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2 hours ago, Stubby said:

Does no body put a tapered stick in knots that are going to do that ?  I have always done it . Just tap the stick out and the knot is loose .

No never, hate the stick trick I prefer Pete’s method or any other better way that doesn’t involve a stick.

Half hitch the shit out of it, bowline, truckers hitch (when winching on the floor) anything other than jamming a stick in there.

 

 

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4 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

Bowline can jam like buggery with a winch Marc.

Half hitches are pretty golden, like.

Why do you hate the stick trick?

Hate is a very strong word you know?

Just because it so inelegant and lazy, and I have to rummage around for that perfect stick, so many times I’ve had the stick either snap or become jammed itself requiring serious work to free up.

 

So I learned to tie knots that simply don’t jam.

 

this is a nice quick easy one a lot are a variation of the truckers/Carter’s hitch which is also and invaluable knot to know.

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4 minutes ago, Marc said:

Just because it so inelegant and lazy, and I have to rummage around for that perfect stick, so many times I’ve had the stick either snap or become jammed itself requiring serious work to free up.

 

So I learned to tie knots that simply don’t jam.

 

this is a nice quick easy one a lot are a variation of the truckers/Carter’s hitch which is also and invaluable knot to know.

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I take your point . However I have , or did have two or three smooth , turned on a lathe , slightly tapered wooden pins purely for this application .

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You were obviously born to this Darrin.

I have realised most of the advice we've given has been a bit smart-arseish.

'You should have done this instead blah blah blah', rather than advice on the problem in hand.

Mallet/soaking can do the trick, and I'm glad it worked. I've brutalised ropes over the years, hammering screnches through knots etc., but as Pete McTree commented you do need to careful about rope integrity afterwards.

I've lost a couple.

One 13mm XTC that a tractor jerked my stuck Transit out of a field in the dark, and a 16mm Portland braid that we (mainly Rich Rule) had rigged down probably thousands of tonnes on (fishermans on a steel crab).

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Just now, Stubby said:

I take your point . However I have , or did have two or three smooth , turned on a lathe , slightly tapered wooden pins purely for this application .

Well that beat rummaging around in the leaf litter or cutting a branch.

There are many soloutions I just prefer something I can tie in a field to a truck without having to find a branch.

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1 minute ago, Marc said:

Well that beat rummaging around in the leaf litter or cutting a branch.

There are many soloutions I just prefer something I can tie in a field to a truck without having to find a branch.

Respect . No problem from me bud ! :001_smile:

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