ripplerider
ArboristSite Member
Anyone have any wisdom/tricks for getting a standing bowline untied from a 3-strand rope that had a LOT of pressure applied to it? Tried using a scrench to prise it apart and can probably get it eventually but seems like I'm marginally damaging the strands like this. This knot usually unties easily for me but this time had another rope tied to it with a Maasdam puller on both ropes at once (2 pullers working in unison to pull a tremendous white pine.) Thouhgt about putting dishwashing soap on it, any thoughts or better ideas?