Great stuff, I appreciate all the work you put in to your videos. This makes me feel even better trusting these as components in a system.
@jrbtc Жыл бұрын
Appreciate that. I rarely have a camera running when i do most of my testing and based on view counts, viewers of the channel don't watch the testing videos as much. So on my latest knot, the Longhorn Agile, i put the test clip inside the introduction video.
@kevinkerr2876 Жыл бұрын
Great Video John,, your knowledge of how to tie these knots and hitches is incredible…. The Running JRB is amazing,, as all of the other ones are too great testing really showed great performance in real time…
@jhuntley575 Жыл бұрын
Fun to watch and adds confidence to the system. Thanks for the experiment.
@jrbtc Жыл бұрын
Thx Jason!
@jayfranklin14 Жыл бұрын
Very cool. Thanks for doing this!
@jrbtc Жыл бұрын
Appreciate that. I drove 600+ miles to do this testing. There is zero chance that was a smart idea for me financially, but I do take this stuff seriously and wanted to get some numbers. And I came home feeling safer than ever.
@NYSaddleHunter Жыл бұрын
👍. Solid info there. Did you do the long horn and where did it break ? Good peace of mind video, thanks John !
@jrbtc Жыл бұрын
Yes. Minute 4 has the info on the Longhorn Hitch, but I don't have film on those breaks. With 7mm cord, the Hitch and all variations of the soft shackle were over 24kN.
@jrbtc Жыл бұрын
And thanks for all the fantastic content that NY Saddle has provided. When it comes right down to it, we're just trying to get our brothers tied in and on low slack. The details are just details, and they are fun to explore safely. But as we get our message out, we're preventing falls, and saving bones and lives. Cheers
@NYSaddleHunter Жыл бұрын
@@jrbtc Absolutely ! I made a career of keeping safe while performing one of the most dangerous occupations globally. Now it’s my turn to share all this knowledge and I couldn’t think of a better platform than the hunting industry. Some people get the wrong message. They think we are claiming our methods will make them kill bigger bucks . So they shoot us Down when all we are doing is spreading our message about applying a common sense approach to their safety while they pursue this great pastime we all love Thanks for all you do !!! Not a bad thing to be remembered by Making a positive difference in people’s lives aye. Cheers !
@NYSaddleHunter Жыл бұрын
Getting back to the longhorn Did it break at the knot or not ?
@jrbtc Жыл бұрын
@@NYSaddleHunter sorry, i didn't understand what ya meant. The answer is that it varied. All knots provide a sudden bend in the cordage so we always expect the knot to break first, but it depends on how sharp that bend radius is and some other factors. For the two I tested, one broke in the knot and one broke as the cord bent around the pin in the rig. Those 2 tests were not filmed. For the three tested by Arbsession, besides the charts, this what I got, copied and pasted out of the report: 1-6104 LBS - broke at the knot on the long section 2-5660 LBS - Broke on girthed pin and then pulled through the hitch 3-5981 LBS - Broke at the knot on the long section. The fact that some didn't break IN the knot tella us that our design is pretty ideal from a strength perspective. The key is getting the hitch to incrementally add friction without sharply bending the cord. Cheers.
@bjornolsen3465 Жыл бұрын
Thanks... 💪
@robertwilliamson6958 Жыл бұрын
I would love to see the maverick, and the ultra fast and simple saddle hunters hitch tested. I would imagine with both lines loaded the saddle hunters hitch would be quite fail proof. Would like to see at what point it slips or fails under a single line load test. These are really cool tests to see how strong these hitches are
@jrbtc Жыл бұрын
Lengthwise pull tests are hard to do and we have to consider different tree diameters and bark roughness. Last time I tried one such test, i just spun the wheels on a 4wd tractor. Based on what I have done, I am confident that in a controlled slack climbing situation, which is the only way we should climb, the hitch strength is not a critical factor. What we need is to get everyone tied in and managing slack during the entire climb.
@robertwilliamson6958 Жыл бұрын
@@jrbtc I did view that video and it was informative. I do agree just getting people tied in and then slack management is most important for safety. Too many saddle hunting, typically stick-climbing technique videos that don’t have either in them. I appreciate your work and thank you for your time.
@ridermak4111 Жыл бұрын
Old timer says to me, “flip your shackle sonny, you got it backwards”. “Huh?” 🤔 “Hardware should be on the pin, rope or webbing should be on the yoke. If your strap or rope gets pulled down into the edge of the pin hole, it can fray fibers.” Good to know for off road recovery, but your in-the-field application doesn’t involve shackles or extreme tension-to-failure. The only reason I’m bringing it up is a couple of your test breaks happened in the hitch on the pin. Maybe the hitch got that pinch and wouldn’t have failed otherwise. 🤜🤛
@jrbtc Жыл бұрын
This is good to know. Thanks. On this set of tests, I also would have liked to use a larger diameter shackle, but it's all that was available. I have some larger ones in my garage, but lack the right equipment to pull test, lol.