Best type of rope for large deer extraction

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Seeland drag rope. On special at the Sportsman. Bargain for less than a fiver.

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Also works well with a couple of carabeners and a sled :thumb:

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I use good quality fishing rope from the likes of gaelforce. Seasteel is excellent stuff (a wee bit tight to splice but doable) they make polysteel as well which doesn't have as tight a lay. You'll have no problem using this to drag using a vehicle even after splicing an eye on it. A good chandler should stock rope of similar quality - if it can cope with hauling fleets of creels then deer will be no problem.
 
devon deer stalker said:
Just bought a PCW3000, after the toughest extraction on a stag last week combined with my age, enough was enough.
I'm hurting more from the price than the extraction but now have the issue of rope.
I was kindly supplied some climbing rope from a member off here, but he did say it will stretch and not be suitable, I have yet to try it.
I have around 80m but was looking at needing 150m
So I was looking at the recommended ropes, Dyneema 10mm, wow, so expensive!
Any links/suggestions?
Many thanks
Richard
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The climbing rope will work Richard. It will stretch to a point (as will all nylon ropes, even 'static' ones) but once the stretch has been taken up it will shift your beast. You won't be getting anywhere near the breaking strain of the rope, which will be somewhere in the region of 25KN (2500kg). Mind, I wouldn't run it over any sharp edges uhder load!

If you want a longer length something like this would be suitable and actually isn't a bad price as ropes go. Sure you could find cheaper with a good rummage on ebay. To be honest, I wouldn't use second hand rope for climbing, working at height etc but for what you want, I'd be happy to, as long as there were no obvious flat spots etc.

If you want the length but don't want to lay out for it, buy another 70 metre length of static as per my link above and connect to your climbing rope with a suitable knot and join with a krab or a maillon rapide (and then you won't have to carry 150 metres of rope out to every deer, which is a lot!). Will just need rejigging when the join comes to your winch obviously but assuming your deer will not slide away while you move the rope (unlikley I'd have thought), you'll be fine.
 
Static rope will be the best for using on a capstan winch, I have used 10mm braided polyester on mine for about 8 years and it hasn't let me down yet.

I certainly wouldn't use nylon drawstring rope on a capstan.

I helped a lad for a good few years in retrieving reds over very rough ground and he used a big coil of 10mm braided polypropylene, snatch block and walkie talkies with one driving the pickup and the other guiding and giving instructions.

As for rope bags I just have my rope in a old rucksack, coiling rope is ok but as sure as sh-t stinks it will get tangled up when you are walking out with it to the beasts.

I got my rope from www.cheaprope.co.uk They sometimes have bargains on their site also.

Cheers and happy dragging

A.M.
 
sauer said:
the minimum diameter rope recommended for capstan winch ( pcw3000) is 10mm and i tried mine with thinner but it is a ball ache .....stick to the 10mm diameter and they say needs to be double braid polyester ...id go with that

dont get climbing rope....we had some and was longest "bungee" going


paul
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Got to try out my PCW3000 today, 3 previous reds were ideal to try it out but the landowner insisted on using his tractor, which came close to getting stuck!
But I shot a hind down the bottom of a steep field, ideal for my first test, as you say, climbing rope isn't ideal, but it did work, although a bungee is a great description.
So 10mm double braid polyester is next on the shopping list, found a place that does 100m for £100
Cheers
Richard
 
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