1" Tubular Webbing- Survival, Rescue, Bushcraft

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[video=youtube;0Dmkoyoqa0M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Dmkoyoqa0M&feature=c4-overview&list=UUnHwxnLdWlkpvCrfwGoPZ9Q[/video]

I have been using 1' tubular webbing since I was a bout 14 years old. I never realized how versatile till I sat down and thought about it. I cover some uses in the video, but there is a ton of other uses.

Rifle sling
Belt
Tie down strap
Climbing anchor
Dog leash
Tow strap
Chest harness
Large game snares
Swiss seat
Heavy duty lashings
Improvised pack straps
Drag strap

I am sure folks can come up with more. It is relatively light, and pretty cheap. I keep some in my pack, bunker gear, and my vehicle.
 
SAR groups around here carry 1.5" webbing for a lot of what you describe. There's also a couple rescue methods that I've forgotten how to do. One was to string it in such away that you can carry an injured person piggyback and the other was to lay it out in a type of criss cross pattern to make an improvised litter. My buddy once used it as an improvised seat tied between two trees to wait out a rain storm. Very versatile stuff.
 
Great video! I love the stuff and use it for a lot of things, dog leashes, strapping loads and lately fireman slings for the kids zip line.
 
Hi Terry,

What kind of weave do you have the webbing in at the beginning of the video with the carabiner?

Thank you!
 
Another use:

Burn one end of it closed, and use a short section as a durable sleeve for spare hacksaw blades, drill bits, whatever, when carrying in your pack.
 
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I used the mil-spec stuff some years ago as painters on a canoe. It had many attributes better than rope in that use and the only real drawback I found was that if you hooked it with a fishing lure, buddy it was hooked!
 
Shotgun said:
SAR groups around here carry 1.5" webbing for a lot of what you describe. There's also a couple rescue methods that I've forgotten how to do. One was to string it in such away that you can carry an injured person piggyback and the other was to lay it out in a type of criss cross pattern to make an improvised litter. My buddy once used it as an improvised seat tied between two trees to wait out a rain storm. Very versatile stuff.
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Do they use milsurp stuff, or current commercial production? If milsurp, did any of them ever have trouble with material degradation from age or storage?

I bought an entire spool of that....great stuff; but I avoid anything that would involve safety, just as a precaution. I've always wondered if that webbing loses integrity over time.
 
We use a ton of 1" tubular webbing in SAR, I always have 50' in a readily accessible bag with a steel carabiner on the free end (for throwing and other abuse that would compromise aluminum).
Standard 'civilian' webbing, depending on manufacturer from 4,000 to 4,500 lbs strength.

Standard lengths are color coded:
  • 5' = Green
  • 12' = Yellow
  • 15' = Blue
  • 20' = Red
  • 25' = Black (which we haven't used much)
IA W's points are spot-on; extremely versatile!

Also very useful for patient packaging, hasty rappels, hand-lines, shelter building, etc.
On one mission we joined together in excess of 300' for a hand-line to get the job done...

Great thread!!

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