Fun little rigging job last week.

[Pete Mctree]

Hey Pete, we meet again!

 

I'm now ordering my rigging lines with eye splices which will pretty much preclude use of a termination knot on the spliced end. A shackle will of course be the choice for heavy loads or butt hitching.

 

And, I stopped by Ben's today. He'll have new 1/2 inch line for me in pronto!! I've been putting that order off for quite some time!

 

Here is a little research provided by Treemangineers on the sideloading issue- some suprising results

 

http://www.treemagineers.com/downloads/Go_Configure.pdf