Carabiner fasten knot for DdRT application

[SouthSoundTree]

I like to have a system that has my own hardware if rope contact is happening.

 

[woodworkingboy]

Sean, I also have come to that conclusion, at least what you can cover yourself. A crane came to a job once and when I checked out the wedge socket that holds the whole hook shabang to the cable, I saw that the bolt and nut that are part of the fastening system was so loose that I could spin it with my fingers. I think it was grounds for tearing the crane operator's head off. I don't know why, but i didn't say anything, just tightened it myself. No way, Jose.

 

[TreeRhino]

If you're going to use a large loop like a bowline or figure eight, I'd girth hitch the loop to the carabiner to minimize/avoid and side loading. I think a bowline with a "finish" would probably be the best in that application.

 

[ch74]

im a fan of the anchor hitch when i do ddrt....but i dont use a hitch climber pully i have one but dont like it all up in my face so i go with a cmi and hook both beaners to my ring on rope bridge....

 

[bonner1040]

 

[woodworkingboy]

Very nice, Nick, but also a derail.

 

[bonner1040]

I didnt make that... Thats a stock photo. I dont think its a derail at all, to me its the answer to the question.

 

[woodworkingboy]

It's a solution, but it isn't an answer to the question first posed.

 

[bstewert]

Good one! That's also how I cleaned up the "mess" at the bridge.