Ditto, would love to see Predator and some other arborist ropes by the foot. @DanOI have shopped around and cannot find a better price by the foot than at EWO. I just wish they offered a few more ropes, like an 11mm Sampson by the foot……hint hint
I like the way you think with the boat buckleI have several different sizes of amsteel and use it for all kinds of stuff……….splicing is easy and FUN to do!. I made a secondary bridge with it, I use it on my one stick with cam cleat, my gear hanger with an aluminum jamcam, but maybe my best or at least favorite use is on my platform. I fell in love with the OCB but threading it isn’t very easy…….it is not intuitive. I use a short looped ends piece I made maybe a foot long, with small enough loops to just fit over the button. Hook one loop, then wrap it over the bar on the buckle 3 times for a perfect fit, then attach the last loop. This way I keep the OCB threaded, throw the strap around the tree and attach the loop on the end of strap to button. With a ROS step on each side of my platform it is the best setup I can imagine and I will probably never change this setup.
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I was the same way.. but had some 3/16 Amsteel laying around and made a daisy chain to trucker hitch and experiment on platform. It locks predator into the tree almost too tight. Worked great so that’s what I’m using now.Amsteel works good for sticks, but I like using the strap and buckle for my platform.
You'll simply get more fun out of the ones you made yourself too! Watch a video on how to make a Whoopi sling for kicks……very cool And ez to make!This afternoon I completed my first Amsteel daisy chain for my beast sticks and it turned out pretty decent. So early this evening I sat down at the kitchen table and cranked out a second one.,,,,only two more to go. So far....so good.
That is what I plan to do. Over on the Latitude website, they have a short video of this process and I like the looks of it. Getting ready to start my 3rd daisy chain.Amsteel daisy chains with a modified truckers hitch is what I use. Locks sticks on the tree super tight. Never had a kick out or other issue. Only complaint is taking them down with cold fingers.