Vertical Lifting of Circular/Round Objects

[mattSV650]

Hello all,

Im new to the forum and knots in general so be easy if I dont get it right.

Im looking for information on how I can best lift a round/ circular object, like a 9litre plastic bucket without a handle, vertically.

At the moment Im using a bowline to set up a loop, putting a clove hitch into the loop and trying to split the clove hitch to form a cradle underneath and a bit of security round the sides, under the lip of the bucket.
This has limited success.  Probably 1 in 4 dont work  :-[and i need to keep some water in the bucket to hold tension on the line so the clove hitch doesnt fall apart on the lowering.

Any ideas to speed up the process and make it more efficient would be greatly appreciated.

[Sweeney]

Welcome to the Forum. I would try a barrel sling but as the bucket has a lip then a bottle sling might also work (rather depends on the rim). The first link below is to a barrel sling - the mechanism is pretty simple. A bottle or jar sling is more complex to tie - see the second link - and is not usually used on a wide object. A Google search for either of these knots will give you more options if these are not clear enough.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1028665/how_to_make_a_barrel_sling/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18jr4UY0CKs

Barry

[DerekSmith]

Can anyone follow this ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqdKyhY9X30&NR=1

Derek

[Sweeney]

This one's almost as good - he even uses tagliatelle pasta I think!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvsCkzSDduU&NR=1

Barry

[roo]

Hello all,

Im new to the forum and knots in general so be easy if I dont get it right.

Im looking for information on how I can best lift a round/ circular object, like a 9litre plastic bucket without a handle, vertically.

At the moment Im using a bowline to set up a loop, putting a clove hitch into the loop and trying to split the clove hitch to form a cradle underneath and a bit of security round the sides, under the lip of the bucket.
This has limited success.  Probably 1 in 4 dont work  :-[and i need to keep some water in the bucket to hold tension on the line so the clove hitch doesnt fall apart on the lowering.

Any ideas to speed up the process and make it more efficient would be greatly appreciated.

This topic belongs in the Practical Knots forum.

Try this:
http://notableknotindex.webs.com/barrelsling.html

Is there a reason you can't drill some holes in your plastic bucket?