I went 8' 6" wide for ease of trailering. Yeah, knotting amsteel with a ss washer inside makes a nice easy attachment point on carbon beams, I cant claim credit for that innovation, I borrowed it from someone else.

Yes, snuffer sock is sewn to tramp with zippers that allow it to zip on and off. Peter Cogan made the tramp and snuffer sock, he added lots of nice little details you dont usually find on tramps.

The bolt rope reinforcement is just 4 or so layers of carbon, nothing exotic.