This is a short youtube video, on how to make the truckers hitch. I am sure most of you already know how, but this is a great illustration.
Thank you,
Nate
I don't use it much anymore -- ratchet tie-downs are stronger and more convenient-- but back in the day I liked to throw a couple of half-hitches over the loop after cinching it up to keep it from working loose.
The Ashley Book of Knots considers that a dangerous knot.
Use to use that for the mechanical advantage to haul whitewater rafts off rocks. Usually use the taught line hitch for tie downs
- Thought about it a little more and we called it a Z drag as it looked like a Z.
- The other neat thing was by moving the tag line upstream and downstream along the shoreline you could effectively change the angle of pull
The Ashley Book of Knots
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The Ashley Book of Knots considers that a dangerous knot.
Where does it say that? In the edition I downloaded #2124 seems to be close to what is in the video and receives no negative comment.
#2126 looks different although it has some similarities and says "less dependable." I can see why - one of the loops can pull through.
The ultimate truckers hitch video
The trouble with that version is the slip knot can be difficult to undo.
