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The real facts about the Bubba Rope

8/29/2012

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Rope FactsBubba Rope® is a tougher kind of recovery rope developed from military specs for safely pulling off-road vehicles out of mud, sand or snow. It is the only snatch rope with a polymer coating.

  • 100% double braided nylon rope
  • Urethane Polymer coating
  • Commercially spliced and seized at both ends
  • Water proof, UV and abrasive resistant
  • Highest breaking strengths available
Bubba Rope® has the strength and durability beyond typical recovery ropes, snatch straps and chains with all the kinetic characteristics of a superior snatch rope.

StretchNylon Double Braid is the preferred choice for applications requiring high strength with excellent shock absorbing properties.

Strength

  • Lil’ Bubba - 1/2" diameter - 7,400 lbs
  • Bubba - 7/8" diameter - 28,600 lbs
  • Big Bubba - 1-1/4" diameter - 52,300 lbs
  • Jumbo Bubba - 1-1/2" diameter - 74,000 lbs
  • Extreme Bubba - 2" diameter - 131,500 lbs
Breaking strengths are determined in accordance with Cordage Institute 1500, test methods for Fiber Rope.

DurabilityDouble braid has good resistance to abrasion, sunlight and chemicals. However, with extended immersion in water, nylon ropes products will lose up to 10% of their strength.

With our polymer coating, Bubba Ropes extend the above positive properties ten fold and gives the added water resistance property to maintain specified breaking strengths.


QualityEach Bubba Rope is hand crafted and built in our factory in Tampa, Florida. The eyes or loops of ropes are specified to be longer and stronger than other recovery ropes. To add to the strength of the eye we use 50% more material in our splicing and add a strong seizing derived from actual Military specifications.

All ropes are dipped in a polymer base giving the ropes a protective covering and impregnating the nylon fibers, leaving them strong yet flexible.

All ropes are inspected before packaging and shipping.

Beware of Black Rope Fakes: black nylon double braid products are normally 10% below published specifications. - Cordage Institute 1500

Bubba Ropes are NOT made from black nylon double braid; instead they are white nylon fibers dipped in a polymer base that is dyed black. Therefore the breaking strength of a Bubba Rope is never compromised.

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Recovery equipment no longer just for 4x4ing!

8/29/2012

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taximart have opened their own recovery division and their own mobile units are in the pipeline.
However the important part of the story is they are fast becoming our biggest customer in recovery equipment.
So a special thanks to Mark Lamberti (Chairman) , Rallph Josling, Bennie Havenga, Aadil Abdool and Clinton van Niekerk for making us part of the team.


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    Barry Wilson        (Oom Zulu) 

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