Top 10 Knots for Treework

1. Bowline - An endline attachment point that is easy to untie.

2. Running Bowline – A slipknot for pulling trees and lowering limbs.

3. Bowline on a bight – A midline attachment point that is easy to untie after heavy loading.

4. Butterfly - A midline attachment point that is easy to untie after light loading.

5. Clove Hitch – A semi-secure hitch for raising tools and lowering limbs.

6. Blake’s Hitch – A friction hitch for tree climbing.

7. Valdôtain Tresse – An extremely responsive friction hitch for crane work and tree climbing.  Also called a French Prusik.  Not for beginners!

8. Prusik - A general  purpose friction  hitch.  Often used as an adjustable midline attachment point.

9. Sheet bend - For tying together two ropes of equal or unequal diameter.

10. Timber Hitch – For attaching a block or lowering device to a tree.