Video: If you know how to tie a bowline knot, a trucker’s hitch and a half-hitch, your days of wondering if the mattress, drywall, lumber or Christmas tree will make it to the destination are over. Note: While these knots are awesome, they are not a cure for, well…this…
We use these three knots for all kinds of stuff: Tying up floppy shrubs, getting string-lines tight, tying off a tarp, or securing items in a moving van or rental truck. Plus, this is man stuff. I think this is something guys should know how to do.
-Bowline knot. One of the many benefits of a bowline knot is that it’s both easy to tie—and untie. A knot doesn’t do you much good if it ruins the rope (line) you’ve tied it in.
-Trucker’s Hitch. Once you’ve tied your bowline knot—I think of it as the anchor knot—the trucker’s hitch is next. This knot pulls all the stretch out of the line. There is no way on this green earth that you can pull a rope this tight without it. And, tied right, it comes right out because you cinch with a 1/2-hitch.
-Half-hitch. The beauty of 1/2 hitch comes when it’s time to unload. Not only is it fast and easy to tie, it makes untying a non-tangle snap.
So man up and get it tied down.
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I’ve always used just two knots…a bowline and a taughtline hitch. Like that trucker hitch though…looks like it you can apply more force and it probably unties easier too.
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