Rockhopper Rig Assembly

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Bottom-trawl rockhopper rigs assembled and ready to fish. AMS builds footrope and rockhopper rigs to meet trawl ground challenges, using rubber discs from 100mm to 600mm built onto Grade 80 or Grade 100 chain, and tensioned using our own rockhopper tensioning machine.

What’s Included

Rubber discs from 100mm to 600mm

Built onto Grade 80 or Grade 100 chain

Tensioned using AMS’s own rockhopper tensioning machine

Why AMS

AMS tensions every rig on our own purpose-built rockhopper tensioning machine, rather than supplying loose components for assembly elsewhere. Every rig is designed to match your trawl and the trawling grounds you work — so the rig you receive is ready to fish.

Where We Deliver This Service

Rockhopper rigs are built ashore at our Cape Town and Walvis Bay factories.

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Frequently Asked Questions

AMS supplies rubber discs from 100mm to 600mm, built onto Grade 80 or Grade 100 chain to suit the trawl ground.

Using AMS’s own rockhopper tensioning machine, built in-house.

Rockhopper Discs are the components — this service is AMS designing, assembling and tensioning a complete rig to match your trawl and the ground you’re working. Chain, toggles and rockhopper discs can also be supplied individually if you’re sourcing components rather than a complete rig.