As I was thinking whoopee slings were so easy any idiot could make them...

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Originally Posted by angrysparrow

I must admit that's the first time we've seen that posted! I think someone else spliced theirs with a knot tied in the loop though.

It would have been fairly easy to simply pull the splice back through and do again.

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Glad I could be the first at something, you take what you can get. I had already spliced the tail end back into the line. I suppose that could be undone but not as easy as taking the chair apart.

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Originally Posted by jerseydave

I'd have just bought a larger pack and taken the chair along...... ya need a place to sit...... right?

ps: be careful not to tie any whoopies up near the steering wheel of a large truck, a pack that large is very expensive (trust me)

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I'm thinking I may have to take a trip to some place like the Bonneville Salt Flats where I can go out with my amsteel and tie whoopees without fear of getting it wrapped around something that will not fit in my pack.

I love it! I've done a ton of splicing for gear and boats and never done that. I have very often sat back and admired my work and realized I didn't put the metal thimble/eye on the line.

Last week, at West Marine, I was so proud I remembered to put the heat shrinks on some wire rigging before swaging the eyes on both ends. I finished the project and realized I didnt put the block on the eye, the sole reason I did it at West vs at home.

I made whoopies with a knot in the adjustable loop - luckily I had not backspliced the end when I noticed it.

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Originally Posted by SilvrSurfr

I made whoopies with a knot in the adjustable loop - luckily I had not backspliced the end when I noticed it.

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The knot wasn't a mistake--It was just to keep the loop from eating itself.

Alan Burd

Looks like your whoopie slings now come with complimentary camp chairs.

safety chair instead of a safety bead?

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Originally Posted by angrysparrow

I must admit that's the first time we've seen that posted! I think someone else spliced theirs with a knot tied in the loop though.

It would have been fairly easy to simply pull the splice back through and do again.

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um... yeah.. I did that....:D. it enabled more practice...