trenchdigger
Mar 18, 2008, 5:44 PM
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majid_sabet wrote: Go The video is invalid since most mfgs use shackles with @ 5 mm in diameter and not some fat shackles that applies forces on the entire upper part and the bottom part of the elbow of the"D". To make a valid test, he should realistically use a bolt hanger on one side and a 5 mm steel cable or a 11 mm rope.
Larger diameter "shackles" will, if anything, make the carabiner more likely to fail in the way you claim it will, therefore your theory is invalid.
(This post was edited by trenchdigger on Mar 18, 2008, 8:20 PM)
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