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worldonastrng
Jul 24, 2007, 10:17 PM
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Here is a crude drawing of the system that seems the least expensive to set up. Now, What do you use to tie this off? I would assume a double fisherman's. However, tt seems that tying a knot would introduce slack into the system. Is this a concern?
Thoughts?
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drfelatio
Jul 24, 2007, 10:23 PM
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worldonastrng wrote: Here is a crude drawing of the system that seems the least expensive to set up. Now, What do you use to tie this off? I would assume a double fisherman's. However, tt seems that tying a knot would introduce slack into the system. Is this a concern? [image]http://www.drewbaileyphotography.com/slackline.JPG[/image] Thoughts?
I just use a few half-hitches around all the strands.
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charleston
Jul 24, 2007, 11:18 PM
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you dont need to tie it off
when you have your ancors set up and your two crabs abouut 2 meters away from each other
grab the rest of the line and put it through the crab on your tree ancor (up through the bottom) then take it back to the crab on the line and thred through the top then back to the other crab(bottom again)when the line is through you can lift the fist loop and place the line you just threded though underneath it
do the same with the crab on the line
once this is done you can pull the line to tighten it the way you have threded the crabs will enable it to self lock (the weight of the sling on top pushes down on the bottom one making it unable to slip)
walk the line once and then tighten the line again to get the strech out of it
hope you understand this
have a fun time slacking
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kr0g3r
Jul 27, 2007, 8:38 PM
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um, yeah. tie a knot.
my preference is to put the loose weebing in a bight(doubled on itself) then tie two half hitches. it wont work loose if you tie it right and is easy to untie when you want to take it down or for tightening.
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chikinv10
Jul 27, 2007, 8:53 PM
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This is what i do. if you set the system up correctly there are no knots involved at all to keep the tension in the line.
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