Good question. I'm not a know expert, so don't know the names of any of them. I use the eye on one end and pass the other end around what I'm tying to and through the eye. On the other end I make a loop that I can untie, or tie a knot as loosely as possible after making several loops around whatever I'm hooking on to so that the strain won't pull the knot tight.
This is the only way I know how to tie one end of syn rope (for example, if you only needed to use 100 feet of a 500 foot piece). If you look closely, or google how to use one you'll find that you don't need to pass the full length of rope through the port-a-wrap, but only loop a section from the middle).
These are called "Anderson Connectors" If anyone wanted to know the actual name for them. Very handy quick disconnect for high amperage devices.
Goggle bowline knot, that's the one we use all the time when stuck, it never tightens up. Very easy to tie.
the rabbit comes out of the hole, goes around the tree and back in the hole....my knot of choice for most jobs, wife...kids, even the dog is taught how to tie this at a early age
Better then google will teach you and the exact way I was taught at a young age. [emoji106]the rabbit comes out of the hole, goes around the tree and back in the hole....my knot of choice for most jobs, wife...kids, even the dog is taught how to tie this at a early age
Lol I almost posted this!the rabbit comes out of the hole, goes around the tree and back in the hole....my knot of choice for most jobs, wife...kids, even the dog is taught how to tie this at a early age
The only problem is the way you form the "hole"... half the time I get it wrong, but there are only two choices do I get right the second time. Used my winch for the first time the other day and was sure glad to have it. I dropped a ski into a huge crack in the river ice under the snow and wedged it tight. The winch popped it lose no problem.the rabbit comes out of the hole, goes around the tree and back in the hole....my knot of choice for most jobs, wife...kids, even the dog is taught how to tie this at a early age
I believe the line goes under, but it has been a large number of years since I was in boy scouts and learned the knot.
I need to print that off and laminate it, lol![c48f8c2c4573b609e9a6b2d3661116c8.jpg]( "c48f8c2c4573b609e9a6b2d3661116c8.jpg")
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You sure your doing figure 8's and not an overhand knot loop, figure 8 has an extra wrap that makes it easier to untie and you can always put a snap link in the back of knot before you tighten it to make it even easier
I've actually never used the knot you illustrated in real life. In my swiftwater rescue classes we tied it and called it a directional figure eight. An actual figure 8 is simply stopper knot. We primarily used a figure 8 on a bight in the class for a variety of uses. I then went down the figure 8 rabbit hole and watched this
https://www.alpinesavvy.com/blog/a-better-way-to-tie-the-figure-8 At any rate, my experience with stuck figure 8's on a bight are usually the result of big shock loads, not pull loads by a winch.
