para cord experiment

[halo]

hi guys!!

playtime:i've just done a little experiment with some paracord i bought from yeomans camping store,i think it was £6.99 for 15 mtrs,anyway what i did was this purly brainiac style mind you i asked my mate to come round with his hiab
and using a half full one tonne rubble sack(the kind builders merchants deliver sand and ballast in) i tied said cord to the handles and the hook on the crane
and started liffting it did stretch a bit at first )i only used about 5 mtrs and it took several good bounces with the crane arm before it snaped

so if anyones looking for strong cord this ones plenty good enough its got six inner strands.

oh by the way it was all done under controlled conditions ie:my garden and we both stood on the oppertators platform.we estimated the bag weighed in excess of 250kg of wet builders sand.

downside:i lost 5mtrs of paracord
upside:it saved me having to barrow half a ton of sand to where i wanted it

chat to you all later i'm off to play in the sand now(got to do some concreting )halo

 

[Rhapsody]

£6.99 for 15 metres?! I think they saw you coming! I wouldn't have paid half that, considering H.M. Supplies up the road from me sells it at 20p a metre. Mind you, by the sounds of it, the stuff you got was better quality, so maybe it wasn't so bad.

 

[moduser]

I get my cord from HM Supplies and I can attest that it is cheaper but it's not paracord as it has a single inner braid and a woven sheath.

Good enough for what I use it for though.

 

[spamel]

I get mine from stores, it's the proper stuff and costs me nowt!!! Hey, there's got to be a perk to this job!!!

 

[odin13]

i get mine at 50p per 20feet??!!

 

[halo]

hey guys the cost of it wasn't the issue i did it to actualy see how strong it really
is and its plenty strong enough the price is an elephant ie 550 paracord seven inner strands this one has six roughly the same braking strain.

 

[bloodline]

all ive got is a ball of hairy string they gave me at work when they had a clearout