braveduck
Active member
Many cave diggers are now using my Digging Buckets and Rock Nets.
This weekend Bob Mehew pulled some apart on his new static tester.
A digging bucket will hold about 54Kg of rock if brim full ,the force require to break it was 570 Kg.Or just over half a ton.
The plastic did not fail at all.
The rock net was then tested ,the copper ferrules began to fail at 2240 Kg or two and a quarter tons.
Safe digging folks ,just remember these tests were conducted on new gear ,please throw away when
any signs of wear appears. I will gladly replace them.
This weekend Bob Mehew pulled some apart on his new static tester.
A digging bucket will hold about 54Kg of rock if brim full ,the force require to break it was 570 Kg.Or just over half a ton.
The plastic did not fail at all.
The rock net was then tested ,the copper ferrules began to fail at 2240 Kg or two and a quarter tons.
Safe digging folks ,just remember these tests were conducted on new gear ,please throw away when
any signs of wear appears. I will gladly replace them.