Rockbadchild
Elite Member
figure 8 and all its form (double figure 8 or follow through)
prusik knot
Bowline
double fisherman's knot
prusik knot
Bowline
double fisherman's knot
The place I use a timber hitch most is tying up dangling 3-point driveshafts, to keep them off the floor or dirt when storing implements. Other than that, I really don't use them, but I know others like to use them frequently for tying to branches or trees.I've never taken the time to use a timber hitch...I learned most of my knots under the very direct supervision of a mountain rescue organization founder who only allowed "pretty knots" to be used (aka knots that are easy to check from a distance which things like the timber hitch are not).
It's not lack of respect, but tractor/ground work which most of us do is a whole lot different than aerial/tree work... Anybody watching a arborist 50-80 feet off the ground on one 1/2 inch rope has to give a lot of respect for the rope....There are several youtube videos on arborists knots which are very specific to the rope and task at hand.
The problems are you don't want a knot to slip, you want to be able to easily untie it, and a rope loses a lot of its strength as soon as you tie any knot in it, with some knots being much worse than others.
For some reason, rope doesn't get much respect on TBN even though tree professionals strongly prefer it due to it offering the right combination of strength to weight when they need a line in a tree.
They are also very specific in choosing rope pulleys. Their lives depend on the right rope and pulleys to climb trees, safely lower cut material, and to winch trees over.