Sterling rope rod

[islandarb]

As for the at height ones I use they are the shorty doubles. 9" long.

 

[Mowerr]

What about the Lawton tether? They claim it's 7.5"...I think I saw it on wesspur or treestuff...
My next is definitely gonna be one of them shawtys

 

[SomethingWitty]

Naw, the spring one. I like the flex.
My old @height tether is getting pretty beat up because I bend it all over the place when I work.

 

[Mowerr]

I'm saying, is the Lawton the shortest?

 

[islandarb]

I'm saying, is the Lawton the shortest?

Probably......good luck on getting a fast hitch that short.

 

[islandarb]

Naw, the spring one. I like the flex.
My old @height tether is getting pretty beat up because I bend it all over the place when I work.

Tony Knight gave me one it was bulky and long. Worked well but that was 6 years ago abouts.

 

[Mowerr]

Probably......good luck on getting a fast hitch that short.

Shorter the faster

 

[islandarb]

Shorter the faster

Or the bindier....lol

 

[Mowerr]

9 just doesn't seem much different than 11 but if u think 7.5 is too short maybe I'll try one of the other shorties

 

[Louhut]

Simarghu make a single leg 7.5 in tether with a built in tending loop. I’ve always see a short hitch, your hitch should never bind if you use the right cord with the right hitch. The tether I used was an isc foot long and it was too long for the hitch I use. If a short hitch bonds up for you, use a different cord or try another hitch or try a long hitch. I like either a michoacan, catalan or a martin hitch.

 

[Louhut]

Set up with 8mm courant cord, the sewn eye makes the hitch a bit longer. Second image tied with a Samson ice tail 5 wrap michoacan they work fine. I never liked the long tethers so it’s nice to hav a nice short system with minimal sit back which is nice when returning from a branch walk

 

[Mowerr]

Set up with 8mm courant cord, the sewn eye makes the hitch a bit longer. Second image tied with a Samson ice tail 5 wrap michoacan they work fine. I never liked the long tethers so it’s nice to hav a nice short system with minimal sit back which is nice when returning from a branch walk

The second image with ice tail looks like like the shwabisch hitch...the first one is the mihoacan

 

[Mowerr]

Without seeing the front it's hard to tell. But ya I like that tether...whos flipping those?

 

[Brocky]

Both hitches appear to be Michoacáns, sometimes still called the Martin, although Martin, the originator of the hitch, prefers the former name.

 

[Mowerr]

Both hitches appear to be Michoacáns, sometimes still called the Martin, although Martin, the originator of the hitch, prefers the former name.

Well he claims there different...no way to be for sure on the second bc I can't see the front...but it could be either or.

 

[Brocky]

I don’t see where he says they are two different hitches. More careful reading of his post has him naming the Michoacan and Martin hitches as maybe different. I’m now wondering which hitches he’s referring to.

 

[Mowerr]

I don’t see where he says they are two different hitches. More careful reading of his post has him naming the Michoacan and Martin hitches as maybe different. I’m now wondering which hitches he’s referring to.

Ya I assumed that - when he singled out the 2nd image.
I had heard others say the Martin and mihoacan are the same.
Don't know of the catalan but now that I'm looking at them more they both do look more like the mihoacan

 

[Mowerr]

All right I see what's going on here. The 2nd pic is the the mihoacan spun around so the back is facing the tether as opposed to the 1st pic where it faces the other way. (The more common way it's used)

 

[climbstihl]

@Brocky @Mowerr @Louhut
The first one doesn't quite look like a Michoacan to me, it looks like there is an additional twist in there. I don't know the catalan, maybe that's what it is?

 

[climbstihl]

All right I see what's going on here. The 2nd pic is the the mihoacan spun around so the back is facing the tether as opposed to the 1st pic where it faces the other way. (The more common way it's used)

Yes, the second one looks like a michoacan, I almost always use it facing that direction.