Favorite Knot

[scubadude1188]

What's your favorite knot? I think mine has to be the alpine butterfly or the bowline.

 

[treeslayer]

Running bowline hands down, the most useful knot, ever.

 

[StewartTreeCare]

Running bowline hands down, the most useful knot, ever.

:agree2:

 

[outofmytree]

Mine is the Granny knot. Granny and I were close.

Funny you should say that... me and your Granny were close too.

You meant the apple right?

 

[lumberjack333]

Most useful knot, definitely running bowline... my favourite...??...? hmmm hafta say a proper bowline on a bight, not a double bowline tied with the tail hanging out. BOAB has got to be the best knot to watch a rookie try to untie, usually I wait to tell them how after they've pulled 100ft of rope through getting it apart. They usually get it the next time:jester:.

 

[Buckettruckbabe]

I love Knots

And, no, I have no thing for your Granny. (a square knot done wrong) LOL*

I don't have a particular fave, being a girl though, I usually get asked to untie them.

Found a cool site for tree climbing knots, though.

http://www.treeclimbingknots.com/different-tree-climbing-knots/

 

[BuddhaKat]

Here's a good knot resource: http://www.animatedknots.com

I'm a fanatic about using proper knots vs intentional tangles. I learned that from my time spent on the Golden Hinde.

 

[Buckettruckbabe]

Omg...lmao

Granny Lister....ROTF

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

I like the daisy chain bo'lin, since it holds under loan, and slips apart easy enough so a labor type with gloves on can clear the load in no time at all.

http://www.sherrilltree.com/Learning-Center/Knots

Sherrill has this page with BK art.

 

[TreEmergencyB]

def the bowline running or not it is the basics of tree work!

 

[outofmytree]

Ok ok, I will be momentarily serious.

Clove hitch and tfl are equal faves with the girth hitch a close second.

 

[kennertree]

Best knot I ever tied was mariage.

 

[Groundman One]

Bowline by far.

 

[groundsmgr]

toss up. bowline or running bowline. I ues tthem both a lot.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

finally got a pic

 

[TreeandLand]

Running bowline on a bite

I've sometimes tied a running bowline on a bite...it works, but what a thick mass of rope to handle. I tied it when yarding a trailer full of brush out at the dump, to a steel loop on concrete jersey barrier.
What do you think, neccesary or not? I was worried that a standard bowline on a bite will tighten up too much to untie when loaded with a truck.