Neither, ditch the large steel ring and replace with a steel biner(double locking) on the short one and make an Adjustable False crotch as described by Tom....
Conf: Tree Climber
From: Tom Dunlap
Date: Monday, March 11, 2002 08:04 PM
This is the way I have my AFC configured:
Twelve foot piece of 16 strand climbing line with a Kong captured eye double locking biner spliced into the end. I whipped the other end into a really tight bight. This assures that the adjuster will never slide off the end of the rope.
The adjuster is made from some 3/8" dia double braid tied in a Distal Hitch as the adjuster.
A screw link [MR], with a CMI pulley, is tied onto the ends of the adjuster with double fishermans hitches.
The whole setup looks like a single ended flipline.
Any questions about its uses?
Tom
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I personally dont whip the adjuster end as I have started using it as a removable redirect by rerigging it....
Rob Murphy