Steel Wire & Rope Fittings

Broken wires are the tell: clusters of them, or any broken wire at a ferrule. Kinks, crushing, birdcaging and rust past surface staining all end a rope's service life too. A wire sling with a damaged eye or an unreadable tag comes out of service the same as any other sling.

No. Grips are for standing rigging: guys, stays, fences. A lifting sling's eyes must be ferrule-secured (swaged) or spliced by someone competent, with a tag carrying the rating.

Heat, sharp or abrasive loads, and anywhere a soft sling would be cut or melted. Wire gives up flexibility and adds weight, but it survives conditions synthetics don't.

Look for broken wires, kinks, crushed sections, corrosion and damage around the ferrules and eyes, and check the tag is legible. Broken wires in clusters, or any at a ferrule, end it.