Notch Rapid Rig Product Profile - TreeStuff.com

The Notch Rapid Rig is a stainless steel termination for rigging lines or winch lines. Faster and more convenient than a knot, the system also negates the risk of sideloading if you were to use a carabiner for the same purpose.
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[@r.j.martin1818]

Presenter: "I'm introducing a new device to eliminate the use of knots. To set it up, first, tie a knot...." Me: LOL. I get it. I'm buying one today.

[@LCHLLO2008]

nice on really cold days when your fingers are a bit numb to tie knots with thicker gloves on .A friend of mine has just bought one so i shall look forward to trying it out .

[@billbliss2500]

I just bought a couple of these and got one with a splice and loved the results!!!

[@pjmaxx5515]

I’ll use a running bowline and save my money. It may be stronger than a running bowline but I’m not pushing my rope systems to the limit. Seems like a solution looking for a problem. I don’t need to buy additional hardware to replace a simple running bowline.

[@heavenbound1536]

Imagine that going through the chipper

[@stephenwinn3211]

This is a awesome piece of equipment!!! I would like to see more videos on different senerios on how it's used in the field.

[@edsida]

thats some good light carry for those quick rigs.

[@Stevieray55]

I think it's pretty awesome I haven't done that type of stuff in long amount a years but perfectly remember and your product is awesome if I'd had that back in the day I'd used it 100

[@stephenwinn3211]

Just looked up the price. Not a bad deal for $ 40.00 dollars... plus discount code. Even cheaper.

[@j.a.s.2684]

Love this product.

[@trevethan82319841]

I might get this so I can use it as a tree base anchor befor climbing

[@chrishickey5923]

So every time my groundie sends up my rigging line via another line, I get to deal with this thing sliding down the rope?

[@adtube4186]

It seems to me if your getting dumed down equipment because your ground guys cant figure out how to untie a knot, Thats being complacent and could create a big problem fast. On the other hand, If everyone knows there stuff and wants to speed things up this might be nice. Ima try it out soon. I wonder if the climber (in tree) could easily loose ahold of the toggle to the wrong end of the rope and have to send the whole rope down and back up to get both pieces back on the work end.... probably why I never stick with anything new. Come tree time a 150' HI vi or true blue is hard to beat. God I love Tree Removals!

Right on!thats beautiful

[@danbaldock7699]

Cool idea. I always use half hitch & timber hitch to Rig Down timber and it annoys the hell out of the groundies who are used to other climbers just using a karabiner. I'm not gonna change how I rig but I can see it being useful for climbers less patient 🤣

[@topsaw]

cool product, looking forward to trying it.

[@dancanning5335]

when large wood is lowered and laying on ground a running bowline unties and is pulled out from under wood, your "scaffold" knot and metal cannot be pulled out from under as easily. In fact this system will require an additional lifting of 1 end of wood to pull out. It seems like alot more work in a day, for a ground guy.

[@kivaswander5537]

Dan Canning have you heard of the clover hi ch instead of bowline

[@TriggaPleas]

So its quicker to tie and only maybe a bit slower to untie than the way you do it? Seems like an improvement on your way.

[@cesspool1676]

is the scaffold knot permanently tied to the rapid rig after heavy rigging? I'd hate to cut my rope just to remove it. Despite my concern I do like this system and will definitely be giving it a try. I get tied of tying knots all the time, especially in awkward positions.

[@humansaresoignorant]

I've been able to untie scaffold knots that have been weighted for years and covered in sap. It just took some patience

[@raidermandan8226]

I'm going to be using mine for the first time Saturday and these ppl on here talking down the the rapid rig and talking up the running bowline are ridiculous the bowline is slow for the groundsman (and that's the experienced groundies and if the log is on the knot forget about it if your groundsman is fairly new you might as well come out of the tree because a Nube is going to have you fighting mad by the time he gets it untied and if you deny that then you must be a Nube so just in the Time it saves in waiting for your rope makes it well worth the money.

[@hectoracevedo1994]

Dear Santa...😍

[@branddann]

scaffold knot, is that the same as a fishermans? is this intended to stay on the rope cuz that knot aint coming out once loaded.

[@user-ku2qb1pq7e]

Yup, same knot, different name.

[@chillipphi]

Actually it’s pretty easy to undo that knot even after loading.

[@ericforsman7787]

It is not a Scaffold Knot. In the old bible of knots (Ashley's Book of Knots) this was called the "Poacher's Knot". In more modern texts like Jepson's "Tree Climbing Companion" it is referred to as a "Double Fisherman's Loop".

[@kennethsizer6217]

@@ericforsman7787 Correct. Triple Fisherman's Loop == Scaffold Knot

[@ericforsman7787]

The knot he shows in this demo is correctly called the "Poacher's Knot" (Ashely Book of Knots Page 65). If you add a third wrap it is a "Scaffold Knot" (Ashley Book of Knots page 204). Unfortunately, many arborists refer to the Poacher's Knot as the "Double Fisherman Loop" or the "Scaffold Knot". They seem unaware of the precedent set by Ashley and they have really confused things.

[@ronsalerno2058]

Could you use this for making a a spar anchor for climbing, or only recommend for rigging?

[@user-ku2qb1pq7e]

Only for rigging please!

[@thejackel1844]

Can never be to safe in this line of work...

[@coilstreeservice9398]

Knot for me

[@danielking3235]

Coil's Tree Service. Thats a funny coment

[@dannyj4743]

Can you climb SRT on this?

[@Banguts]

Any plans of releasing a version of this that accepts a larger diameter rope, 9/16" or maybe even 5/8"?

[@user-ku2qb1pq7e]

Not at this point!

[@towercranegod]

Make one for a 3/4 rope !!

[@jthopkins2544]

Fucking game changer!!!

[@7kyro]

What’s the breaking strength of a scaffold knot? That knot is impossible to get untied once it’s cinched down, meaning you can forget about it going through a fixed block. Also, how do you keep the adjustable piece from sliding all the way down to the ground?

[@user-ku2qb1pq7e]

You can connect the two pieces to prevent them from sliding apart.

[@mayconflores2430]

Se be bueno

[@fumagoo1986]

Going to make my own, looks like its ez to make

[@jrstrange123]

this is for lite weight tree trimming when a branch or two over a house has to come out. For dealing with weight in a major take down, I don't think so.

[@smithtreeserviceowner-jess2157]

Not to be mean, but where are you looking in this video? I love your work though. Thank you for teaching us the new stuff.

[@natemartinez4595]

I feel like I would watch that ring slide all the way down my shit and end up tying a bowline anyway

[@user-ku2qb1pq7e]

The rope goes to a block first.

[@operationssergeant]

When you send it back up won’t the toggle just keep sliding down the rope or do you need to put a knot around it to keep it from falling back down

[@user-ku2qb1pq7e]

The toggle will just slide down to the ring!

[@operationssergeant]

TreeStuffdotcom maybe I’m looking at it wrong? The ring is going to be sent back up to me the toggle is below the ring, the toggle will then slide to the opposite end of the rope? Or are you thinking that the opposite end of the rope is going to be sent up to me and then I have to reverse the rope while in the tree to grab the ring

[@user-ku2qb1pq7e]

The toggle and ring both stay on the working end of the line. So when the line is through a block or ring in the tree and you pull it back up, gravity pulls the toggle down to settle on the ring.

[@cesspool1676]

is the scaffold not permanently tied to the rope after heavy rigging? I'd hate to cut my rope just to remove it. Despite my concern I do like this system and will definitely be giving it a try. I get tied of tying knots all the time, especially in awkward positions.

[@liv2ryd94]

I recently used the RR for several large pines that I was rigging to a central rigging spar and had the issue you are describing. I simply had my groundsman tie a simple overhand knot behind the toggle before attaching it to my climbing line. Not a big deal but at all and and a great piece of kit for the price!

[@bucek94]

Is there anything aginst attaching the ring with a bowline instead?

[@mike8hunter]

bucek94 The bowline could induce slack and potentially shake out, if not constantly rechecking the dress and set. The same reason they suggest the anchor bend for use with life support knots.

[@ArsonistArborist]

Maybe with a Yosemite finish? This might be a bowline? scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/23498529_126863231325651_6796828523794268160_n.jpg

[@bucek94]

Gotcha 👍

[@nathanbarker4876]

I bought 2. Wish I didn't waste my money. Pretty useless really. Has to be pushed up tight at the piece by hand. Won't pull tight from a distance. It also won't pull up as tight as a conventional knot.

[@user-ku2qb1pq7e]

You're welcome to return them if you're not satisfied!

[@davidmason548]

We almost never use less than 9/16

[@Cholton222]

That dude loves to sit on traffic cones.

[@atomatom6442]

Good idea but if you can tie a knot , why bother.. Maybe for the new generation that wants to skip how its really done..

[@samuelluria4744]

Been climbing and rigging for a living since 1993 when I left the U.S. Navy, and I am perfectly happy to not deal with any more knots than I have to. This is a perfectly legitimate tool....not exactly some overly complicated "gadget-for-the-sake-of-gadgetry"! If your point of pride is in not minding tying/untying lines, then you have set the bar a little bit low.

[@samuelluria4744]

Brian Kennedy - Yes. Add to that, the fact that 98% of knots significantly reduce the strength of any given line.....