Eye to Eye prusiks

[richspeight]

Hi there,

 

I am just starting to work my way through my qualifications and just making roads into tree surgery on the isle of man. I am looking to start using a hitch climber system but i am currently having difficulty sourcing a eye to eye prusik to make the valdotain tresse knot to use as a friction hitch. i have got my triple anchor pulley and after a bit of a messing around with 2 krabs that didn't fit into the pulley i am just missing the friction hitch. I am at a loss as to where to get the eye to eye prusik from every where i look online they dont seem to sell them. i have only found them on honey brothers and it has £26 postage which is rather steep for one prusik.

 

Any help would be much appriciated.

[Tommy_B]

Why don't you just tie 2 fisherman's knots?

[treequip]

Friction ropes & split tails | F R Jones and Son

[WeeDee]

Give Rob a ring at TreeWorker (to the right of this page).

[richspeight]

cheers guys great help.

 

re the 2 fisherman hitches, in the official write up for the hitch it does say not to use knots as it restricts the working of the friction hitch.

 

Fingres crossed i can get one sorted now.

 

Thanks for the help.

 

Rich

[Rich Rule]

I think that refer to a knot to terminate your climbing line. The hitch cord tied off'll be ok.

[richspeight]

Ahh i see now, thanks Rich Rule. I will see what i can set up with a prusik cord that i have until i get a eye to eye ordered. cheers guys

[WorcsWuss]

I started off on the hc with a length of Marlow boa 9mm cord tied off with fishermans, I now have a 75cm 8mm Yale beeline e2e and it's great cord, makes a real short vt.... Got it from jonesie....