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Friction Hitches

Brocky said:
Looking for friction hitches that self tend, found this one, nothing else needed to hand tend. Works very good, the smoother and firmer the rope and hitch cord the easier it slides.
A miscalculation on the amount of cover needed for a double eye splicing project, led to making a single eye instead. Makes it nice and compact and it is in a basket configuration so double the strength of the cord.
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Bro. I need one of these asap.
 
MNFarmHunter said:
Is the plastic strong enough to resist the tension?
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It’s a piece of 6mm polyester cover with five twisted dyneema stands going around, then the ends of the cover are sewn together.

ketch22 said:
Where can I buy one of those and would a stitch work with sewn eye cords, sorry I’m late to the party
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This is the first one I made. The stiff section of the stitches of a sewn hitch cord can be a problem to put back through the ring, unless it is long enough.

Fairchild#17 said:
The Knut hitch is pretty sweet. It tends on its own, but is super smooth with a nylon tender behind it.
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The bottom part of the Sticht can be added to any other hitch to make it able to use SRT, below is the Knut on top.
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Brocky said:
It’s a piece of 6mm polyester cover with five twisted dyneema stands going around, then the ends of the cover are sewn together.


This is the first one I made. The stiff section of the stitches of a sewn hitch cord can be a problem to put back through the ring, unless it is long enough.


The bottom part of the Sticht can be added to any other hitch to make it able to use SRT, below is the Knut on top.
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Ive got a longer one that should work, I think it’s 32 eye to eye. I’d buy one from you to try haha
 
Using a 32” cord for a Sticht will leave fairly long legs, instead of a twist in back, tie an over hand instead for shorter legs. It takes less effort to tend if the legs are short. A larger ring is needed for the knot type so that it can make contact with the rope, the hardware store ones work as well as the thicker ones.

I can let you know when I have the measurements right for making them, or Wild Lone Ropes sells one that is very nicely done, it is the hitch cord of the “Knutcht” above in last picture.

Both cords are 32”, shows the leg length difference between the Sticht on bottom, and the Oval VT.
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Fellas, I used the Sticht hitch last season with total success. One handed tending, always held, always released. 8mm, Resc and 6mm TRC
 
Not sure what it is but I always get rope pulling through the ring with that hitch. Using the ring as as easy tender, I did thread it on my distel with good results.

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^^^ That ring might be too big for your rope and cord size?

It might work with the Oval VT?
 
That’s possible but it’s the smallest ring SMC makes. It serves the same function though on the distel in terms of easy tending.


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This is far as it would pull through a large ring, the wraps keep it from pulling completely through on the top, and the rope near the twist stops it on the bottom of the ring. It took a bit of effort pushing the bottom of the ring to force the hitch through while sitting on it.
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Brocky said:
This is far as it would pull through a large ring, the wraps keep it from pulling completely through on the top, and the rope near the twist stops it on the bottom of the ring. It took a bit of effort pushing the bottom of the ring to force the hitch through while sitting on it.
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Even with that small SMC ring, I could get C-IV to pull through the ring with a minor shock load. It’s perfectly fine when you’re fine but put your weight on and bounce a little like you lost your footing.


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Here’s the distel ring under load. It holds solid, is very easy to tend and there’s no way for the rope to pull through the ring.
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