Knots used in treework

[Sciadopitys]

Just looked in a arb book and it says it is also useful for heavy rigging, but gives no examples! mmmmm???

[DrewB]

quick hitch for sending rigging lines up.

[Sciadopitys]

bowline with a yosemite tie off, just cos I like it slightly neater.

 

Totally agree, Big Frank!

[Rod]

bowline running bowline bowline on a bight all good knots i use all the time

 

the bowline on a bight is very good for shortening a rope when pulling trees with a winch/mog/landy etc

 

and it always comes apart afterwards

 

i also use butterfly and alpine butterfly for a few jobs

 

cow hitch, timber hitch, clove hith constricter is good for slippy things

 

and of course the mos used knot of all the marine spike

[Mesterh]

and of course the mos used knot of all the marine spike

 

Oh yeah forgot about that little fella

[Sciadopitys]

quick hitch for sending rigging lines up.

 

I have always used a sheet bend (well a slipped sheet bend) for this purpose and i didn't know how to tie a quick hitch until i read your post. I now consider the quick hitch to be much better for this purpose and will be using it from now on! Thank you! This forum does work!

[DrewB]

sweet as.

[Sciadopitys]

i also use butterfly and alpine butterfly for a few jobs.....clove hith constricter is good for slippy things......and of course the most used knot of all the marine spike

 

Marline spike i use a lot (when i worked with Yanks they called it a slipknot)

 

Rod, is a butterfly and an alpine butterfly the same knot or different mate?

 

and is a clove hitch same as clove hitch constricter? Never heard of that

[DrewB]

Bowline tied with clove hitch intead of the loop? dont know the name but comes undone after loading really easy-good for pulling stuff out with, such as stuck vehicles.

[Big 'Ammer]

Zeppelin bend is useful to know for joining two ropes together.

 

Holds fast and is good to untie afterwards.

 

Handy for any 'unusual' off set winching, when you need a very long rope.

 

Or getting you out of a hole, like when junior members of staff have felled the spar tree for your snatch block.