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    Bend ratio lower than one on bull rope with a static load - thimble required ?

    Thank you all for your feedback. I'm sorry it took me a while to answer, but your input had me doing a lot more research on basic rigging techniques, which is ongoing. So I'll be reading up on rigging before posting unnecessary questions. I edited my initial post to reflect some of your answers.
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    Bend ratio lower than one on bull rope with a static load - thimble required ?

    Thank you both for your advice. I'll be setting a high pull line. I'm actually switching from steel wire to bull rope, because the lighter rope will be easier to place above crotches in the tree (the cable clams got stuck to often). And yes, I'm using a griphoist with a shear pin. My loads...
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    Bend ratio lower than one on bull rope with a static load - thimble required ?

    Thank you all very much for your helpful replies. I learned a lot. @Jonny Thanks! The thought of using two biners didn't even cross my mind, eventhough it is such a simple solution which I'll keep in mind. Since I don't own two identical steel biners or a portawrap, I'm gonna buy me some big...
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    Bend ratio lower than one on bull rope with a static load - thimble required ?

    Good evening! I want to fell some trees by pulling them down with my 5/8" (16mm) polyester bull rope (14000 lb / 6300kg). Since my rope is not spliced, I'm gonna use a figure nine knot or butterfly knot to attach it with a steel biner to the wire core of my wire core pulling system. The wire...
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    3:1 bend ratio acceptable?

    Reference for other readers. The percentages posted above (#3) might originate in the forum thread with bend ratio chart. P.S.: I joined this forum to post a bend ratio question. While researching the topic I discovered the chart.

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