Belay Loop Testing

Post by **dmw** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:48 pm

you can have my BOD harness, Piggie. It is in the mail for you....

Post by **pigsteak** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 1:21 am

it better be an XXL dmw...

btw, I miss you. hope your summer is blissful.

Post by **Meadows** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 1:37 am

pigsteak, I thought you started wearing my old harness? BTW, I just retired the one you and Karen "fixed" because I wore out the tie points, but I might duct tape it now.

Post by **Legion** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 4:53 am

A friend and I just pull tested the belay loops on our old harnesses. My Arc'teryx broke at 2900lbs and his Rock Exotica broke at 4900lbs. Both were heavily used with visible wear.

Post by **Saxman** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 5:30 am

That's it. I am constructing an entire harness out of duct tape!

Post by KD » Wed Jun 13, 2007 5:51 am

kirker wrote:The whole thought of belaying from anything, but the "belay loop" seems a little over kill.

I'm sure that what ever force is going to break my belay loop will jerk my 190lb ass up before the loop breaks lessing the fall facture.

With that seid and the results from the tests ran by Wildcountry, and those fall facture tests ran by Weber should put anyone's worry to rest.

you got a 190 lb ass? lets go campin.

Post by **anticlmber** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 6:00 am

i'd like to know if the did the pull tests with the cuts on the pull bars. it shouldn't make a huge difference but i'd like to see it. if your biner is on that slash then how much will it hold?

Post by **kirker** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:18 pm

KD wrote:
kirker wrote:The whole thought of belaying from anything, but the "belay loop" seems a little over kill.

I'm sure that what ever force is going to break my belay loop will jerk my 190lb ass up before the loop breaks lessing the fall facture.

With that seid and the results from the tests ran by Wildcountry, and those fall facture tests ran by Weber should put anyone's worry to rest.
you got a 190 lb ass? lets go campin.

Post by **tomdarch** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 2:19 pm

anticlmber wrote:i'd like to know if the did the pull tests with the cuts on the pull bars. it shouldn't make a huge difference but i'd like to see it. if your biner is on that slash then how much will it hold?

Good idea! Also - it would be good if the 'pull bar' was shaped like the narrow end of the 'biner. The edges of the webbing will be pulled harder than the middle because of the curve, so the loop might fail sooner. I'd guess that it would still be over 2,000 lbs, but it would be good to know. (and, of course the test would need to be run on enough samples to give a good statistical range, etc.)

Post by **Like This** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 3:44 am

Windex and duct tape fixes all.