Re: What knot would you use...

You can tie the clove using the doubled up rope


"Richard Dreyfuss" <jquimby@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> The summarized question is: What knot would you use to tie a rope to a
> pipe when you're holding tension on the line, with lots of excess rope?
>
>
> Don't worry, I'll be more specific.  I did a fair amount of work today
> hauling pipes and scenic pieces into position, and tying them in place
> tem****arily while more permanent rigging was installed.  So for the
> rest of you, what knot do you use when you've pulled something up to
> just by the catwalk you're on, you want to tie it in place, and you've
> got say 50' of slack on the dead end of the rope?
>
> I've been in the (bad?) habit of doubling up a foot or two of slack and
> doing several half hitches around the loaded line.  Learned it from a
> reputable rigger a while ago, but I thought I'd ask if there was a
> better knot for this, one where I could actually read it's efficiency
> versus rope strength and know that it doesn't have a tendency to do
> something bad if loaded improperly.
>
> I'm hoping that there's something faster than simply tying a clove
> through all 50' feet of slack like my partner was doing.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Ben