Hitch Hiker thread.

[Old Mill Tree Care]

Adam, the HH works great on a tether.

 

After the right length was found, I had a short tether made with tight eyes. With a carabiner on both ends it is quick to switch from the bridge ring to tether and back as needed.

 

David

 

I don't suppose you could post a photo please Dave. I know it's simple and I understand it but photos are nice.

Thanks.

[nifty]

had my first play with the hh in months yesterday, been on spikes non stop since december, i played about with the knot a bit and set up a 5 wrap knut using ocean polyester just to see what it was like compared to the hh knot they recommend, and wow what a difference! it was so sweet, just beautiful to use, never quite got on with the other 7 wrap vt one, the knut i suppose was more intuitive to me as i've climbed on it for a couple of years, the other thing was i had a blast on my mates cougar blue rope, and loved it so much as soon as i got home got on to treestuff and ordered 45m legnth of it!! hopefully alot more work coming up that will inolve moving around a canopy as opposed to jsut sec felling straight sticks so i can get to grips with the hh again :thumbup:

[Old Mill Tree Care]

Cool. I have always used the recommended knot but with 5 wraps. Works we'll with my poison HiVee and 8mm Armor Pruss, the green & black stuff not the stiff red & black.

[Old Mill Tree Care]

Just found this photo of a mod that DMc has made. Excellent.

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I guess a Pinto pulley will fit, or any pulley that can slip around the bottom of the Oxan. Got to try this.

[rumination]

Any fixed side plate pulley should work (I use the Petzl one), and really does wonders for slack tending smoothness. It's a bit fiddly to clip in and out with the pulley, though, which is why Dave modified the pulley so you could just hook it into place.

[Gerbutt]

I can't work out what's going on there? What's the thin bit of cord for?

[Old Mill Tree Care]

I can't work out what's going on there? What's the thin bit of cord for?

 

He said it's just a tether to ensure that he does not drop the pulley.

[Gerbutt]

Ah I see, cheers!

 

Now I'm using kern I've found that the needle bearing on the biner works well for tending!

[Adam Bourne]

Really don't see what the issue is with slack tending!! You all must have baby arms!!

 

Still love my stainless steel bina does the job just fine for tending in slack

 

 

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[DrewB]

if you had to lift someone in a rescue, the pulley would make it a **** tonne easier