Szco Supplies Grappling Hook With Cord

i dont know why i bought this but im happy i did

Bought this after a disastrous afternoon that saw my small but mighty Yamaha outboard drowned in the marina. Water too turbid and weedy to see through, 20 feet too deep to dive effectively, and about 40 feet from the dock. This was the most economical choice on Amazon (can't seem to find a grappling hook in my local hardware stores). Long story short, it's like the thing had eyes. I was on it in two throws and hauled it up on the first try. It proceeded to gently place my outboard on the ground, flex its muscles, and then go hit on my wife. This grappling hook is the business, get one even if you don't need it.

Being kind of dumb it took me like 20 minutes to figure out how to assemble it. It came with no instructions and I had to go back and look at the picture to see where the Spring goes. Then I found that the hooks were lose and after some brain work, I noticed I had installed one not correctly as it would not lock into the other one and just spin around. Once i got it assembled it was all tight.It is heavy steel that should not bend easily Now the nylon rope is nice and long but I would not trust it with my life as it seems a bit elastic.I was going to hook this on to trees and hook up the rope to a nearby tree so that when I cut the tree down, it can only fall in one direction. The only problem is that this only works for small trees. Now if a big tree has a big branch that I can hook onto, then it will work. It is still a good grappling hook and works like one should. For my real purpose I would like to see a grappling hook with like 18 inch long spikesThe shipping was super fast

I used it for 2 days. Maybe some 15-20 throws. Top bolt broke when it first hit the ground. Then the rope got damaged. Then when I tried pulling the hook back to retrieve it from a top of a fence, the screw at the top got it's thread shaved off at the bottom so that the hooks were dangling from that moment forth. After that on the next pull the screw bent. Miraculously it could still hold me, but felt sketchy. I didn't want my life depending on that many maybes. So that will be the last time I use it. Picture as proof.

This is a great grappling hook. 41/2 stars because one issue arose. When I was using it the threaded base that the hooks slide onto bent a little after being thrown for a while. I made one modification; I sawed part of the threaded shaft so it was shorter to make the grappling hook more compact and to increase its strength. I've had this hook for over a year now and it does a great job of getting onto roofs. With practice, and technique it takes getting used to climbing a wall with a rope, but if you wanted you could even make a rope ladder and use that with the hook. Anyway i havent had a slip yet and the rope it came with can hold me, and all my friends going up a building.Also its a great price. Buy it right now you won't be disappointed with its performance