I want to verify I'm recommending proper knots for hanging a hammock to our customers. I'm currently using 3 different knots for:
A)Securing Rope to Hammock:
http://www.lazybandido.com/how-to-tie-a-hammock-knot/
Yes, this is the
bull hitch, and works fine enough.
Perhaps some potential advantage to it over hitches
that pass through the anchor point with a single pass
(vs. two as done here) is that, with aging of the rope
and increased frictive *bonding* in the turns, there
will be distribution of force onto both passes --and
not only on the directly loaded one from the S.Part.
(I've not played with this to see what hope one might
get towards this by setting it with strong hauling on
the tail, or in adding another turn; I surmise though
that in relatively smooth/slick rope it will be hard to
achieve this distribution.)
B) Securing Rope to Tree:
http://www.lazybandido.com/how-to-hang-a-hammock-from-a-tree/
Here I suggest aiming for having the loaded line go
more to the tree
as a tangent than roughly centered
to its breadth as indicated --you'd like the
"tensionless
hitch" aspect of little force on the knotting; and so,
even an extra wrap, and then securing the tail with
less pulling of the line towards center, should work
--and this means not tying that first
half-hitch as the
overhand crossing depicted!
C) Securing Rope to screw eye:
http://www.lazybandido.com/how-to-hang-a-hammock-indoors/
I'd like to know the difference between an eye joint
(shown) and a securing with a stopper knot through
the eye!? Here, I"m tempted to use a
taut-line hitchwhich gives adjustability.
--dl*
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