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durangotang
Jun 11, 2009, 4:42 AM
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One of the ways I set up my line is with three biners. One at one anchor and the other two at the other anchor. With this method I have the line go under itself at both biners. This way, when I pull, the webbing bites on itself and the tension stays.
My question is whether this is horrible for the webbing. If my description isn't clear, I can try to post pictures.
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mach2
Jun 11, 2009, 4:54 AM
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pretty sure your system is referred to "a primitive setup" I've been doing it for 4 years and the actual walking section is far more succeptable to damage than the tightening bit
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areyoumydude
Jun 11, 2009, 6:18 PM
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The friction that is holding the tension will start melting your webbing. Get some 11/16th webbing. About 30' or so and use that as the tensioning system. That will save your slackline.
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HIGHER_CLIMBER
Jun 11, 2009, 8:34 PM
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I use the same system. It's been around for ages. You'll be fine. Just don't highling with it, obviously.
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cruxforchrist
Jul 15, 2009, 12:06 AM
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This is the same setup I use... Although I will say that I did encounter one of our BD oval biners breaking in half!!! Me and three other guys (overkill?) heaved on it twice... so I guess the friction (maybe there were structural issues with the biner.) was enough. Obviously, there is a considerable amount of friction between the webbing and biners while you're tugging...
But.....
So far, my webbing has held up fine and I've had no repeats of the above disaster  Haha... have fun!
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