I never worked with a rope halo, but I whole-heartedly recommend ratchet straps. We purchased 6 with hooks on either end. We bent rebar like canes. We threaded the straps through our tape anchors. The hooks on the ends nicely grab the rebar. Just feed the strap through the ratchet until the strap is relatively tight, give the ratchet a few cranks and you're done. I'm willing to bet it took me longer to type this than it would take to secure one of these in place. The best part is you only need to give one or two ratchet clicks during the week to snug it up as it settles and the straps stretch some. Doing that with rope is a pain.
On Aug 6, 2011 8:26 AM, "Pete Baker" <[email protected]> wrote: I'm also interested in more info on making a rope halo - I've not been able to find much info online so far. I was planning to use a loop of 550 paracord for the rope halo, secured with 3x ratcheting tie-downs and 3x buckle tie downs. Does this sound about right?? Its gonna be a bit more expensive than just using rope, but I figure the ratcheting tie-downs will save some time on construction and make adjustments easy. Pete -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/hexayurt/-/nU4D6euYE-8J. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, sen... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en.
