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Recommended Fitting of Horizontal Haul
and Lifelines to the Slix 100 Stretcher
Fig. 1.
Horizontal Haul Lifeline.
Attach the Security rope A to the Vertical
Haul Points 8 using a Double Fig 8 and two
screw gate karabiners.
Fit the Horizontal Haul Strops to a screw
gate karabiner D and then each leg of the
Strop to the Horizontal Haul Points C.
NOTE! Red to Red/Blue to Blue gives a
Head Up attitude. Red to Blue/Red to Blue
gives a Head Down attitude.
Attach the Haul Rope E to the karabiner D
with a Fig 8 knot.
Link the Security rope A to the Haul rope E
with a karabiner F. To avoid 3 way load
attach the karabiner to the loop of the Haul
rope Fig 8 knot NEVER into the Haul
karabiner D.
Connecting like this will keep the Stretcher
in a more horizontal attitude in the event of
a Haul rope or Security rope failure.
See p 9 for Important Strop rigging
information
Note that Horizontal and Vertical Haul
Strops Are Now Supplied As Sewn Slings
to EN795 1998.
Instructions for attachment and use are the
same as rope slings.
It is essential that the karabiner used to
attach the hauling slingsl strops are Screw
Gate karabiners to a minimum of 25kN and
a gate opening of at least 24mm.
Damage to the edge of the stretcher WILL
occur if smaller gate opening karabiners
are used.
