Pushing a 7/8” wire rope thimble eye sling from the field to its limit. Gradual load ramp until it finally yielded—just 1,300 lbs short of full 5:1 breaking strength. That’s within 1% of lab-perfect, until you factor in the unseen field horrors (overload? Crush damage? Salt exposure?) Watch it strain, snap, and splay… then the close-up payoff: Strands exploded, core laid waste. Wire rope is a wonderful mechanical marvel. Rigging crews, What’s the sketchiest abuse you’ve put a wire rope sling thr

Here's a basic wire rope thimbled eye splice, going around a Gunnebo oblong/oval master link (also called a "ring" by many riggers). A Flemished eye splice like this is strong, safe and the preferred method for sling building. The thimble helps protect the wire rope from abrasion and also helps preserve a proper D/d ratio. The master link provides a nice, large lifting point and is more versatile than a thimbled eye alone. This is a fairly small wire rope, so it's only intended for lightweight a

Wire rope lifting slings come in all sizes and end types. Here we have some 5/8” diameter, 18’-9” long, BLP-102 Wire Rope Slings with thimble eyes on each end. Plus two 5/8” Green Pin Jaw & Jaw Turnbuckles and matching 5/8” Green Pin Screw Pin Anchor Shackles. All these items were ordered together to use as a set, and we made the length to the customer's precise request. These slings are rated for 3.9 tons vertical lift, and the turnbuckles and shackles will allow the user to take up slack if ne