On Jun 26, 12:11=A0am, Dante <d.leona...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> A couple of raps and a couple half hitches -- cloves can be a pain to
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> under tension
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> On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:13:40 -0700, George H Sherlock wrote
> (in article <742dnVwHUZCoZv_VnZ2dnUVZ_tbin...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
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> > You can tie the clove using the doubled up rope
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> > "Richard Dreyfuss" <jqui...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> >news:Xns9AC8D2CA2E23Ejquimbyhotmailcom@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> 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
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> >> Don't worry, I'll be more specific. =A0I did a fair amount of work
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> >> hauling pipes and scenic pieces into position, and tying them in
place
> >> tem****arily while more permanent rigging was installed. =A0So 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?
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> >> I've been in the (bad?) habit of doubling up a foot or two of slack
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> >> doing several half hitches around the loaded line. =A0Learned it from
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> >> 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.
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> >> I'm hoping that there's something faster than simply tying a clove
> >> through all 50' feet of slack like my partner was doing.
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> >> Thoughts?
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> >> Ben- Hide quoted text -
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If you can pull it up by hand, and the rope doesn't cut into you
badly. Then you're far enough from the breaking strength that the
knot doesn't matter.
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RickR
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