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06-25-2020, 03:28 PM | #691 | |
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Yup - shitheel. But you're welcome to applaud the guy for his remarkable bravery in the face of...a knot. For what it's worth - that loop knot with the thick handle is gonna be a DAMN good pull down. Nice comfortable hand-hold for those times the rope's sideways and you're frustrated trying to find a good grip in the loop so you just grab the knot and yank. That 'noose' loop is gonna be a hell of a lot more practical than the small loops with the little club knots on top of them or a straight rope, that's for sure. P.S. It's still not a noose. Maybe it identifies as one and that explains the confusion. |
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06-25-2020, 03:32 PM | #692 | |
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06-25-2020, 03:45 PM | #693 | |
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My dad has owned a shop for longer than I've been alive and until about 3 years ago the doors were manual open and close. We never used the rope to open the doors only to close them. We grabbed a lip on the door until it got up to shoulder level then grabbed the bottom and threw it open. We'd pull in the rope to close the door. Even if it's a short rope and attached to the very bottom of the door you aren't going to get the door very far open with a rope especially if you are grabbing at the end. So you might grab it to keep the door from 'slamming' too far open but our doors were for big vehicles and more often than not we'd have to use something to push it the rest of the way open not worry about it going too far. |
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06-25-2020, 03:46 PM | #694 | |
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But you're almost certainly right - I should probably begin with the starter. |
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06-25-2020, 03:53 PM | #695 | |
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06-25-2020, 03:54 PM | #696 |
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06-25-2020, 04:00 PM | #697 | |
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No, you don't track it all the way up with the rope, but you often find yourself using it in the act of opening/closing the door. Nascar doesn't have ropes on their bays if they aren't getting used. If it were a 'noose' it would've changed shape in the year since the picture was taken. It hasn't. |
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06-25-2020, 04:30 PM | #698 |
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06-25-2020, 07:44 PM | #699 |
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I would love to see NASCAR go out of business. It's been garbage for years.
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06-25-2020, 07:45 PM | #700 |
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Is Bubba Wallace related to Rusty Wallace?
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06-25-2020, 10:16 PM | #701 |
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She's not only purty, she's drop dead gorgeous! That's a nice resto job. Restomod? You know this girl?
What's she got in her? My first car was a used '68 with a 327. Fixed it up nice then totaled it. Always been partial to the lines on 67-69. RS? SS? RS/SS? Z28? I must know more about her asap. Edit - didn't see the RS badging at first. I might be in love with your girl. Last edited by JohnnyHammersticks; 06-25-2020 at 10:26 PM.. |
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06-25-2020, 10:42 PM | #702 |
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06-25-2020, 11:11 PM | #703 |
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I think I might know why someone tied a Hangman's Loop/Lanyard Loop here.
I just noticed that in the picture, the loop is hanging right about at head height; s someone measured how long they wanted this rope/loop to be. If you just tied a bowline or a simple slip knot, you'd basically be left with a 4 foot-long tag end. If the loop is about 10-12 inches from the base of the wraps to the end of the loop, that'd be about 3-4 feet of tag end hanging there off the loop. For someone that works with ropes/lines, that's messy. Of course, you could just cut off the excess, but again, for someone that works with rope or line that's just lazy. If I were this guy (or girl) and I was a fisherman or hunter or somehow spent a lot of time tying knots and working with rope, I'd think about how to tie the loop I wanted without either leaving a long tag end or having to cut a long piece off a perfectly good rope. Both of which are highly undesirable if you work a lot with rope or cordage. And a Hangman's Loop is just about perfect for the pull loop we're all looking at in the picture. To make the knot, you'd put the door up and then form the loop (known as a bight) you wanted (it's exact size, length, height off the ground, wouldn't have to be adjusted while tying), pinch that together, probably pull the door down about halfway to make it easier to work, and then basically see if you had enough tag end to make 3.5 equal size bights or loops. If you did, and you were familiar with knots, you'd know right then that you could tie a Hangman's knot/Lanyard Loop, which is an adjustable friction slipknot, weighted near the loop so it wouldn't blow off a nail in a strong breeze, would be easily untied just by pulling it through, and finally you wouldn't have either a long tag end or have to cut the line. Not saying that's what actually happened, as we'll probably never really know, but I've tied dozens of these knots, and one of the biggest reasons is their simplicity and neatness. It's not out of the spectrum of reality to think that, among NASCAR workers there'd be a few fishermen/hunters/whatever that knew their knots. And a Hangman's Loop/Lanyard Loop would be an elegant and easy solution. Last edited by Megatron96; 06-25-2020 at 11:51 PM.. |
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07-03-2020, 09:34 PM | #705 |
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Do they race cars around the football field or something?
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