Tips & Advice

Rope winder 320 mm aluminium 1. 4. 2024

New product on sale - the Mastrant rope winder! See the description for a better understanding of the variability of use. On sale in the USA from May (after Dayton).

Ground peg 300 mm aluminium 25. 1. 2024

Rope termination tests 18. 1. 2024

What exactly does it look like when a rope with different terminations is stretched until it breaks?

Two basic types of terminals were used in the test:

1) Loops around a smooth small diameter log.

2) Thimble with Fist-Grip, knots and securing Bull-Dog Grip.  

When testing the strength of the rope in the laboratory, either the rope is wrapped with several turns around a large diameter cylinder or the rope is fixed in special jaws (where the fibres in the rope barely bend at all).

See the test in video: Mastrant tests: Breaking strength of different terminations (Premium rope 12 mm - 1/2") (youtube.com) (with details in description).