Anyone splicing their own soft recovery gear (snatch ropes or soft shackles)

I’m an arborist by trade and therefore pretty knowledgeable on rope and splicing and such.

I’ve spliced up a couple kinetic recovery ropes and a bunch of soft shackles. Just wondering if anyone else has too?

I’ve spliced myself 1”x20’ and a 5/8”x15’ kinetic recovery ropes with eyes in each end out of Atlantic braid double braid bull rope with two carriers per strand.
I’ve also done a whole bunch of soft shackles out of 3/8” Samson Amsteel and I tie the stopper knot with an overhand as opposed to the button knot since it’s easier to tie, easier to check your work on and consistently tests 3% stronger.

Anyone else splicing their own soft goods?

 

@Chux

 

I have not yet, but I would like to give it a go.
Where did you source the ropes? Any good resources for the splices/knots?

I researched everything like a year ago and didn't bookmark anything

 

If you plan on selling PM me with prices

 

I'd like to make my own soft shackles so I have enough. But how did you make your own kinetic rope? I'd love to learn


If you can would you be able to make a DIY on that style of soft shackle?

 

Those look great! I was a deck hand for a while and I enjoyed splicing the ropes. I guess that’s why they always had me do all the repairs. We used Amsteel, I still use it for tons of stuff.

I’ve set up quite a few camping hammocks with whoopie slings and shackles. The only large stuff I’ve made were a couple of shackles, same 3/8” Amsteel as you but I tend to favor a 2 or 3 bight Turks head stopper knot. I couldn’t tell you strength ratings on using that knot though, the guy I made them for still uses them, I think it’s been four or five years now.

 

I saw what was called a Whoopie Sling at a recovery seminar at an off-road rally last year. I guess they are popular in Australia for recovery lines. (And hammocks and arborists too?) It's basically a really long, adjustable tow rope. I couldn't find a good source to purchase one on-line. So I bought a synthetic winch line off Amazon and made one from that. I haven't tried it yet, but since it is made from a winch line, it should be plenty strong. Found this video of one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7-b0CJSyzY

 

Whoppies are used in arboriculture but a much more common configuration of the same idea, which I often use in 4x4 recovery as a “tree saver”, is the loopie.
I l made the loopie sling I carry and I use it all the time but I originally make it for tree work lol.
A loopie is the same Chinese finger trap concept but an adjustable loop instead of an adjustable eye-to-eye (Whoopie)

 

Fast fid from Factor 55 makes splicing easy

 

Like that adjustable length recovery rope.

 

I've make some soft shackles from Amsteel rope. I use them as tie downs too. Only issue is Amsteel rope is expensive.