Ask a ranch hand how to tell if someone’s a good cowboy and he’ll say the proof is in his lassoing. The rope has always been “the long arm of the cowboy,” writes Midland native John R. Erickson in ...

Though some may see rope as a mundane product, viewers were captivated to watch the process to make it by hand in a video that has gone viral on the Reddit forum "Damn That's Interesting." "Rope ...

New developments in ropes and winch technology offer real improvements to a crane’s performance. Niamh Marriott reports. Rope technology is continually being tested and further developed. Regardless ...