Spent 20 years doing it the hard way until an old timer showed me the rope trick

Had a big sugar maple with a branch that kept rubbing on a gutter. Tried wedging, tried pulling, nothing held. Old guy I was helping out one day just tied a half hitch on a throw line, ran it through a pulley in the crown, and had it set in 10 minutes flat. Anyone else got a simple rigging trick that made you feel dumb for not thinking of it sooner?

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jakef666d agoMost Upvoted

Spent 20 years doing it the hard way? That's just called adulting.

gibson.seth6d ago

Yeah it's wild how we normalize making life harder than it needs to be.