What knot you use?

[VA-Sawyer]

12 Steps is a recovery progam, not a removal plan!

Tree guys playing chess ? I can just see it now.... he finally gets a piece to the far end of the board and says, " Crown me!"

As for the origional question......... Running Bowline.

Rick

 

[oldirty]

Years ago I watched a head cam video of a English guy wreck a large canopy tree using a steel carabiner and I was sold. So If I'm in the tree, Beaner with a half hitch. From the ground I fly up the running bowline. Pulling trees I throw the rope through a high crotch(if able to) and tie the knot a couple of feet above the cut.:msp_thumbup: If the wood is REAL REAL big I give it the dog knot.

you liking what reg was offering in his tutorial, were ya? he is a fine climber indeed. well worth borrowing what he sharing. i like a bit of that steel biner half hitch action as well but more often than not i end up tying knots along with the half hitch religiously and just natural crotch rig it. the tree dictates what i do actually. if the climb is technical and targets abound then yes i bust out the pow and block and the rest of the hardware needed but most of my climbing these days are my buzzies so those usually just climbs i go alone and piece out by hand... just slice and dice ****. set up brush piles for the chipper later type of stuff.

on the other hand the crane and i put out about 180yd of chip today... super not around this week and they got buzzard on the mic for the time being.



lol.

 

[treemandan]

Who dresses rabbits up? and whats wrong with turtles?

The Dan does, he does all sorts of weird things. The Dan's daughter's birthday is coming up and The Dan can't decide on whether to get his kid a chinchilla or a guinea pig. Which do you think would look better in a too too?

The Dan uses a RB on pretty much everything The Dan touches. I do the same.

 

[superjunior]

The Dan does, he does all sorts of weird things. The Dan's daughter's birthday is coming up and The Dan can't decide on whether to get his kid a chinchilla or a guinea pig. Which do you think would look better in a too too?

The Dan uses a RB on pretty much everything The Dan touches. I do the same.

If I had to pick a rodent guess I'd go with the g-pig, less money and the same life span..As far as a 2 2 think they'd be about the same, just depends on what Dan's preference is - color, trim, ect.. Will the Dan be modelling these 2 2's in larger scale prior to purchase?

Hope Dan's daughter has an awesome b-day BTW

 

[formationrx]

geez this is still going..?

....i think a lot of you make damn good points.... where are you when you tie the knot? .... are you spiked in right where you are going to tie to?..... are you on a ladder bucked in with your pole saw ready to thread?.... are you on the ground with a big shot?..... how much do you trust that knot? for me-- most of the time i m removing the tree.... and there is just a spar left and i m spiked in where im going tie off my pull line.... i m preferential to boat knots (midshipmans, fishermans, sailors etc) because i have worked on a commercial fishing boat.... i'm sure there is a cowboy out there who uses nothing but lariat loops and honda knots for everything.... there are pros and cons for every knot...... i like to change up my knots so i dont forget them.... most tree guys i have worked with use the running bowline no matter where they are... same knot every time and thats great.... i think many knots would work fine... i seen lots of different knots used for these scenarios... no sense in going on and on about it....

 

[flushcut]

The Dan does, he does all sorts of weird things. The Dan's daughter's birthday is coming up and The Dan can't decide on whether to get his kid a chinchilla or a guinea pig. Which do you think would look better in a too too?

The Dan uses a RB on pretty much everything The Dan touches. I do the same.

You can always skin the chinchilla and sell it to a furier for some cash when your daughter gets tired of the little thing.

 

[beastmaster]

I once seen a timber hitch come loose while pulling over a huge top with a truck. I wasn't the one who tied the knot, but none the less I have never trusted one again for that type of application(never on slick barked trees for sure)Running bowline can't go wrong.

 

[Kottonwood]

hell yeah this thread is going to fitty pages!

I use the running bowling not... it's the only not I know. I climb on it, tie my shoes with it, and yeah when I get married I'm tying one around that poor chicks finger


..... the rabbit comes outta the hole then goes around the tree, right?.... dammit

 

[Kottonwood]

The Dan does, he does all sorts of weird things. The Dan's daughter's birthday is coming up and The Dan can't decide on whether to get his kid a chinchilla or a guinea pig. Which do you think would look better in a too too?

The Dan uses a RB on pretty much everything The Dan touches. I do the same.

Go with the chinchilla... smells worse but you put it in a bowl of dust and it does hilarious things.

 

[TreeAce]

hell yeah this thread is going to fitty pages!

I use the running bowling not... it's the only not I know. I climb on it, tie my shoes with it, and yeah when I get married I'm tying one around that poor chicks finger


..... the rabbit comes outta the hole then goes around the tree, right?.... dammit

That was always one thing i liked about a bowline, the different animales that you can use when you tie it. Rabbit,woodchuck,black footed ferret,and yes...even the chinchilla. Mix it up and keep it fresh.....

 

[tree md]

... I was taught to tie one with completely different graphic imagery... :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[gtrees]

What knot do you use to attach the rope to the tree when you are using the rope to help pull over a tree? I normally use a bowline or a figure eight tired back around the rope. I help this other tree guy out the other day with my bucket truck. He attached his rope to the tree with a timber hitch. I guess it works, but it kinda made me nervious. I like a knot that cant come apart. Does anyone else use a timber hitch for attachment?

Never seen one come undone if it's biting properly

 

[yardguy26]

hoskins tree service

i use a bowline when it has branches/notch to rest in. we get tall, smooth beech and birch here and then the clove hitch comes in handy.

 

[beastmaster]

i use a bowline when it has branches/notch to rest in. we get tall, smooth beech and birch here and then the clove hitch comes in handy.

On slick barked trees I tie a bowline with a bite, or wrap the rope around twice then tie the running bowline. Clove hitch has to be tied in the right direction(up or down)or it's not secure. Too much for me to think about when I'm in the tree. Even when tied right it should be backed up with a half hitch or two. I use it on branches a lot, but even there I just use a loop that bites on its self if tying off a few at a time.

 

[himiler]

Today I used a section of strap with two Bowlins tied at either end and a Alpine Butterfly knot in the middle. Set up a biner tied with a fishermans knot on the rigging rope and a tag line. Once I had the strap girth hitched at both ends, I attached it to the rigging rope via biner, cut the horizontal Live Oak branch into sections and let er fly!
Timber Hitch? I'm even getting away from that and starting to use the Cow Hitch for the Porta Wrap.
Steve