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    knot question?

    [ QUOTE ] I would have called it a sheet bend. It's the same knot I learned as a fisherman when tying the gangion onto the bridle of a lobster/crab trap, ... [/ QUOTE ] Did you do any tying of the other end of the gangion (you called it by that name, and not "snood"?!) --i.e., the end tied to...
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    Sweating line / 1 man line leveraging

    tree spider sweat intense sweat !! TreeSpyder ! Oh, yeah, I remember ... (-;
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    untying knots

    [ QUOTE ] I find that a paint can opening tool works well as a marlinspike for untying two ropes knotted together with a double fisherman's knot. [/ QUOTE ] What ropes are they that you have so knotted (and need to untie)? --rather than using a knot that is easily untied? *kN*
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    Damaged tree advice.... litigation

    [ QUOTE ] there is no way to tell if this defect in the tree was visible prior to the failure. [/ QUOTE ] And wouldn't there need to be a further step, i.e. to *prove* that such a defect was the cause of failure --and that w/o the defect the tree would still stand?! (I'm thinking of testifying...
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    suggestions for saving this cracked oak??

    A derecho is a storm that extends at least 240mi with winds >58mph (not 85 --heck, thats up in the record-high range, of this recent one). Not that it matters much to the various people in its path (that it came a ways and will keep going). Okay, close : here's Wikipedia [ QUOTE ] According...
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    COW HITCH - ISA vs. TCIA

    [ QUOTE ] That was a great pic! I'm not talking about that sling and stuff, either. Look in the background... folding table, lawn chair, garbage can with a bottle underneath it... Now that's a jobsite set-up I can get behind! [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, but ... <u>rules</u> --ya gotta heed the Rules...
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    COW HITCH - ISA vs. TCIA

    Here's a pic from the recent (14th April, nice day!) MAC-ISA TreeClimbing Competition in Wheaton, Maryland. Cow &amp; Better Half, long tail wrapped twice around the (not skinny!) tree, and tail dogged at the end. *kN*
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    knots and anchors

    [re-casting Brion's reply here, to make quotes conspicuous] - - - - - - [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I tried seizing uncovered Spectra, and the ends pulled through at, as I recall, about 40% of break. Tried it with many turns, with nylon twine, with Spectra twine, tried it with massive leverage on the...
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    Alternative to Scaffold Knot and Buntline Hitch

    Re: Alternative to Scaffold Knot and Buntline Hitc [ QUOTE ] an anchor bend is lovely, like it [/ QUOTE ] And you might try using this hitch vice the strangle in the noose --i.e., use it "tied around the standing portion." It should be easier to loosen than a strangle form of the double...
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    Alternative to Scaffold Knot and Buntline Hitch

    Re: Alternative to Scaffold Knot and Buntline Hitc Just some quick points: 1) It's "B I G H T", not "bite". --something to chew on. 2) "If I'm not mistaken, a scaffold knot is a clove hitch..." There's something to this : "scaffold hitch" is a sort of *opened* clove hitch, for use in...
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    knots and anchors

    [ QUOTE ] I tried seizing uncovered Spectra, and the ends pulled through at, as I recall, about 40% of break. Tried it with many turns, with nylon twine, with Spectra twine, tried it with massive leverage on the seizing stick, with obsessively tightened frapping turns, with service under the...
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    knots and anchors

    [ QUOTE ] Jack, the knot you pictured is still in the sliding noose stage as it has not bottomed out. Your strong seizing is doing most of the work. Dave [/ QUOTE ] Good eye! And the "bottoming out" that might occur with this particular structure isn't going to be pretty: i.e., the first...
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    The lifespan of webing

    First question to the OP, at this time (2012-04), what sort of age of things are you talking about? --and what frequency of usage? The information about aging and effects of usage, UV radiation, ... , is frustratingly unclear and at times contradictory. E.g, I've seen it asserted that HMPE...
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    Does bar oil weaken the rope?

    It's a question of what additives might be in the oil --the oil itself isn't harmful. (bummer sort of indecisive answer) *kN*
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    knots and anchors

    [ QUOTE ] I'd recommend a thimble next time: [/ QUOTE ] Wow, if you're able to make such a nice (hot pink!) seizing, skip the bulky <u>strangle knot</u> (this is NOT a "fisherman's"), and put in two more such seizings. Nice work, SingleJack! *kN*
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    COW HITCH - ISA vs. TCIA

    Whiz &amp; Tony opine: [ QUOTE ] &gt; the finish is to keep the [tail] of the sling out of the running rigging, &gt; Tucking the tail just gets it out of the way. [/ QUOTE ] This is a good point, but I suggest that there can be some gain and need for security (below). [Re Sherrill's imageS...
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    tying an eye in rigging line

    There is an interesting, butterfly-like mid-line eyeknot presented here : ]http://igkt.net/sm/index.php?topic=3827.0 that resembles Ashley's #1408 end-2-end knot. With the butterfly/lineman's loop, it is possible that heavy loading of the knot qua eyeknot (i.e., with one end slack, eye loaded...
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    Check this out --- !!!!!!!

    Too bad they didn't focus on the ropework (at least once). I saw a butterfly tie-in with two ropes, and the below tail led to I'm not sure what (or why). I'd like to see how they ceased swinging and came back to earth. (Fortunately, this wasn't one of those *instructional* videos showing...
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    tying an eye in rigging line

    [ QUOTE ] Ian, if you are usng a block that can be opened, then try a <u>double fishermans knot</u>. Remember that it is hard to untie after loading but will come apart easily if it can be slid off the sheve before untying. [/ QUOTE ] I assume you mean what's also called a "barrel hitch" which...
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    knots and anchors

    [ QUOTE ] knots and hitches don't make ropes weaker. They make them less efficient. If they weakened the rope the rope would be weak even after the knot/hitch were untied. I know...this is conceptual and maybe irrelevant, but it is accurate. [/ QUOTE ] Rockclimbers often trim the ends of their...

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