Please, sell me your hitch!

[rborist1]

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[Gord]

Originally posted by Tom Dunlap
Gord,

You might consider a change in your system. If you swap the biners side to side you'll have a bit better stystem I think. By using the HMS with your split tail you'll have a bigger space to put the wider load. With the cord and the pulley on that small space, the load is shifte towards the gate leg which is weaker.

Putting the single rope on the smaller biner keeps the load centered better on the main spine.

I've stopped using any d-shaped biners where more than one rope is connected. The ISC Mongoose and its kindred or Petzl HMS get used in their place.

Tom

I agree with you Tom, I'm not entirely happy with the way that the pulley and eye load the biner. The thing is, I have a buckingham versatile and clip into two of the attachment loops. If I have the pulley and eye on the large end of the HMS I cannot easily unclip the system from my belt to pass it around a limb or whatever, I have to unclip the hitch from the biner rather than the biner from my belt. I'm always trying to refine the system, I've been trying this set up for the last few weeks and like it for the most part, but it's far from perfect.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

I've seen setups that are like that and the climbing line rubs on the hitch cord all of the time. As long as it is inspected OFTEN!!! it shouldn't be an issue. If the wear is done in a few days then I would be very concerned.

I'm not saying its a bad setup, just caution.

Tom

 

[Tim Gardner]

Originally posted by RockyJSquirrel
Hey Tim- I'm impressed that over the last year of experimenting with friction hitches, we both ended up with the identical hitch tied with the identical hitch cord. Although I'm still using a pulley for my hitch tender.
I did find that the 4-1 VT tied with Sta-Set didn't always grab on the Fly rope. I think it works better on the Yellow Jacket. Amazing how much different a hitch will work if only one variable is changed.

The hitch tender I have developed is really cool. I prolly will not go back to a pulley. Sta-Set and The Fly work really well for me. When you combine the light weight rope, FC, VT and the hitch tender the system is smooth as silk.

Too bad there is not a better splice for the Fly. With 16 strand I could pull the eye through a pulley with throw line.

 

[Bradley Ford]

Originally posted by Tim Gardner
The hitch tender I have developed is really cool. I prolly will not go back to a pulley.

Tim,

Please tell us more about your hitch tender: picture. Was it sold as a hitch tender (vendor?), or did you make it yourself (how?)? Why is it a better hitch tender than a micropulley?

Thanks!

 

[Stumper]

Tim made it. It is better cause it is lighter-I guess?-If Tim ever makes one for me (Hint ,hint ) I'll know for sure.

 

[geofore]

prussic

Originally posted by Nathan Wreyford
Just FYI, the #1 hitch I see here daily is a prussick loop with just 2 wraps.

Are these guys under 100kilos? For those of us at 230-250 lbs it's better with three wraps. I use the blake but I have lots of prussics made up to use also, they come in handy for other uses.