How to tie knots when pulling trees?

[J.Walker]

Thanks to all! Maybe my rope will stop getting shorter; about every other tree, I've been getting frustrated and just cutting right at the knot.

Thanks again.

Oh-Yeah, till the bitter end.......... hehehe!

 

[moeh1]

I still have a bunch of big old "hemp rope" that wo'n't quit, but is hard to un-knot, so I tied on a short length of very dense nylon rope which with the right knot on the tree tends to untie much easier. Cheap fix for me.

 

[NuBota]

I go with what Highbeam said - that's how I see the professional tree "fellers" do it

 

[MossRoad]

If you have to use a rope instead of a chain or cable the knot I'd recommend is called a timber hitch. It's not hardly a knot in the truest sense as the "dead" end of the rope is just looped back & then wrapped around it's self several times. The friction of the rope wrap on the bark will hold it in place.

Timber hitch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This shows how to tie it.

Hmmm.... what knot to use to pull trees.... hmmmm.... Timber hitch..... hmmmm...... trees = timber..... hmmmmm.....

We were taught that one in Boy Scouts. It is such a simple knot, takes only seconds to tie, and loosens up easily. I use that one a lot. One of the top knots to learn, in my opinion.

 

[gsganzer]

When I used to be an arborist, I found you really only needed four knots.

A clove hitch, a bowline, a running bowline and a taut-line hitch.

Two extra's that are nice to know are a truckers knot and a bowline-on-a- bite. A truckers knot is very nice for tying down loads when you need to pull a rope tight and lash down something. A bowline-on-a-bite is nice for putting a loop in the middle of a rope that you can easily get undone later.

 

[Racer71]

Get a chain. Having a rope snap is no fun.

 

[Timber]

Bowline

The Bowline

Best knot site I have found, There are lots of other knots on there, but really the Bowline is the one to use.

This is a great sight, Had to save that 1 to my favorites,
Thank You
Charlie

 

[RayMunising]

How to tie knots when pulling trees?

Find a preacher that makes house calls? I must say though I think it's inappropriate to be get married while you're pulling down a tree but to each his own I guess. Also, don't tie the knot multiple times. Well, at least not more than one at a time.

 

[frank29]

I really appreciate the advice given....especially the bowline and timber hitch. This past weekend I got back to cutting down trees. I used the bowline most of the time and remain amazed at its simplicity to tie and the ease of removal after the tree falls.

Thanks!