Very tight hitch around circular object - best load distribution

[xarax]

@Knutern post:8

The upper side (the side of the pole that have 4 “layers” of rope) is exposed to a some greater force than the oposite side.

Is it ? We have to measure it. The midde of the three segments of the 3-wrap side is / remains possibly more tensioned than the others, so I believe that the total “push” to the surface of the pipe from the two sides will be almost equal.

@Knutern post:8

the solution is to make sure the two free ends are located at oposite side of the pole to each other

Yes. Read in the relevant threads and posts what is written about the danger the hitch “closes” prematurely.
The trick is to first tighten each “half” of the hitch somewhat, pulling each end against the pole, but not towards each other, so they will not be transported towards the middle of their distance too early - and only then, when the hitch is already somewhat tight, and most of the slack is consumed, to start pulling them so the bights connected to them start to approach each other.
Also, do not forget, at the end, to pull the ends one by one, the one after the other, alternately, as we have to do with all tight hitches.

@xarax post:2

The important thing to remember, is to pull the two ends and tighten the whole knot in two stages. At the first stage, the two bights should better be at diametrically spaced positions.

@X1 post:33

When I say that one should pull the ends “the one after the other”, I mean to pull the ends in an alternating way, first the first, then the second, then again the first, and so on…I do not mean literally “pull the first end, then pull the second end, period”. So, one should tighten the TackleClamp hitch by pulling the first end a little bid, then the second end this much, then again the first end a little bid more, and so on - until he can not pull any end any more - just as we do when we tighten multiple nuts. Otherwise one can run the danger to pull the first end all the way to the end, and have a hitch where the two opposing bights have “kissed” each other, without the hitch having been tensioned to the maximum degree.

@xarax post:19

tie this 3-wrap hitch as tight as you can ( as I said, first taking out any slack, before the pulling - then pull alternatively, the one end after the other, starting from a proper position of the two opposed bights on the surface which will enable their tensioning right to the end, before they will have the chance to “kiss” each other