Friction Hitches

[L14M]

Prusik loops or split tail?

 

Your thoughts?

[Marc]

I bet i know where this will end up:lol:

I hated prussik terrible knot, klemheist (made with a loop like prussik) is better or a Blakes (split tail).

 

Myself i quickly moved onto a hitchclimber with a basket style hitch - Knute or VT.

[slack ma girdle]

Split tails as you can adjust the lenght. But i would prefer to use a VT system

[VEG]

I use prussik but not tried anything else.

[WorcsWuss]

Blakes is a great friction hitch to start on. It's a piece of cake to tie and is quite steady, use a split tail with 1 spliced or sewn eye. The way it sits when dressed makes it quite easy to set up self tending too.

I've about come to the end of my time on a blakes, I've been trying out a helical but it's a bit of a pain to tie and set right so I'm moving over to a VT now [with a length of cord with a fisherman's knot each end] which I really like, quite quick running and ties easily, but I think I need an HC & spliced eye to eye cord to get the best from it.

 

 

 

 

 

Then I watched the Spiderjack 2.1 video and friction hitches are dead to me.....!

[L14M]

i was thinking about using a hitchclimber set up but going to wait a while yet, how do you think a hitch climber set up would work with a 13mm rope?

[WorcsWuss]

Should be fine, 13mm is still 'normal' size.... HC will take up to 14mm rope...

[L14M]

Cool, thanks i might give the hc a try then

[SAM66S]

You will not look back once you have upgraded to a hitch climber! Ive just switched to a spiderjack onwards & upwards!!!

[Old Mill Tree Care]

I'm utterly amazed that anyone climbs on a basic hitch and I'm surprised at people that climb on HC style set ups.