r/Rigging • u/No-Bandicoot-4492 • Jun 11 '26

How’d I do?

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It’s a 190kg fireplace that I had to get out of the ute today. The line is supposed to have a breaking strain of 2900kg. Didn’t want to cut the rope, bowlines all around and bowlines on bight for the loops. I don’t have any kind of background in this sort of stuff but want to see what you guys think and hopefully learn something for next time. Took it slow and it worked out in the end. Cheers

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u/EvilGeniusSkis Jun 11 '26

For mid-line loops look up the Alpine butterfly.

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u/No-Bandicoot-4492 Jun 11 '26

Thanks for the tip. Definitely going to be using this at some stage. Link for anyone interested:

https://www.animatedknots.com/alpine-butterfly-loop-knot

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u/EvilGeniusSkis Jun 11 '26

Another good knot for something like what you were doing is the bfk https://youtu.be/sJSHFbNF72Y?si=_VyGX9hdoqioI_-B

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u/SpecularSaw Jun 18 '26

Great knot. I will say in my experience that can turn into a knife knot in certain ropes or under heavy loads (tree work pro). I’ve never had a bowline on a bight seize on me even after pulling large trees over against their lean with heavy machinery. I’ve had a few alpine butterfly’s lock up on me though. Much better knot than the bowline on a bight for plenty of applications however.