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    Secure, omnidirectional quick release hitch

    Thanks, great suggestions, also received from the others. I hope to run another test this weekend.
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    Secure, omnidirectional quick release hitch

    Agent Smith, first, it's nice to see YOUR reply as I am assuming you are the same Agent Smith who stated the following in March 2018 on an IGKT discussion thread. If so, I have bookmarked that thread as I am a fan of the Hunter's Bend: "To be 100% crystal clear... #1425A Riggers bend (aka...
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    Secure, omnidirectional quick release hitch

    Good questions. A "good size limb" could be a hundred pounds and although that's enough force, i can't imagine how it would grab a free hanging line. I am trying to assemble a small team to test it via a private Facebook group and gentleman's agreement that ya just don't kill yourself please. I...
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    Secure, omnidirectional quick release hitch

    In the video, you can see that this was simply the way i rigged my test: set a basal anchor and pull up the trunk. Set anchor up the trunk (not exactly canopy but whatever) , then apply tension between them.
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    Secure, omnidirectional quick release hitch

    I did a couple of tests today and just got this one uploaded. The details on how to tie it are not yet publicized; simply because I don't want anybody getting hurt until proper testing is done. Does anybody have a test lab they can refer me to?
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    Secure, omnidirectional quick release hitch

    I took a video today but it was too large to attach to the post. In a Traditional canopy anchor retrieval, if it's 50ft up, it requires you to pull of rope to remove it. In these applications,
  7. J

    Secure, omnidirectional quick release hitch

    Is anyone aware of a quick release hitch, tieable in the bight, which is tied on a tree trunk and takes a load in any direction, and is good for life safety? So, for example, you could use it for rigging, or as a basal SRT anchor, or a retrieveable canopy anchor by a hunter who used climbing...
  8. J

    Tests of Zeppelin vs Double Fisherman's bends?

    I am not clear on why all of that happened on this thread, but will assume it was no wrongdoing on my part and carry on.
  9. J

    Alternative Bends for life safety prussik loops

    Ok, so i can start a fresh thread if this gets lost in the pile, but does anyone know a place where i can get a knot (bend) tested? I mean, pulled until it breaks to get an approximate strength or efficiency rating?
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    Alternative Bends for life safety prussik loops

    Thx, and totally agree, but the question was on the bend that is used to close the prusik loop. I don't want to recommend double fisherman's because of the difficulty to untie it. It's pretty amazing that there are no efficiency percentage ratings that i can find on the web for the 3...
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    Alternative Bends for life safety prussik loops

    For example, here's a post that was on the top of my Facebook Newsfeed this morning. I am getting guys off the ladders and on the ropes, and the number one priority is safety. Incidentally, I'm yet to meet a hunter who wears a helmet
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    Alternative Bends for life safety prussik loops

    Appreciate the question. The answer is that its probably not necessary. But i gotta explain the application: its for deer hunters who are not trained in any kind of climbing and are falling out of conventional treestands and breaking their bones. With the recent craze of saddle hunting, a lot of...
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    Alternative Bends for life safety prussik loops

    Yes, great suggestion. Somewhere in my brain, i did know that you can tie a fish that way, with a line sliding inside of it, but never thought about how it makes it easier to untie. I tried it and it does work for this application. Now, I just wonder if the approximately 80% efficiency rating...
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    Alternative Bends for life safety prussik loops

    On another, thread, the water knot was suggested. I have used it plenty making web slings, but never with cord. All i am looking for is some place where the approximate efficiency of all these bends, based on testing, has been cited. By this day and age, I can't believe there's not an Ashley's...
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    Alternative Bends for life safety prussik loops

    no doubt, and no disagreement. i buy it by the spool, but i am also instructing some others and i want them to have the flexibility to build their own systems and fine tune the length and periodically walk the cord so as to redistribute wear. And so I am still shopping for a better bend. I...
  16. J

    Tests of Zeppelin vs Double Fisherman's bends?

    I use water knots extensively with DIY web loops and slings, but this thread was looking for something as secure as a double fishermans but easier to untie. Incidentally, i think i found it: the Agent Smith, see my newest post in this forum: do you know where I can find any kind of efficiency...
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    Alternative Bends for life safety prussik loops

    That's an interesting idea, and clever. However, just guessing, but once we leave a strand of anything inside the DF, its technically no longer a DF, meaning that any breaking strength tests that have been done on that knot over the years are kind of invalid. What's killing me is that I can...
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    Alternative Bends for life safety prussik loops

    Thx. I am climbing a doubled stationary rope system where everything is pre-tied and so i can simply clip in and climb. I have a friction knot on each side and I have settled on the Michoacan, or Martin, and it cannot be tied with a loop. It can only be tied with a cord or an eye to eye, and...
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    Alternative Bends for life safety prussik loops

    Ok, so I am not one to curse out loud, but whenever I need to UNTIE a double or triple fisherman's bend, the obscenities fly! I have life supporting prussik loops that periodically need to be untied so as to redistribute wear. And so what are my alternatives? I have tried Zeppelin Bend (pic1)...
  20. J

    Single guy, seeking sexy friction hitch...

    Once again, I am not an arborist and my audience are not arborists either. They are primarily saddle Hunters. Today I made this video and uploaded it as my very first YouTube video. I appreciate the help I got here. And I welcome any feedback. I intentionally did not give details, but I am...

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