Here's my lineman's belt prusik tender. I found a couple of these metal dee rings on a tool bag I've got at work. A few minutes with a speedy stitcher, and I've got a great tender.This is my diy tender, using paracord and a little plastic ring I pulled off of an old pack I had. It's shown with a prusik here, but I've since changed that to a distel hitch on my lineman's belt and it works great- easy one-handed operation.
@cb750 is right. The tender goes on the tail end (closest to you). When you pull the tail , pull it out to the side and a little towards the tree. The tender will slide up the tail, pushing the prusik along. Then, to lengthen the belt, just use your thumb and forefinger on the top of the prusik to slide it down. Completely one-handed operation. Actually, I'll post a super short video demonstrating how it works, for visual learners, like me.
No problem. Yes, you can use one on your tether. The schwabisch or distel hitch would probably be best for most folks. They're really easy to tie, and don't bind nearly as badly as a prussik, especially the distel.
One more thing:
The prusik cord that comes with Tethrd lineman's belts is about 47" long. I retied it into a schwabisch, which uses the same amount of line as a distel, and trimmed 12" off of it. I tied the ends into double fisherman's knots to attach to carabiner.
Yes, you can use another friction hitch on your tether. In fact, you can use a schwabisch, just like your LB. I use a tender on my tether, as well, allowing me to tighten it, if necessary, while holding my bow/rifle/range finder/grunt tube in one hand. I REALLY don't like a standard prusik because I'm heavy. I have to loosen and redress it too often. A schwabisch or distel handle the load better with less binding. There are lots of friction hitches that work well, these two are just easy to tie and fairly compact.
Fooled around with this a little tonight. In your video you're never really putting much weight on the hitch. How well is the tender working after you really set some weight into it? I tried it for my tether and after I set that hitch good I wouldn't be able to budge it with the tender.
