I don’t think a purely stiff rope will solve anything for me. It may make progressing the tether up a little easier (particularly on larger trees) which would just benefit efficiency. Ideally it would be a tether you could move up one handed similar to how easy you can move them down one handed. I think it needs to open on its own, I also think flat webbing 1.75-2” with a softener might be the ticket.
May go do that right now, lol.Yea Mississippi, you need to 'tie one on'...
Hahahaha
If using a friction hitch, the larger diameter of the stiffening needs to be long enough so that the hitch doesn’t reach the smaller size of original rope, most hitches don’t self correct from large to smaller diameters. The end of the tether needs to be flexible to tie a stopper, I didn’t do that on the orange rope.Gonna try the amsteel stiffener on my 7.9mm ultratech and the C-IV to compare, but that certainly looks stiff enough!
Do you put jut enough to cover the circumference of a large tree?
Also since I use John's maverick hitch to girth hitch the tree I leave a 30" tail at the beginning that isn't stiffened.
Plus everyone has amsteel laying around to try...
Also 1 major disadvantage i just thought of would be that Steel wire can rust after time especially if the rope ever gets wet!
I don’t think a purely stiff rope will solve anything for me. It may make progressing the tether up a little easier (particularly on larger trees) which would just benefit efficiency. Ideally it would be a tether you could move up one handed similar to how easy you can move them down one handed. I think it needs to open on its own, I also think flat webbing 1.75-2” with a softener might be the ticket.
So with the steel spring wire, it really acts like a spring as soon as I grab the knot of my maverick hitch I can one-handed move the tether up the tree, and if larger than 20" or so, i can just put my fingers under, not inside, and float up the tether. It doesn't catch on loose bark anymore.
Can you make me one??So with the steel spring wire, it really acts like a spring as soon as I grab the knot of my maverick hitch I can one-handed move the tether up the tree, and if larger than 20" or so, i can just put my fingers under, not inside, and float up the tether. It doesn't catch on loose bark anymore.
Well, I'm sure I could, but you can too....Can you make me one??
My friction hitch has had no trouble going up and down over the wire termination point so far....but the wire i used was about 0.060". What is the final diameter difference of the rope after using the amsteel?If using a friction hitch, the larger diameter of the stiffening needs to be long enough so that the hitch doesn’t reach the smaller size of original rope, most hitches don’t self correct from large to smaller diameters. The end of the tether needs to be flexible to tie a stopper, I didn’t do that on the orange rope.
UltraTech is one of the few cords that has a cover that expands enough to hold the two diameters of core of a splice, and the cover. It would probably need a fairly large inner core to stiffen it up.
Oh I’m super interested in Brocky’s too, but I am very interested in a tether with some spring open force for advancing. Lots to play with in the off seasonWell, I'm sure I could, but you can too....
Brocky made some with amsteel so I'm gonna try that and compare the 2, but if you really want just buy a coil of wire like this....
Or get some 3mm amsteel and try with that... Then get an old section of rope you're gonna use and practice like I showed in my video....
How does this work, do you remove the core, put it in amsteel then put the jacket over that?I had some success stiffening up a tether by inserting some 4mm Amsteel into C-IV, it also increases the size from 9mm to about 10mm. Also put 3mm in the eye for some more firmness.
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Video link is a few pages back....What do I search for on YouTube ( or equivalent ) to see what is being done here?
I would like to either make a few sets of these for family and friends or buy them.
18 pages is a "few pages back", eh? LOL! ( time flies when you're having fun discussions, so I get it. )Video link is a few pages back....
"Best tether stiffener..."