Since we were stuck inside all day Sunday because of the tropical storm, I started fooling with saddle stuff and I think I came up with an idea to keep the tether from sliding down the tree.
For some of us, its either not legal or undesirable to screw anything into a tree. I made a little bungie gizmo and although I haven't hung or hunted with it, it seemed to work on a tree on the yard.
This post is a little long and hard to explain, but I'll do the best I can.
I'm finding more and more uses for small diameter bungie cord. I bought a 100 foot roll and have been using the crap out of the stuff. In conjunction with the shock cord, I use tiny wire ties for cord locks and it works WAY better than the standard cord locks that are sold. The trick to using wire ties is finding the perfect amount of how tight to snug them. Too loose and they won't hold. Too tight and they won't slide to adjust. When the bungie is stretched, the diameter decreases so the wire tie can be slid to adjust the cord. But when tension is removed from the cord, it resumes its normal diameter and the wire tie holds tighter than any store-bought cord lock. The key of this is finding the proper wire tie tension.
So, back to my tether gizmo...
I took a 12 inch piece of shock cord and doubled 2 wire ties TIGHTLY at the very end to make a cord loop. Next, I took another wire tie and wrapped it around the cord. Slip the thing over the tether loop almost down to the knot. Thread the tether around the tree as you normally do, then slide the bungie gizmo up the loop and tight against the tether rope, essentially now making the loop as small as the rope diameter. At this point, the tether is snug but not quite enough. So take the tag end of the bungie (the end with the double wire ties), go under the vertical tether, and stretch it to and over the tether knot. It tightens the tether to the tree nicely. As I said, hard to describe but maybe these pics will say 1,000 words.
Steps 1, 2, and 3. Tether is now tight and doesn't slide down the tree and no screws.
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For some of us, its either not legal or undesirable to screw anything into a tree. I made a little bungie gizmo and although I haven't hung or hunted with it, it seemed to work on a tree on the yard.
This post is a little long and hard to explain, but I'll do the best I can.
I'm finding more and more uses for small diameter bungie cord. I bought a 100 foot roll and have been using the crap out of the stuff. In conjunction with the shock cord, I use tiny wire ties for cord locks and it works WAY better than the standard cord locks that are sold. The trick to using wire ties is finding the perfect amount of how tight to snug them. Too loose and they won't hold. Too tight and they won't slide to adjust. When the bungie is stretched, the diameter decreases so the wire tie can be slid to adjust the cord. But when tension is removed from the cord, it resumes its normal diameter and the wire tie holds tighter than any store-bought cord lock. The key of this is finding the proper wire tie tension.
So, back to my tether gizmo...
I took a 12 inch piece of shock cord and doubled 2 wire ties TIGHTLY at the very end to make a cord loop. Next, I took another wire tie and wrapped it around the cord. Slip the thing over the tether loop almost down to the knot. Thread the tether around the tree as you normally do, then slide the bungie gizmo up the loop and tight against the tether rope, essentially now making the loop as small as the rope diameter. At this point, the tether is snug but not quite enough. So take the tag end of the bungie (the end with the double wire ties), go under the vertical tether, and stretch it to and over the tether knot. It tightens the tether to the tree nicely. As I said, hard to describe but maybe these pics will say 1,000 words.
Steps 1, 2, and 3. Tether is now tight and doesn't slide down the tree and no screws.
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