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WLR Hitch Discussion

Any feedback from the guys that have been using this hitch?


How has it been working?
What applications have you been using it?
Thoughts?
 
enkriss said:
I have the WLR lightweight lineman. One handed operation.
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I was gonna buy one of those but it says NOT to use as a tether...

So, I bought 23' feet of this rope from them instead. I hunted off it yesterday and it worked good with Ritt tied into a Distel.

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This is a 6mm Moving Rope Linesmens that @FrankNess14 came up with. The Sticht hitch is 1/8” T-100, polyester cover and technora core, with a break strength of 2000 lbs. The cord is very stiff, but can be made flexible to be used for hitches. I had a 28” piece and removed 2” of core, it needs to be longer for a more secure stopper knot. It could be attached directly to the saddle loop to eliminate a carabiner. A 18-24” piece of 11/16” tubular webbing would keep the ropes together and add protection.
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Brocky said:
This is a 6mm Moving Rope Linesmens that @FrankNess14 came up with. The Sticht hitch is 1/8” T-100, polyester cover and technora core, with a break strength of 2000 lbs. The cord is very stiff, but can be made flexible to be used for hitches. I had a 28” piece and removed 2” of core, it needs to be longer for a more secure stopper knot. It could be attached directly to the saddle loop to eliminate a carabiner. A 18-24” piece of 11/16” tubular webbing would keep the ropes together and add protection.
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What is gained here? Cool setup, just not following on the benefit.
 
gcr0003 said:
Using 6mm mainline and 1/8” hitch means this is an ultra lite and compact lb. Having it in a “basket” config means 1/2 the weight on the tiny 1/8” hitch. So I’d say this is compactness and lightness benefit.
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I guess you would just remove it at height as opposed to just daisy chaining the rope and letting it hang?
 
I was playing with the idea of the Excel Racing Dinghy Control Line as a bridge with a Blake’s on itself. It locked up too tight on a single bridge but could be done something like this. Double girth/2 wrap Prussic on adjustable side, long side of double girth through other bridge loop and back to have a Blake’s tied on i by the short leg off the double girth.

That led to me switching to a normal bridge configuration and trying a multiple hitches with extra wraps since it’s 6mm on 6mm. I reached out to [mention]Brocky [/mention] for other ideas and am still playing with it IN MY GARAGE. Not climbing on it. That’s where the WLR Hitch came in. With extra wraps it worked nicely 6mm on 6mm. With some 5mm Beal BUL from Brocky, it works even smoother.

Again I want to emphasize I’m playing with this (and other things…) in my garage, because I like knots and ropes and my computer is processing large datasets… Not recommended or for use in the wild!

Brocky, that is an interesting linesman setup too!
 
Anyone know of any drop testing on the WLR?

Also, folks that ran it this season, still a fan?
 
FrankNess14 said:
Anyone know of any drop testing on the WLR?

Also, folks that ran it this season, still a fan?
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Do you know of any drop tests with any other hitches? I’ve seen some pull tests by HownotTo on YouTube but it wish there were more. My understanding is most hitches will slide before they reach Mbs.

I’ve left mine on my rappel rope and have used it all season without any issues above my figure 8. It does well above it because it can break even under load. I have seen nothing indicating it’s less safe than other more common or well known hitches.
 
I didn’t mean to imply it was unsafe. I don’t think it is, was just curious. CGM and Wood Hunting saddles have done drop tests with Blake’s and prusik/Schwabish on bridges. Not sure what others may have done as well.

[mention]gcr0003 [/mention] Glad to hear it’s still working well for you. Remind me what your rope/cord combo is?
 
FrankNess14 said:
Anyone know of any drop testing on the WLR?

Also, folks that ran it this season, still a fan?
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I didn't use it a whole lot because I have a butt load of different tethers but the one that has the WLR worked really good. It's Coppa on C-IV ....
Just the other night it was the tether in my pack, it was still pretty soggy from the hunt before that. Even though C-IV gets jumpy when wet that combo still worked good. It actually worked better than the Blake’s hitch on my foot tether did. ( it was still wet too)
 
FrankNess14 said:
I didn’t mean to imply it was unsafe. I don’t think it is, was just curious. CGM and Wood Hunting saddles have done drop tests with Blake’s and prusik/Schwabish on bridges. Not sure what others may have done as well.

[mention]gcr0003 [/mention] Glad to hear it’s still working well for you. Remind me what your rope/cord combo is?
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Oplux coppa/beal
 
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