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tree md said:
I have used it a lot over the years too. It is the first hitch I learned to set my slings. I have never had one fail in the tree either. I did have one fail when I was trying to use it as a snatch block and pull over a stump onetime but I had it set at the wrong angle and was loading it wrong (side loading). As long as you are loading it vertically it is fail safe IMO. I have still come to prefer the cow hitch for big wood. It does take twice the length of sling though.
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It really cannot fail (come apart, not break) if you safety it with a half hitch on the end and take at least 3 loops around itself min. more if it needs it.
 
Seems like you could make a decent living just cutting the crap off the bottom of these palms with a bucket truck. There are mass dirty ones and the cleaned ones look so much better.

Most of them have spike holes in them.
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treevet said:
It really cannot fail (come apart, not break) if you safety it with a half hitch on the end and take at least 3 loops around itself min. more if it needs it.
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Yeah, I did not use a half hitch when I side loaded it on the ground (was in a hurry and really didn't think that I would be loading it as heavy as I did) and it came apart. I always use one now but I always use at least 7 coils. Think I read that was minimum somewhere a long time ago but I could be wrong. I usually tie 6 coils then two more loops with a hitch in both so 8 is what I end up with. LOL, when I learn a lesson I learn it good. After my TH came loose on the ground I don't take any chances anymore.
 
BTW, Nice pics TV and Congrats to your daughter. I was a psych major in college. Was a member of the Psy-Beta honors society as well (I was an honors student believe it or not). Best of luck to her.

I feel a trip to North Cali coming on if I every get some of these bills paid (had to pay out $2800 this week and that hurts). Maybe I'll look Jeffey up! :D
 
tree md said:
Yeah, not my favorite knot for blocking but the wood got too big for a cow hitch on that piece. I made due on that one (never had a TH fail while blocking wood). I switched out to my bigger double braid sling after that cut and used a cow hitch.
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I would think a cow would hold the same as a timber and MAN! You do have a big gap between the block and the cut!
Those blocks are plenty strong but I don't like em cause of how sharp the sides are. I have had problems in the past with that, cut the rope.
 
tree md said:
BTW, Nice pics TV and Congrats to your daughter. I was a psych major in college. Was a member of the Psy-Beta honors society as well (I was an honors student believe it or not). Best of luck to her.

I feel a trip to North Cali coming on if I every get some of these bills paid (had to pay out $2800 this week and that hurts). Maybe I'll look Jeffey up! :D
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thanks ....southern cali for jeffy territory. We could see Mexico from the beach I was told.
 
treemandan said:
I would think a cow would hold the same as a timber and MAN! You do have a big gap between the block and the cut!
Those blocks are plenty strong but I don't like em cause of how sharp the sides are. I have had problems in the past with that, cut the rope.
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timber is just so damn fast and easy to tie (if you not doing 7 or 8x). effortless to undo as well.
 
treevet said:
timber is just so damn fast and easy to tie (if you not doing 7 or 8x). effortless to undo as well.
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My version of the cow is used to wrap up excess rope on the tail of the sling and usually end up finishing it off with a timber anyway. I am thinking of trying out an adjustable sling and if you think a timber is fast to tie well I guess you never seen me tie one up:dizzy: but that's cause I suck.

And congrats dad. That must have cost a fortune.:cheers:
 
treemandan said:
My version of the cow is used to wrap up excess rope on the tail of the sling and usually end up finishing it off with a timber anyway. I am thinking of trying out an adjustable sling and if you think a timber is fast to tie well I guess you never seen me tie one up:dizzy: but that's cause I suck.

And congrats dad. That must have cost a fortune.:cheers:
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thanks dano and yeah it was expensive but she did not waste it like I did. She just got her Masters and now will work on her PhD.
 
To tell the truth, I am using dyneema slings on wood up to 12". I usually cheat and do it old school way on wood up to 18" and just collar it off of itself for the sake of speed. I don't usually break out a heavy duty sling until I am into 18" wood or better. I often use the TH but I find I can tie the CH faster and I feel it is a better hitch for really big wood. To each their own though. I am pretty much self taught when it comes to using a block. I was still butt hitching off of the spar with a wrap up until just before I went out on my own. I am always open to other opinions.
 
tree md said:
I don't know how you guys do it up there. Anything below 35 and I'm ready to get back in the truck and turn up some heat. I'm like a camel in the heat here but I've lived with it my whole life.

Anyway, Here's a pic of the fat boy in the tree yesterday. The piece I am on was my next piece to block. I set my block on the lower stub, choked it with my running bowline just above the stub below my foot in this pic and made my cut just under the stub below my foot in the pic. Pretty good sized piece for the block. Couldn't get too many pics cause we were all busy working but did manage to get this one:

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You have a fat boy workin for ya?:monkey:
 

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