A concern about the Arborist Splice

[RonReese]

Very astute, Nick, of course from your posts that I've read, that's pretty SOP for you.

I'm sorry, I was splicing Velocity again, which is double braid. I "unburied" the splice and re-buried it. I had to use one of Brion's tricks of "skewering" the rope and pulling out the slack. I think I finally got what I wanted.

Originally Posted by NickfromWI

"...Just think how rope can be milked when there's no tension on it...is it like that?..."

Impressive insight Nick, I think that's exactly what's happening - well now anyway. I think before I tightened it, the cover did have a bit of slack in it, but it's better now. I think you're right; it does seem to be a normal milking thing.