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    Anyone ever test Amsteel continuous loops?

    I'm sure the rope itself has been tested, but has anyone ever piled a bunch of weight onto a continuous loop to see how much they can hold? My shop has certified test weights, and while we're not really set up to test rope to failure, I could certainly try to lift a 1,000lb cast iron test weight and see what happens.

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    Better get a bigger weight. Properly tested, it should break at ~1.6 to 1.9 times single rope strength.

    See slides 12-13 of this document... http://www.samsonrope.com/Documents/..._March2011.pdf

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    Also some real time breakage testing of various Dyneema cordage knots, whoopie slings, brummel splices, soft shackles, long and short bury, etc... (1/8-inch Dyneema)

    http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC38o...BFsg6xg/videos

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    too much math. now me brain is hurting.

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    You've gonna need a bigger boat.

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    Hasn't Opie done some testing Amsteel in various spliced configurations?

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