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Postby FrederikS » Tue May 21, 2013 9:49 am
Have a Dakine harness here the quality of the welds is very low. Same thing goes for the NP harness I have been using for a year now.
It seems like there is zero process control at the plants manufacturing these items. Also the QC is unacceptable since the welds vary a lot in quality on the same series of spreaders. From what I can see in this thread.
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Postby SpaceRacer » Tue May 21, 2013 12:52 pm
Be glad you are not a snowkiter, inappropriately using this gear for gliding. Imagine being 100+ feet over the deck and having a failure of this sort???
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Postby knot_moving » Wed May 22, 2013 2:39 am
SpaceRacer wrote:Be glad you are not a snowkiter, inappropriately using this gear for gliding. Imagine being 100+ feet over the deck and having a failure of this sort???
I've wondered if snowkiters that lofted like that ever ran double lines - guess this would be another single-point failure. Think I'll leave all that for the youngsters
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Postby gibsonandpickett » Thu May 20, 2021 5:36 am
jumarcil wrote: ↑Thu Sep 27, 2012 10:49 am
Get yourself a mystic, they dont have a history of spreader bar failures.
yes they do
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Postby dave1986 » Thu May 20, 2021 6:42 am
John-B wrote: ↑Wed Sep 05, 2012 8:46 pm
This is the same failure I had on at least 2x Dakine spreader bars. It's showing the same signs of fatigue crack failure as mine did.
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Postby iriejohn » Thu May 20, 2021 10:58 am
If you don't unhook then simply get rid of the hook and thereby eliminate the risks of broken hooks and also of line tangles around the hook. Just saying.
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Postby JSom » Thu May 20, 2021 12:36 pm
dave1986 wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 6:42 am
John-B wrote: ↑Wed Sep 05, 2012 8:46 pm
This is the same failure I had on at least 2x Dakine spreader bars. It's showing the same signs of fatigue crack failure as mine did.
Didn't you think that there is still a problem with low-quality metal or improper work with it when creating an instrument?
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Postby Toby » Thu May 20, 2021 1:08 pm
Many years ago I also used Dakine harnesses.
The hooks kept breaking…looks like nothing changed.
Just get something else, and you should be fine.
Could be just another spreader bar, no need for another harness.
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Postby downunder » Thu May 20, 2021 1:15 pm
iriejohn wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 10:58 am
If you don't unhook then simply get rid of the hook and thereby eliminate the risks of broken hooks and also of line tangles around the hook. Just saying.
And what if one does tricks?
Removing one shitty thing with another is still crap.
More and more plastic in a spreader bar, cant wait to see the life span of this new stuff...
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Postby iriejohn » Thu May 20, 2021 4:03 pm
downunder wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 1:15 pm
iriejohn wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 10:58 am
If you don't unhook then simply get rid of the hook and thereby eliminate the risks of broken hooks and also of line tangles around the hook. Just saying.
And what if one does tricks?
Then reinforce the hook with stainless welding.
Removing one shitty thing with another is still crap.
What is that "shitty thing"?
More and more plastic in a spreader bar, cant wait to see the life span of this new stuff...
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