what is safe to use for toggles
Ok I know some having been using wood and aluminuum tent stakes for toggles. I would like to know what materials would be safe to use as a toggle for a marlin spike hitch.
I have a couple of aluminum arrow shafts that I had used as a spreader bar on my SBPro netting and was wondering if these would work for a toggle in this application.
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Sometimes it's best to carry a toggle :)
One advantage of the MSH is using expedient material.....but choice is key here as was pointed out by NCPatrick on the South Mountains hike....the webbing had over the night cut into the soft green white pine toggle at least 1/8 inch....would it have failed?
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Cutting carbon fiber tubing for toggles
Have used masking tape wrapped around the tubing and sharp fine tooth hacksaw blade. Circumference cut/score, then cut through. Knock off the 90* cut with some wet/dry sand paper. Has worked fine for carbon fiber X/C ski poles to carbon masts.
The pictured carbon fiber and bamboo toggles have held up. Anyone tried a Ti stake? One of the light sub 8gm Shepard's hook type.