About Schwabisch hitch
Deal for me. Even still, I’m keeping mine pretty short, plus running my 11mm tether back through my biner to serve as tender. The actual loose tags coming out of the knots on the biner are at least 4-5”. I can grab the tag, and it comes out the other side of my palm. I’ll take a pic of my setup tomorrow. I'm using a schwabisch. And yes, from the knots the carabiner runs through and the length from those to the hitch.My tags are not that long.Sounds like I need to adjust both. #25 S The length between the hitch and the eye knots doesn’t effect the function of a Michoacan, but it will for other hitches like the VT and Distel. Tails on knots generally only need to be about five times the diameter of cord or rope. O what i get is shorten the distance from the hitch to the carabiner and increase my knot tailsThank you Gents for the help. Last edited: Oct 20, 2020 #26 SO what i get is shorten the distance from the hitch to the carabiner and increase my knot tailsThank you Gents for the help. It looks like you are using poachers knots at the carabiner. Consider a scaffold knot which has another turn and is therefore less likely to slip. if you are shortening the length from hitch to biner this will also help use that excess tag end. Be safe! #27 It looks like you are using poachers knots at the carabiner. Consider a scaffold knot which has another turn and is therefore less likely to slip. if you are shortening the length from hitch to biner this will also help use that excess tag end. Be safe! Thank you I dont mind safer! #28 I've been a big proponent of the schwabish hitch since I first started using it. About the same time I found the schwabish hitch I learned how to do the distel hitch. In the same family just finished off differently. I use the distel hitch now over the schwabish hitch more and love it. However looking at the michocoan and testing it out in my basement. I've got to say that while the schwabish, the distel and the michocoan are started the same way...all three end differently. I feel that these three are very easy to tend, however last year I used the schwabish
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#21 If you mean how much tail I think 1-1/2in is enough, but watch that bugger routinely because if it slips through your in for a ride potentially. #22 I have a newbie question. How long should the ends be from the knot to the carabiner? After I did the knot the length of the two ends seemed short. But after using it hunting on the tether there's 4 1/2 inches from knot to carabiner. That seems like too much. The length between the hitch and the eye knots doesn’t effect the function of a Michoacan, but it will for other hitches like the VT and Distel. Tails on knots generally only need to be about five times the diameter of cord or rope. #23 Here’s how I have my Schwabisch Hitch setup. I’ve never tried the Michoacán but will soon but I imagine that the same lengths would work great. I’ve found that with keeping the length of rope from the carabiner to where the actual knot goes around the tether on the shorter side causes the knot to grab quicker. It’s a tricky thing though, if you get that length too short then the knot doesn’t release very well if hardly at all. One good thing about tying in the two tag ends to the carabiner this way is that they don’t each hold a whole lot of weight (1/2 to be exact) so they’re relatively easy to loosen and adjust so your can play around with the length until you find that sweet spot. As others have mentioned, you do need to check the knots at the carabiners. Poachers and other similar knots can slip on themselves some if you’re not careful. You should check all of your knots in the system every use anyway. They are a weakness in the system that can fail and when they do there are dire consequences. #24 Are you calling the ”hitch” the knot, or are you referring to the knots the carabiner runs through and the length from those to the hitch? I too don’t have the correct answer. I know from trial and error (safely hanging in my basement) the longer those are the harder it is to get the hitch to tend, but it shouldn’t change how it bites. Are you running the swabisch or Michoacán? I’m running a short bridge, so it’s not as big of
