Slow Pull Testing Basket Hitch Webbing Anchors with an Additional Wrap

We broke four basket hitches with an additional wrap to:
1. Measure the breaking strength
2. Identify the failure location
Results:
1. The average breaking strength was 42.8 kN (9620 lbs)
2. The standard deviation was 3.5 kN (793 lbs)
3. All anchors broke at the screw link where the lowest strand was pinched against the screw link by the over riding strand.
The results will be presented at the International Technical Rescue Symposium 2015. The complete paper will be published in their research archives at:
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Direct links to the papers will be added when the article is finished and posted.