Kris' Splicing, located in Lansing, Michigan, is a one man shop, with all work done by Kris, by hand. Not only can he fill your needs for recovery gear by outfitting you with the finest materials on the market, but he is unselfishly willing to provide his expertise to the masses through his rope repair and how-to series he publishes to YouTube. Kris has offered to share each of those here for the members an ...

Today lets talk about synthetic lines and their pros and cons. Specifically Ill be talking about SK75, which has several trade names such as Amsteel Blue for Samson, STS-12-75 for NER, Ultrex for Yale, D12 plus for Marlow and there are some other more obscure companies offering SK75. But ultimately the fiber is the same. Ill be making the comparison to an Aramid fiber which goes by the trade names of T-12 f ...

Working Load Limit (WLL), Safe Working Load (SWL), Minimum Breaking Strength (MBS) We see these terms strewn about on just about everything in our recovery kit. From our lines, shackles, hooks, straps, ropes, recovery points... Everything has a number. Lets talk about them... ...

Seems lately I have seen these two terms used interchangeably. I would like to take a minute and explain the difference between the two, the materials each should be made from, and their proper use. In my opinion one should view tow ropes and recovery ropes as expendable items. ...