rigging

I´ve spliced a few Ultraslings including Antal rigging rings in the past. How do you handle the position change for negative stem rigging effectively? At the moment most often I´m pulling out the rope (due to a large metal inlay spliced eye on one side of my rope) completely, hang it on my...

let it run? let it run!

I used this portawrap for a redirect last week and noticed today the bollard bent from the strain we put on it. Trashed? Still useable? Let me know what y’all think!

Smooooth :D Blue Moon hank is now basically my go-to, light-duty bullrope :P

'solo rigging' some (crispy!) Royal Poinciana :D

I haven't seen this but can't get it out of my head, am picturing using figure-8's along a rigging-line to create friction before the highest anchor-point, literally just string the rope through the 8's (1, 2 or more of them, each lashed to the trunk with a length of rope) in a manner where...

I fell down a rabbit hole this weekend and figured I might as well ask here. Background: My partner and I volunteer doing trail management/maintenance and we do chainsaw work to clear downed (or hung-up) trees from trails. Most of what we work on is dead, but some of it is storm-damaged. For...

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