ways to coil a rope

Phil

Phil

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so i was trying to find a nice neat way to coil a rope and leaving the result as an open loop. By open loop i mean the finished product could be slung accross the body like a sash. The purpose would be for packing it in long distances on foot without a bag. any ideas?
 
Why don't you want a bag? My opinion to have your hands free would be get a backpack bag. Or one of the backpack gear bags that will hold a rope bag, saddle, helmet and other such things.
 
its just for fun man...i have a rope bag that holds everything except my chainsaw and spikes. I am just wondering. I was working the ice storm here and we had to pack all this stuff in long distances and it would have been easier to tie the rope in a way i could throw it accross my body. you never know when you're gonna want or need to carry a rope like this. i would have helped me.
 
OHHH Sorry didn't mean to ruin a hypothetical.

I would just wrap it like normal, then leave a longer tail and put a bowline to throw over my shoulder.
 
coil rope. wrap it like you are preparing a hank to hang on a hook.

pull a really long bight through

make that bight into shoulder straps play around with it and it will make sense criss cross over shoulders wrap around waist that will hold coil close to back and not flopping

i like a wheel burrow for packing to remote jobs im a conserve energy kinda guy (lazy)
 
I know exactly what to do!...but i don't think I can really explain it. Used to use it rockclimbing all the time back in the day. Let's see....
Start by taking both ends together and pull 3 full arm lengths out before beginning the coiling (rope ends running parrallel). Then coil as usual. When done, wrap the two ends around a bight near the top of the coil a few times, then through the opening of the top bight so that the two ends are dangling out. Take the two ends and put around shoulders (back pack style)feed down under arms, over rope behind you, and around your waist (more than once if you have enough rope) finishing in a sqare knot to tie the two ends together right around the navel.......uh..do ya get it? The key is coiling it starting with both ends, and leaving tails in order to tie it.
 
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coil rope. wrap it like you are preparing a hank to hang on a hook.

pull a really long bight through

make that bight into shoulder straps play around with it and it will make sense criss cross over shoulders wrap around waist that will hold coil close to back and not flopping


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That's it.
 
I like this one because it can be thrown over the shoulder, and the wraps hold the loops so they don't get all twisted and knotted.


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I prefer using rope bags. When I'm not using them, I like this coil. Butterfly coils drive me bonkers.
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nick
 
Try googling "butterfly coil" There are a few variations. I start with the two ends, pay out two full wingspans and run the rope behind my neck. I run the loops (while coiling) down to my hipbone with my thumb (ensures short, even, manageable, coils). Holding it in one arm and coiling with the other is a waste of energy. The short coils make packing more junk through the brush more manageable.
Enjoy
 
Whenever coiling and not flaking, i am very carefull to lay out without knots or resistances to kinks working off end of line. Then, as i grab each turn, twist between fingers and lay neatly to coil. The line in coil wants to twist, so i ocunter and make it twist out and run off free end of line, sometimes dragging to make it work.

In flaking i twist too, but; counter with next twist in opposite direction with opposite hand.

These actions can be subtle enough, that it looks like someone else is doing same procedure,w hen they aren't twisting between fingers. Once, kinky/ twisting, the elastic memory might over rule, and it might take several uses and neat coilings to get right.
 
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