Twisted Rope Help

[RobArb]

what hitch do you also? some hitches on decent twist the rope, there is a way of stopping this by holding the hitch in a certain way:biggrin:

 

Taylor Hamal told me that one, and it works:thumbup:

[Treespasser]

Treespasser, after use, how do you store the rope?

Might it be the way you're packing it away?

 

I always coil the rope into a Gasket Hitch. As you mentioned loose bags in your previous comment, I gather it is best to feed the rope into a bag?

 

 

Treespasser

[Treespasser]

what hitch do you also? some hitches on decent twist the rope, there is a way of stopping this by holding the hitch in a certain way:biggrin:

 

Taylor Hamal told me that one, and it works:thumbup:

 

I usually use the standard prussik, and more often the swabish prussik.

 

Would you mind explaining this method?

 

Thank you very much,

 

Treespasser

[slack ma girdle]

Tie one end to something. Lay out all the rope, and pull it till all the rope is off the ground, and let go. Repeat a couple of times and loosely coil.

[Treespasser]

Tie one end to something. Lay out all the rope, and pull it till all the rope is off the ground, and let go. Repeat a couple of times and loosely coil.

 

Thanks a lot, I will have to try this method aswell!

 

Treespasser

[RobArb]

yes, as you descend on you hitch watch the rope going into the hitch from underneath, if the rope is twisting anti-clockwise get hold of your hitch know with thumb and finger and twist it clockwise till the rope stops twisting and vice versa for clockwise twist:biggrin:

[jarnii]

drop the tail over a low branch then when decending go over the other side so the tail is above you and it wont coil.

[Treespasser]

drop the tail over a low branch then when decending go over the other side so the tail is above you and it wont coil.

 

Would that not make it harder to decend? as the tail is now directed above you and pulling the underside of the friction hitch upwards?

 

Treespasser

[Treespasser]

yes, as you descend on you hitch watch the rope going into the hitch from underneath, if the rope is twisting anti-clockwise get hold of your hitch know with thumb and finger and twist it clockwise till the rope stops twisting and vice versa for clockwise twist:biggrin:

 

Wow! Thank you for sharing this! I will try it out!

 

Treespasser

[WeeDee]

I always coil the rope into a Gasket Hitch. As you mentioned loose bags in your previous comment, I gather it is best to feed the rope into a bag?

 

 

Treespasser

 

You could give it a try.

 

Just flake the rope into a bag, or a garden trug, and see if it pays out without the twists.