Measuring Kinetic Recovery Rope length

Beware!  Some kinetic recovery rope manufacturers have figured out they can save money by changing how the length of their kinetic rope is calculated.  We've seen at least one company say their "20 ft kinetic rope"... is actually 20' long O

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Photo Shoot Time

It's a rainy day here in Washington State, so we're spending time indoors taking pics of some of our UKRR kit combos... and we definitely have color options!  This image does a great job of illustrating some of the current rope colors available.

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Van Beest Green [Screw] Pin Bow Shackles

Here is a little graphic of the different sized Van Beest Green [Screw] Pin Bow Shackles carried by ASR.  Van Beest lists their shackle Working Load Limits (WLLs) in Metric Tons, which can be confusing to non-metric types - so we converted every

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Double Braid Nylon

Nobody wants to tear apart a perfectly good kinetic recovery rope to see what's inside, so we'll do it for you!  This is a great view of the "double braid" aspect of double braid nylon.  We pulled the 'core' braid out through the side of th

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