braided nylon and is rated as a dynamic load rope and is designed to stretch when it comes tight so it won't break your neck.

You are going to exert far more than 300 pounds on that rope if you ever have to use it as a fall arrest rope.

Assume a 200 pound man falls six feet and is stopped by a safety harness rope. When his fall is stopped by the rope he is exerting 2600 pounds of force on that rope. Do you really want to trust you life to that cheap $3.00 rope from Harbor Freight?

Force = Weight x ((Free Fall Distance/ Stopping Distance) +1) or
Force = 200 x ((6/.5) + 1) or
Force = 200 x (12 + 1) or
Force = 200 x 13 or
Force = 2600 pounds

Use the HF ropes for what they were designed for. Lashing stuff down in the back of your truck, hanging a deer, hanging elk or moose quarters, etc... etc.... Not saving your life when you fall from a treestand.

 

[Mike Moore]

Mike, That is definitely not the same rope. DO NOT trust your life, or any one else's life, with that rope from HF..

That rope from harbor freight is polyester braid with a cheap fiber core. It is not shock load rated and is not designed to arrest a fall.

The HSS rope is braided nylon and is rated as a dynamic load rope and is designed to stretch when it comes tight so it won't break your neck.

You are going to exert far more than 300 pounds on that rope if you ever have to use it as a fall arrest rope.

Assume a 200 pound man falls six feet and is stopped by a safety harness rope. When his fall is stopped by the rope he is exerting 2600 pounds of force on that rope. Do you really want to trust you life to that cheap $3.00 rope from Harbor Freight?

Force = Weight x ((Free Fall Distance/ Stopping Distance) +1) or
Force = 200 x ((6/.5) + 1) or
Force = 200 x (12 + 1) or
Force = 200 x 13 or
Force = 2600 pounds

Use the HF ropes for what they were designed for. Lashing stuff down in the back of your truck, hanging a deer, hanging elk or moose quarters, etc... etc.... Not saving your life when you fall from a treestand.

Point taken friend.