Any reason why 1 piece of webbing cannot be used on two separate anchors. The idea would be to use a nut or cam on each end, then equalize in the middle and tie and overhand knot. After that, set up a static rope for the 3rd anchor and that's all 3 of them.

My question is mostly about using a single piece of webbing to build 2 out of the 3 necessary anchors

Any reason why 1 piece of webbing cannot be used on two separate anchors...

YA That changes everything if thats what you meant, i would make a loop with your webbing clip 2 pieces and make a sliding x thats what i like to do cuz it self equalizes and always is pullin on those pieces the same

This should be under the Beginners forum.

Sliding X's can be useful in some places, but potentially hazardous in others. I usually reserve making a sliding x system for two large trees or two bolts. If I'm making a gear anchor I'll tie an overhand knot.

it all depends on what kind of climb your makin though i tend to set alof of top ropes that are gonna be used on more than one climb and used to climb alittle right or left of where they are set so i definatly like self equalizing systems i dont like the thought of not spreading the load out to all the pieces ya know

So that beginners can use their incomplete knowledge to try to answer an unclear question, resulting in a ten-car-pileup of n00bs answering with more and more confusion to themselves and the other posters?

I'm considering making that my new sig General rule of thumb: If you can't provide good grammar or basic elementary school spelling skills, you probably can't provide decent advice.

If only he liked punctuation one-tenth as much as he likes self-equalizing systems.

Jay

I have so much dirt on my screen, I thought I saw a comma.

So that beginners can use their incomplete knowledge to try to answer an unclear question, resulting in a ten-car-pileup of n00bs answering with more and more confusion to themselves and the other posters?

Excellent idea! Let me go pop some popcorn.

G

Still fighting the good fight, eh, Gabe?

Jay

I just find it hilarious to watch what happens when someone makes an abortion of a post like the OP, and a bunch of noobs respond.

Did you read the OP? It took me three tries reading through it before I figured out what he was asking. And once I figured it out I couldn't believe what an incredibly stupid question it was - can you attach a piece of webbing at two points and tie a knot in the middle? Good god, I got dumber just from reading it.

I mean, assuming the noobs understand what he's trying to ask, what would they answer? Yes? No? How many people would even be able to figure out what question the answerer though he was answering? Depending on their misinterpretation of those faulty and marginally comprehensible answers, you'd get more hairbrained responses.

The various permutations are almost unimaginably ridiculous.

GO

i have learned and set anchors for facilitating groups of people who are going to be climbing all over and climbing back to the top of a climb for each participant that wants to climb somewhere different would be a lot of work.

also by tying an over hand on either side can limit any shock loading if you were really worried about that

but a slight drop from a piece slipping would not do much at all

i would also like to hope that i set pieces well enough that my top ropes dont have any risk or over stressing a piece to make it slip and if so i still have my anchor built to hold it it does

Oh well god forbid you should have to do extra work to maintain safety.
An overhand knot? I may have mistook what you said due to poor grammar but you shouldn't tie an overhand knot on the biners connected to the piece, you should clove hitch them.
Do you even know what shock loading is? If one piece ripped, there is a very, very good chance that the shock loading of the system would cause the other piece(s) to rip also. Your anchor could potentially come completely off due to one poor placement. And you can tell me all you want how great you think your placements are, but by reading your posts I highly doubt you have enough experience to judge the quality of a placement. You might think you do, but probably not.
Again. Do research on shock loading. One ripped piece can cause the entire system to fail. So even though you think your anchor will hold, it probably won't unless you get really lucky.

The thought of you setting up anchors for large groups scares me. You have lives in your hands, lives that are putting their complete trust in you, and you clearly don't know much about what you are doing.