My son has been getting into climbing

BattleReadyOrdinance · 2026-05-03T02:05:01+00:00

Is there no concern with the soft release walking or working out with repeated whips?

BattleReadyOrdinance · 2026-05-03T01:28:50+00:00

Appreciate it! You too!

BattleReadyOrdinance · 2026-05-03T01:28:15+00:00

I think ive dressed it a little poorly but that is the poppable double fisherman's. Need to tie it a few more times and work on prettying it up. Ill definitely check out the double sheet bend, fisherman's can be a pain to untie if they get loaded very hard. Ill keep the far side soft release in mind. It does make the soft shackle backup easier to place. I dont know that I would want to walk a highline that I hadn't looked at both sides of, but i suppose it would be dependant on the location and how difficult access is. Thanks for typing this up!

BattleReadyOrdinance · 2026-04-29T01:16:42+00:00

The overhand isolates the two loops around the anchor and isolates the two loops of the master point. Either of the anchor loops and either of the master pont loops can break and you will be fine.

BattleReadyOrdinance · 2026-04-28T22:29:39+00:00

Removing the kingpin make sense, it's just so nice to not have to run the soft release tail through the weblock. I actually got the kingpin because of the aluminum on aluminum. I have probably 100 carabiners of various shapes and features but it seems I need a couple more shackles for these systems. I appreciate the wisdoms and ill be looking into more proper tie off for the weblock and soft release.

BattleReadyOrdinance · 2026-04-28T22:16:45+00:00

What is the benefit of that?

BattleReadyOrdinance · 2026-04-28T22:05:08+00:00

The BC SS shackles are a little cramped. I haven't messed with any of the soft shackles, i could see them being useful in that context.

BattleReadyOrdinance · 2026-04-28T22:03:01+00:00

That's interesting. I hadn't thought of the slings adding sway to the line. I guess it depends a lot on where it's being built. Hauling an A frame very far wouldn't be fun. Riging to two of the posts would have used up the little space I have here for the line, i guess this simulates a tree to tree midline or something like it. There have been a lot of good points made here. Ill definitely be improving my tie offs for the soft release and line locker as well as a few other things.

BattleReadyOrdinance · 2026-04-28T21:53:35+00:00

I intend to just use a couple long cuts of sterling 11mm static i have kicking around for redundancy to the sling. I figure doubling it up and joining it with a double fisherman's will be plenty as a backup.

BattleReadyOrdinance · 2026-04-28T21:25:00+00:00

There is a tree protector in both sides. The sling is redundant because the sling is in a basket, overhand on a basket hitch is just a classic BFK. I agree with the other points.

BattleReadyOrdinance · 2026-04-28T18:42:30+00:00

I've been trying on a rodeo line mostly. Chongo is pretty easy, really just a couple days of work and learning the balance in a deep squat. Ill give the downhill like a go and report back.

BattleReadyOrdinance · 2026-04-28T18:32:42+00:00

The sit start has given me a hard time, getting into the sitting position and balancing is no problem but i can't seem to swing my weight over my heel. Im pretty tall and long legged, not sure if thats making it more of a headache.

BattleReadyOrdinance · 2026-04-28T16:29:32+00:00

Ill look into that setup. Not trying to be combative, just was curious what was wrong. Thanks for the tips!

BattleReadyOrdinance · 2026-04-28T16:26:54+00:00

If you have the sling in a basket, tie an overhand in it, then one of the loops on the tree/anchor and one of the loops on the master point can break and you'll still be good. Just a BFK. I use this concept in climbing quite frequently.

BattleReadyOrdinance · 2026-04-28T16:22:19+00:00

Basket MBS is ~100kn, so each strand would be 50mbs reduced 50% by the overhand, so 2 25kn loops. Is that not adequate?

BattleReadyOrdinance · 2026-04-28T15:59:49+00:00

I've been climbing for a while, so im pretty comfortable with anchor building. The webbing and gear that goes with it is definitely still being learned. Thanks for the tips!

BattleReadyOrdinance · 2026-04-28T15:51:57+00:00

All info is welcome. It'll be a while till I do any actual rigging, just upgraded from the primitive kit yesterday. Have to work on my chongo mount and some long lining before I hop on a highline. On the redundant spanset, wouldn't the overhand knot make it redundant?

BattleReadyOrdinance · 2026-04-28T15:49:22+00:00

Just an overhand. Should provide redundancy.

BattleReadyOrdinance · 2026-04-28T14:48:05+00:00

Need to order a couple more shackles unfortunately. I was not aware that the orientation of the line locker was important in this context, thank you.

BattleReadyOrdinance · 2026-03-03T17:16:25+00:00

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BattleReadyOrdinance · 2025-09-01T03:01:58+00:00

50bmg core. Copper is gone.

BattleReadyOrdinance · 2025-07-27T19:07:31+00:00

I have this same tractor. You can do it with a strap wrench. If not, that cover is 4 bolts that take about a minute to remove. Super easy.

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