How'd it go today?

[Burnham]

would a backup knot behind the prusik help with that?

Sorry @friedrich, I missed your post somehow. To answer your question...that would certainly have stopped any slippage from happening, but...

First most, I was using two prusiks on two separate winching arrangements; one to advance the pull and one to capture the gain while the first was reset over and over, so I never had slack to tie a backup knot behind the prusik with the heaviest loading (the one most prone to slippage). I suppose I could have gotten around this by adding a breakdown and reset step to each cycle, but it was tedious enough already .

Secondly, it was perhaps better to allow the prusiks to slip a few times, rather than really overload the pull rope any more than I already was .

I sacrificed two prusik loops and cut off about 15 feet of the pull line to discard the glazed sections afterwards...not a very high price to pay in the big picture, to me.

 

[Kaveman]

In defense of Burnham:

Even I, the self professed Rope Diva, must say; Rope is cheap, compared to everything else.

Also, thanks for the nifty new rope washer! I look forward to using it, once it stops raining! 🌧️

 

[Burnham]

You are welcome, my friend.

 

[friedrich]

looks like a thing i should look into, basically i live in a giant sand-pit…

 

[davidwyby]

Coffee with eggnog, Christmas music, listening to the rain through the screen door.

Beaver-tooth 32”. The one on the right is grade A, the rest are utility grade.

 

[WoodCutr]

this probably isn't the right thread for this but I don't know what is, just had to share

today I learned, miniature horses can be ADA service animals!

 

[treebilly]

On the last glamping trip of the year. 60 F and 25mph winds today. Would be beautiful with out the wind. Made cooking breakfast a challenge but we made it work. I might have to switch out propane tanks tonight for the furnace. The wife and kids are having a good time so I’ll survive.

 

[Cobleskill]

Trying to grease front end on my winter drive. 2003 Tahoe. All not bad to get to til I got to the pitman arm and idler. Figured I would change fittings to right angle. Fittings did not want to budge, so I struggled til I got things in the right position so I could loop the hose up and over. Engineers!

I miss my Ford Escape winter drive. More practical size and gas mileage. Salt finished it off.

 

[Burnham]

I'm thinking a snowmobile might serve you best .