https://www.youtube.com/w…GK-tImY&feature=youtu.be fun video not much help
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJJPySetSRw this is a simple and easy version
Trucker's Hitch
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Posted: May 16, 2017 - 01:55 PM
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Posted: May 16, 2017 - 02:31 PM
Love the trucker's hitch, I use it all the time.
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Posted: May 16, 2017 - 02:57 PM
first off: what the hell is wrong with that guy in the first video ... lol
secondly - i don't think those are "true" truckers hitches
I do use the first version - in the second video: That is what i use to secure my cat to trailer, (and my forestay to my Portuguese turnbuckle, and a million other places) with the exception i finish it with rolling hitches vs 1/2 hitches. 1/2hitches can vibrate free, rolling hitches get tighter with stress and movement (although still able to untie without too much work)
this is what i "Think" is the actual truckers hitch
http://www.animatedknots.…tedknots.com#ScrollPoint
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Posted: May 16, 2017 - 05:13 PM
Good stuff. You truly learn something new every day!
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Posted: May 17, 2017 - 09:43 AM
This is a great knot for sailors -
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Posted: May 19, 2017 - 08:24 AM
One of my favorite knots, as it achieves ratchet strap tension. I am sort of a knot-knerd!
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Posted: May 19, 2017 - 09:03 AM
Ditto on one of my favorite knots being the truckers hitch.
Learned it from brother in law, who was former trucker and couldn't believe I went 30 years as sailor and didn't know it before he showed me.
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Supercat 15
Windrider 17
Several Sunfish and Sunfish clones
Ratboat built from Zuma and Sunfish parts
Shallow water sailor in the Delaware Bay
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