I started using the Blake's hitch in the mid to late 70s. I tried the older steeple climbers hitch and found it inadequate. So my improvements resulted in the Blake's, but I did more wraps than you showed. The biggest advantage of the hitch is in the long tail allowing another hitch to be tied making it self tending.
Adding more wraps is an effective way of increasing the friction. It works well on almost every hitch. How well a hitch grabs depends on a lot of factors. I have heard of the method you described where the tail is used to tie another friction hitch but never actually tried that.
Yeah, lots of people go with the VT. I personally use the distel hitch often. Grips well but sometimes a bit difficult to advance when used in combination with a rope wrench and pulley. Also, more and more seem to move on to mechanical prusiks.
That is a reliable hitch. Grabs well but can be a bit difficult to break. I usually combine the distel with the rope wrench. That takes a bit of the load as well
@@WoodenShoesHomestead thnak you sir. It's a t800 kw with a c15 cat with bout 575hp straight piped. It was the truck the father-in-law started driving in. He's now in a mid 2000s pete with a cummins x15.
My go to friction hitch is the DISTEL hitch, easy to tie and grabs and releases very smooth. Do you agree?
Well done 👍a very clear video
Thank you for the compliment! Glad you found it useful
I started using the Blake's hitch in the mid to late 70s. I tried the older steeple climbers hitch and found it inadequate. So my improvements resulted in the Blake's, but I did more wraps than you showed. The biggest advantage of the hitch is in the long tail allowing another hitch to be tied making it self tending.
Adding more wraps is an effective way of increasing the friction. It works well on almost every hitch. How well a hitch grabs depends on a lot of factors.
I have heard of the method you described where the tail is used to tie another friction hitch but never actually tried that.
I use Michocanne. However the VT is by far the most popular with arborist here.
Yeah, lots of people go with the VT. I personally use the distel hitch often. Grips well but sometimes a bit difficult to advance when used in combination with a rope wrench and pulley. Also, more and more seem to move on to mechanical prusiks.
Mine is the schwabich
That is a reliable hitch. Grabs well but can be a bit difficult to break. I usually combine the distel with the rope wrench. That takes a bit of the load as well
@@WoodenShoesHomestead tends to be difficult to break when the rope is wet... for some reason or other idk y. ❤ from pnw oregon
Wet weather makes everything difficult. Nice rig in your avatar 👌 yours? Trucks in North America look so much better than the cabovers here in Europe
@@WoodenShoesHomestead thnak you sir. It's a t800 kw with a c15 cat with bout 575hp straight piped. It was the truck the father-in-law started driving in. He's now in a mid 2000s pete with a cummins x15.
Good stuff love it 🤩