How to Tie a Pack String Together

[@DoubleKMustangs]

RIP Andy. Such a wonderful man.

[@BurroGirl]

Thank you SO much for this crucial video! We just finished a 135 mile pack burro trip with the piggin strings you made for us and they worked fantastically!!

[@josephtilseth5002]

Thanks Andy!

[@jakehoffman3213]

Excellent description

[@TrailheadSupply]

Thanks!

[@davidharris6581]

How is the pigging string attached to the cinch rings on each side? Is it snapped or tied ?

[@davedonkey9540]

David Harris usually braided.

[@johnhutcheson8869]

@@davedonkey9540 By braided am guessing you mean "eye spliced" with the ring inside the eye on both sides of the saddle (I can do that) , but then the two 3/8 ' lines pass thru the back riggin ring on top of the decker and come together and form another eye splice. I am clueless what that looks like or how to do it. Is there a youtube video out there ? Just need a little help. TKS !

[@johnhutcheson8869]

I think I answered my own question...figure out the length of rope, double it, eye splice / braid each end into the saddle riggin ring both sides (near and offside), tie an overhand / figure eight back near the hip pad. I have a header ring in my hip pad.....so the question now is....do I stop before I get to the header ring or come through ?? depends on where we want the lead rope??

[@johnhutcheson8869]

I think we want it closer to the saddle . Thinking out loud is hard.

[@theequinealchemist9448]

Please encourage people to use jute or muslin rope instead of twine. Twine is left all over our wilderness areas when they break