Becket Hitch Suspension; Idea and Questions

[Tyler]

Off topic from the original question, but you mentioned a backsplice in the Amsteel in your original post; have you done one of these before? Do you have a guide to follow? I've only seen the backsplice in a 3 strand rope but I really want to put them into my suspension.

Thanks!

Sorry I missed this. All I do for a backsplice in Amsteel is take the tapered end, and bury it back into the line to clean it up.

Go to 10:35 on this video, that's how I do it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtJGTgpv4dc

[MatthewMeredith]

Sorry I missed this. All I do for a backsplice in Amsteel is take the tapered end, and bury it back into the line to clean it up.

Go to 10:35 on this video, that's how I do it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtJGTgpv4dc

Ahhh okay that doesn't look too bad, thanks for the link! This https://youtu.be/bRjqMKLS99A is more what I was looking for but I have absolutely no idea how to do that with 8 or 12 strand.

[Tyler]

Oh man... the number of ways I could find to mess that up! I'll add that to the list of reasons I like hollow braid line.

Cool to see though and useful no doubt, thanks for the exposure to something new.

[Richard Tipton]

Ahhh okay that doesn't look too bad, thanks for the link! This https://youtu.be/bRjqMKLS99A is more what I was looking for but I have absolutely no idea how to do that with 8 or 12 strand.

Doesn't matter how many strands, just bury the tapered end back into itself. Tyler is right on point.

[MatthewMeredith]

Doesn't matter how many strands, just bury the tapered end back into itself. Tyler is right on point.

If you watch the videos, you'll see that the method Tyler suggested and the video I posted are two completely different techniques. Yes, burying the end back onto itself will likely work fine, but I was looking for a way to braid it back on to itself like in the video I posted. Might not be possible though!

[GreatBigDave]

Samson has splicing guides on thier website some of which include weaving multi-strand rope but for Amsteel Blue bury the taper is how it's done.

[MDSH]

It's unreasonable to think that a line with"glide" in its name will hold a simple knot.

But I've had good results with the Becket Hitch on my Dynaglide suspension with two turns around the back and jammed bite. Darrel Hanson showed us this knot at the last Texas hang.

[Richard Tipton]

If you watch the videos, you'll see that the method Tyler suggested and the video I posted are two completely different techniques. Yes, burying the end back onto itself will likely work fine, but I was looking for a way to braid it back on to itself like in the video I posted. Might not be possible though!

I'm sure it's totally possible, but why would you want to weave it? A backsplice looks neat and clean and takes about thirty seconds. If you weave it, make a video.

[mophead]

It's unreasonable to think that a line with"glide" in its name will hold a simple knot.

But I've had good results with the Becket Hitch on my Dynaglide suspension with two turns around the back and jammed bite. Darrel Hanson showed us this knot at the last Texas hang.

Like this?

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We're you attaching dynaglide to amsteel loop?

[mophead]

MatthewMeredith, Funny because it was that picture and those posts that got me thinking this proposed system up and where I got the idea of using the line itself as a toggle.

I tired a rough go of the system as I proposed, where I connected one strap and lead to a tree, tied the knot to a continuous loop and pulled with my body weight as I leaned backwards. The knot stayed, and didn't slip at all though there really is a lot of compression on the Continuous loop which makes me nervous. I wonder though, is the compression any different or more degrading than the compression that happens when I connect a whoopie hook to the continuous loop on my hammock?

I have tickets to the Ranger game tonight, so I'll have to head to the park to give the system a further investigation and reports tomorrow. The trees in the yard are too far apart to hang from and my usual testing ground between porch support pillars is over concrete... not where I want to be in the event of failure.

I try to not do anything that deforms the line in a permanent way but I'm no Dyneema expert. I think of it like play doh that you roll out into a rope shape you could pick it up and move it and it would hold shape, but then if you took the play doh and pinched it flat in the middle then tried to pick it up again it would break in half. Its possible that as long as there were no frayed or severed fibers maybe the deformation is ok? Dunno.

Someone elsewhere recommended rotating the Amsteel loop so that it doesn't wear on the same position.