Fireaxman
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Just want to be SURE it's right before I hang my life on it. Trying to learn from Skwerl from that "step by step photos of my VT hitch" thread.
It looks good before I load it, but it seems to open up and un-twist a little bit under load. It also slips a little if I feed it slack from the bottom of the hitch. I don't think that would happen in the tree, but - sometimes twigs and branches push and pull on the darndest things.
I've been using the Knut very successfully with the help you guys gave me. Very secure, and it is 2 inches shorter in the same 25" loop (doesn't spread out as much), but it does get pretty tight by the end of the day. I can see how the VT would be easier to work.
It looks good before I load it, but it seems to open up and un-twist a little bit under load. It also slips a little if I feed it slack from the bottom of the hitch. I don't think that would happen in the tree, but - sometimes twigs and branches push and pull on the darndest things.
I've been using the Knut very successfully with the help you guys gave me. Very secure, and it is 2 inches shorter in the same 25" loop (doesn't spread out as much), but it does get pretty tight by the end of the day. I can see how the VT would be easier to work.