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pepereer
Jun 10, 2008, 2:41 PM
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Does leaving a slackline up for extended periods of time significantly reduce the its longevity?
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NJSlacker
Jun 11, 2008, 1:25 AM
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yea, especially if it's in the sun.
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pepereer
Jun 11, 2008, 3:46 PM
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Thanks for the reply. I set up my line in the shade to cut back on the amount of exposure my line receives from the sun.
I'm kind of wondering about how keeping the carabiners under constant tension will affect them. I figured the webbing will look weathered before its actually at the point of being unusable. I'm worried about the biners not showing any signs of weakening before they're shot.
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dreday3000
Jun 11, 2008, 5:42 PM
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In my experience, the major drawback you'll find is that your line will lose some elasticity if left out over a long period of time. Re tightening the line periodically should fix the problem.
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kennoyce
Jun 11, 2008, 6:42 PM
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Since carabiners are made of aluminum, and the gate of the biner makes it so that the biner will only deform elastically when used for slacklining, your biners won't loose any of their strength when left for prolonged periods of time.
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slacklinejoe
Jun 11, 2008, 9:43 PM
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kennoyce wrote: Since carabiners are made of aluminum, and the gate of the biner makes it so that the biner will only deform elastically when used for slacklining, your biners won't loose any of their strength when left for prolonged periods of time.
Unfortunately this isn't exactly the case. It depends on the load being left on the system. The weather won't harm it, but a decent preload can lead to deformation under extended periods.
Carabiners deform elastically with single short duration shock loads such as a lead fall, but that isn't what we're exposing them to here.
Webbing wise: yeah, it gets manky a lot quicker. It loses it's elongation characteristics making it more static and rough on the feet and it starts looking like crap due to UV exposure.
(This post was edited by slacklinejoe on Jun 11, 2008, 11:20 PM)
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Just-slackin-thru
Jun 12, 2008, 3:05 AM
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backyard slackline - one of mine was up for 3 years, finally broke this spring for the first time, then again 2 weeks later so I replaced it. Of course I don't try backflips or big airs on it as I am not good enough - or just too old - so that surely helped its longevity.
backyard highline - has been up for 1 year, seems fine but I am going to switch out to new webbing this month to be safe, I'll plan on that once a year I guess.
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