What am I measuring today - fiddle setup and truckers’ hitch

[AHPP]

 

Whatever that is in the photo, pulling in line as much as possible so as not to vector it - 125kg
Then vector pulled it by pulling sideways - 160kg
Also reset it higher to vector pull it by sitting on the rope - 170kg
 

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No photo of a truckers’ hitch. I couldn’t remember the neat way to do it with the the overlapping hand wraps and couldn’t bear the shame of Mick shaking his head at the slipknot I used instead. 

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Same rope, truckers’ hitch - 50kg
Vector pulled that too (sitting on rope) - 170kg

Edited 9 hours ago by AHPP

[slack ma girdle]

I will start the ball rolling: 250kg

[AHPP]

And since I was in the mood for measuring things (and since these measuring threads are half for the general interest of measuring things and half to manoeuvre your minds into one day warmly welcoming my forthcoming and fabulous little rigging device into your lives), I went and did a couple of other pulls.

 

I put this on very, very easily.

 

And then I put this on, still quite easily.

 

Infinite pull length, captures progress, makes a nice noise.

[Rich Rule]

8 hours ago, AHPP said:

 

Whatever that is in the photo, pulling in line as much as possible so as not to vector it - 125kg
Then vector pulled it by pulling sideways - 160kg
Also reset it higher to vector pull it by sitting on the rope - 170kg
 

———

No photo of a truckers’ hitch. I couldn’t remember the neat way to do it with the the overlapping hand wraps and couldn’t bear the shame of Mick shaking his head at the slipknot I used instead. 

———

 

Same rope, truckers’ hitch - 50kg
Vector pulled that too (sitting on rope) - 170kg

 

Here you go.  Simple and easy.

 

I managed it after only having the partial use of one hand.

 

 

[AHPP]

So it's you I speak to about the shame of not being arsed to look it up is it?

[Mick Dempsey]

Learning the truckers hitch from your old man is a rite of passage. 
“you do this, then you do this, then this….twist it, and there you go »

[Mark Bolam]

12 minutes ago, Rich Rule said:

 

Here you go.  Simple and easy.

 

I managed it after only having the partial use of one hand.

 

 

 

You forgot to say ‘That is going NOWHERE!’

[kram]

Is the "crane scale" accurate/cheap/where did you get it? Could be useful.

[AHPP]

11 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

 

You forgot to say ‘That is going NOWHERE!’

Reckless.

[AHPP]

13 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Learning the truckers hitch from your old man is a rite of passage. 
“you do this, then you do this, then this….twist it, and there you go »

I can do them with knots that are a pain to undo but the slick version we're talking about I'm pretty sure I learned from you. Or was at least recently brought to my attention by you.