"Gordon" <gordonlr@DELETEswbell.net> wrote in message
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The only thing I can figure out is that he used some form of
mental telepathy to cause the two rope ends to untie themselves
simultaneously and let the limb drop. ;-) There has to be a
better explanation.

As a boy I used to wonder at persons doing things that seemed to defy what I
thought could not be done. I'd spend days, weeks or years wondering
sometimes. Over time I gradually developed a method that has proven
invaluable. It requires cooperation, which isn't always forthcoming, but
usually it works very well.
Find the guy and ask him.
And, if I had written this post myself, I'd come back and tell everyone what
I'd just learned.
Regards,
Vince

"Gordon" <gordonlr@DELETEswbell.net> wrote in message
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|I recently watched a man in a lift bucket remove tree limbs that
| had broken in an ice storm. He was removing some very large limbs
| that were hanging, partially broken, over a neighbor's house.
|
| He maneuvered his lift bucket into position and tied a rope to
| the limb in two places, then swung his lift bucket over to the
| fracture area and used a chain saw to cut the limb free.
|
| He then operated the lift bucket such as to raise the severed
| limb, then move it horizontally out over an empty space in the
| yard. Then he did something that I couldn't figure out. Somehow
| he caused the two ropes that were supporting the severed limb to
| untie themselves at the point where they were tied to the limb.
| The limb then fell to the ground and the man then returned his
| lift bucket to cut off another limb.
|
| How did he manage to untie these two ropes without being closer
| than about 15 feet from the knot? These two ropes were tied to
| the limb such as to form an inverted V with the two ends tied to
| the limb, several feet apart and the center of the V secured to
| the lift bucket.
|
| The only thing I can figure out is that he used some form of
| mental telepathy to cause the two rope ends to untie themselves
| simultaneously and let the limb drop. ;-) There has to be a
| better explanation.

You never learned to tie shoe laces?
http://www.troop7.org/Knots/Bow.html
http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/betterbowknot.htm

In article <j25cp31e869nkc9ut7a4o5ie5qd6c67cd8@4ax.com>,
Gordon <gordonlr@DELETEswbell.net> wrote:

I recently watched a man in a lift bucket remove tree limbs that
had broken in an ice storm. He was removing some very large limbs
that were hanging, partially broken, over a neighbor's house.

I just bought a Book of Knots at Barnes and Noble. It was on
their bargain table and I paid $1.66. It is so kewl. My next
task is to learn how to tie all 200 knots. Another thing the
book does is explain why you would choose to use each knot.

He maneuvered his lift bucket into position and tied a rope to
the limb in two places, then swung his lift bucket over to the
fracture area and used a chain saw to cut the limb free.

ARen't those guys amazing? I watched one a month ago transfer
wires from one pole to an adjacent pole and he also made the
wire higher on the pole.

/BAH
<SNIP>

On Jan 22, 11:14 am, Gordon <gordo...@DELETEswbell.net> wrote:

I've seen the same thing done by the tree guys.

They employ something that horse owners call a "quick release knot".
You release it by pulling on one of the two lines.
It's more or less half of the bow knot that you tie on your shoes
everyday. One line hold the tension, while the other line when pulled
releases the knot.

Boaters sometimes use the same knot to attach their boats to a dock,
because you can release it so quickly by simply pulling on a line.
Very handy when your're alone on your boat.

Harry C.