New Mainline in Warm Weather

[GramaCindy]

Very nice! Thanks SeanD

[VT_K9]

We ran into a little challenge when it has been cold on our 2" pump line. We are going to add some wider exhaust band clamps to stop the prusik from sliding when the pipe is very cold.

Mike

[bill m]

VT_K9 What are you using for your prusik? Also how many wraps are you doing? Maybe one more wrap will keep it from slipping. I use different prusiks for different jobs. Some are 3.5 mm polyethylene, some are 5/16 rope and some are flat webbing.

[VT_K9]

I have two I bought from Amazon after using them in ropes training. Those are 8mm and 24" long I am wrapping the pipe twice. My Father made a few with some rope he had around (probably 8mm similar to paracord) and these are about 24" maybe 30" long. Again only two wraps.

I thought about trying some webbing I have to see if that will help. My thoughts on more wraps would be more surface area and maybe not as much tension transferred to the pipe on each wrap (kind of like the PSI of a single wheel truck vs a dually).

If you have some thoughts it would save the time of setting up the extra clamp. But when it is warmer and the prusiks are relatively dry they work great.

Thanks,

Mike