Breakaway Ropes

What kind of rope do you use for breakaway?

What is the best breakaway rope?

What breakaway rope size is best?

Lone star ropes, fastback ropes, rattler rope, Cactus ropes, Top Hand Ropes

The diameter of breakaway and calf ropes are measured in millimeters. According to 60-year, rope-making veteran Dub Grant of Dub Grant Rope Co., “Those ropes are made over in Japan. They’re twisted over in Japan, so they use the metric system. So a 10.0 is about like what we would call a 3/8.”

That’s 3/8 of an inch—the “typical” size of a team roping rope, for instance.

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