Got our new shirts today.

[tree MDS]

You're right MDS. I use a Schwabisch because it pretty much always stays set and uniform. You'll need to tweak the length and wraps/braids you take on the VT to maximize setting and minimize sitback. It's a tweakers hitch.

Thats what I thought. I think I've got it about as short as I can get it and still have it run smothly with the HC. I may go back to the schwabisch, its just so simple and then I can just use the spliced eye to eye tails that I have and lose the scaffold knots. We'll see. I need more time with this new crap to really say.

 

[Nailsbeats]

Definitely, MDS. It'll take a couple years to really find the new groove.

 

[Blakesmaster]

:hmm3grin2orange: I think he's from out west. You may be outta his range.

Nice shirts, nice logo/slogan. Nobody else prunes without spikes?

Some may look at that as sad. I look at it as cash!

 

[Blakesmaster]

.......plus I was just joking!


I worked for a retired police chief the other day who is 85 years old and a WWII Navy veteran. We talked about knots and rigging and after seeing me rope climb two trims he remarked "that climbing rope is almost indispensable". I said "Sure is."

He was especially curious about my friction hitch so I showed him the VT and a few other friction hitches. What a great client he is!

Ex- boyscouts are my favorites. Their eyes get all wide when they see an actual USE for a knot.

 

[Blakesmaster]

I can see where you want to make sure the vt is set after a long ascent before leaning back on it though.

The other thing I noticed is I believe what they call the "sit back" factor, where I have to actually go a little past exactly where I want to be cutting in order to settle in just right. Does this sound right or am I maybe doing something wrong??

Yup, takes some getting used to, but I'll never go back to a Blakes. VT for me!

 

[TreeAbuser]

Thats a similar logo we have.

Its a picture of an axe and a wheelbarrow with "Combustion engines are for sissies" slogan.

Sure we lose money when we take turns pushing each other on the wheelbarrow to the clients, but we make tons by reducing equipment maintenance costs to zero.