On 08/10/2011 01:04, Andy Dingley wrote:
On Oct 7, 8:59 pm, ] wrote:

One reason I chose nylon when I made up a tow rope for my first car.

You could always use an off-road kinetic rope (carefully!!).

My KERR (and my hi-lift) is kept with a padlock between the ends to
stop you using it. There are only a few people I'd trust to use it,
and several of them are ex REME.

For similar reasons I don't tow on a nylon rope. My recovery rope is
nylon, but for towing I switch to polyester.

Is it the material or the construction of the rope which differs? I know
dynamic rope for climbing looks very similar to static rope for caving,
but they're rather different to bounce on.