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Bowlines are awesome. All depends on use. A bend, like the Zeppelin, Carrick, Alpine Butterfly, sheet, etc are for joining two ropes together.

A bowline is for making a loop in a single rope. It is essentially the same thing as a sheet bend, only with a single rope instead of two.
 
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Ever tie a bowline by making a slip knot, passing a bite throug the loop and then pulling the ends of the slip knot pulling the bite through?

Can be tied backwards!!!!!!!

Did it 50+ years ago for a Boy Scout knot tying relay.

Scoutmaster stopped and scratched his head.

Lol
 

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Yes! You can attach a bowline to something incredibly quickly by setting it up like that!

I'll see if I can find a video.
 

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I use the rope when I cut trees next to houses as a little insurance. I cut from the ground. I either hook the rope to my truck or have a helper pull the rope.
When hooked up to my truck, and my truck pulls the rope, the braided nylon really tightens up.
What thickness rope are you pulling with a truck? I just snapped a 1 inch Tenex sling with a truck.
 

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I think it was 9/16 rope. Not very big, but had high break resistance. lol
I asked the rope to do more than it was designed to do. I am looking at some 1" or larger triple braided nylon boat rope to replace it.
 

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The price is right. Lol
What arborist rope do you suggest?
 

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I snapped some 1" before with the truck. It was safety line I later found out. Rated for under 10K. Front diff locker is hard on stuff. I was trying to upright a cut off uproot blown over. Now I stick to the that core-less static line 3/4 double braid in red. Similar to Amsteel Blue, tough stuff!
 
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Thanks for the help and the link.
A friend of mine who works for Tuffleberger gave me the strongest rope they made for treework. That was about 10 years ago. Lol supposedly had about 20K tensile strength.
I think I need the 1" stuff. About 38K. [emoji106]
 

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Ok. Cool. Thanks.
 

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Try a bowline on a bight breaks a little easier after heavy tension, just remember a knot robs up to 70% of strength, a spliced eye retains 70+
That is good advice and wisdom to live by. Buy your line as a hank instead of a straight shot. You will thank my later after all the "pulling" is done. A thimble added will save the eye loop from tear out and overstress during heavy loads. A sweat shirt at mid-line keeps breakoffs tame.
 
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