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  1. SouthSoundTree

    Better way to tie running bowline?

    You can double a piece of throwline throught the RB in order to pull-back on it. I do this sometimes when I'm not sure I will like the choke I get on a spar as set from the ground. I can manipulate it by pulling the throwline back, either to keep tension on the rope and keep it from snagging on...
  2. SouthSoundTree

    Better way to tie running bowline?

    This sounds like a mistake waiting to happen on the hot, tired, sunny, cold, rainy, windy, something, something. Sounds a bit like when someone wants to pull over a tree, pull the rope really tight then cut. I cut with the rope slightly tensioned, then back away and pull. You are setting up...
  3. SouthSoundTree

    Better way to tie running bowline?

    More stretch equals more narrowing of the line, equals more slippage at the knot, would be my Guess. Good bend radius on a clevis on a spliced eye. You can always wire or zip-tie the pin in place, if really concerned. What sized limb were you lifting? Agree with Daniel on the hinge...
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