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  1. Tree09

    Adventures with Apprentices

    Why do ironworkers tuck their pants in their boots? So everyone can see that they can tie their shoes 🤣 🤣 🤣 i could go on for days....
  2. Tree09

    Adventures with Apprentices

    Stig, both Bob and i are pipefitters. In the trades here in the us, having jokes about the other trades is quite possibly the most important thing you can learn as an apprentice :D
  3. Tree09

    Adventures with Apprentices

    Lol i have the volume turned off on my phone by habit, i just saw that he tied it correctly so I posted it. Obviously it's normally tied in a whole length of rope, not just a little section. Ironworkers are a different breed, not always the sharpest knife in the drawer :lol: Here's a few good...
  4. Tree09

    Adventures with Apprentices

    I use tree/ sailing knots at work and that is where i make life easy lol. I'll often use a tautline for doing pipes temporarily and being able to adjust them, that blows people's minds lol. Munter hitches for lowering stuff, or truckers knots for lashing stuff down. Use a marline hitch for...
  5. Tree09

    Adventures with Apprentices

    It's just a trick to finish off the bucket hitch. You make a slip knot with the standing end, then put the running end through the loop, and when you pull, it capsizes into a bowline. You must pay attention to how the tail comes out of the knot tho, one way it would be to the outside so you...
  6. Tree09

    Adventures with Apprentices

    Absolutely, i would love to hear them! It's true the actual rigging trade is disappearing because of lawyers and insurance agents, but parts still live on. I never did understand the trades love for a clove hitch, but i guess if you are only going to know one knot it's a pretty good one for...
  7. Tree09

    Adventures with Apprentices

    I rope rig as a fitter all the time. Essential part of the trade.
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