Martin Baxter wrote:

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I was merely musing that IMNSHO, the quick link is less likely to work loose, unless of course you mouse your shackle with stainless steel wire, which
is a pain in the butt some days.

Why stainless? I mouse with galvanised wire, and change it when
it looks seedy. Tho' I suppose the fresh?water use stops that
being much of a chore.
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Flying Tadpole wrote:


Martin Baxter wrote:

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I was merely musing that IMNSHO, the quick link is less likely to work loose, unless of course you mouse your shackle with stainless steel wire, which
is a pain in the butt some days.


Why stainless? I mouse with galvanised wire, and change it when
it looks seedy. Tho' I suppose the fresh?water use stops that
being much of a chore.


Galvanized works just fine, it just happens that I have a bunch of stainless on hand from the MIG welder.

Cheers
Marty

"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
...
I was merely musing that IMNSHO, the quick link is less likely to work
loose, unless of course you mouse your shackle with stainless steel wire, which
is a pain in the butt some days.


Why stainless? I mouse with galvanised wire, and change it when
it looks seedy. Tho' I suppose the fresh?water use stops that
being much of a chore.


Galvanized works just fine, it just happens that I have a bunch of stainless
on hand from the MIG welder.

I carry stainless rigging wire, but I usually mouse with cable ties - you have
to check them, but they seem to last a season with no trouble and can be popped
off with a pliers.

Why? What's the advantage? I've heard the plastic ties degrade from UV.

Scotty

"Jeff Morris" wrote
I carry stainless rigging wire, but I usually mouse with cable ties - you
have
to check them, but they seem to last a season with no trouble and can be
popped
off with a pliers.

Yes, they do weaken with UV - some that I used on my netting started to fail
after 4 seasons. (Actually, only the white ones failed - I often use red for
rigging, and I've never seen one of those fail.) However, mine all get pulled
when I unrig in the Fall, and its easier to nip off the plastic. Since they
only have to go about 5 months, degrading isn't an issue.


"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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Why? What's the advantage? I've heard the plastic ties degrade from UV.

Scotty

"Jeff Morris" wrote
I carry stainless rigging wire, but I usually mouse with cable ties - you
have
to check them, but they seem to last a season with no trouble and can be
popped
off with a pliers.

We use stainless steel cable ties for anywhere with high UV exposure
over a long period. Black cable ties will get brittle and fail. I'd
expect a year or so out of them, tho.

PDW

In article , Jeff Morris
wrote:

Yes, they do weaken with UV - some that I used on my netting started to fail
after 4 seasons. (Actually, only the white ones failed - I often use red for
rigging, and I've never seen one of those fail.) However, mine all get
pulled
when I unrig in the Fall, and its easier to nip off the plastic. Since they
only have to go about 5 months, degrading isn't an issue.


"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...
Why? What's the advantage? I've heard the plastic ties degrade from UV.

Scotty

"Jeff Morris" wrote
I carry stainless rigging wire, but I usually mouse with cable ties - you
have
to check them, but they seem to last a season with no trouble and can be
popped
off with a pliers.