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Trucker's Hitch

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FloridaRoadie
(@FloridaRoadie)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUHgGK-tImY&feature=youtu.be fun video not much help
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJJPySetSRw this is a simple and easy version

 
Posted : May 16, 2017 7:55 am
(@klppurdy)
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Love the trucker's hitch, I use it all the time.

 
Posted : May 16, 2017 8:31 am
MN3
 MN3
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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

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Edited by MN3 on May 17, 2017 - 09:43 AM.

MN3

 
Posted : May 16, 2017 8:57 am
(@martyr)
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Good stuff. You truly learn something new every day!

 
Posted : May 16, 2017 11:13 am
MN3
 MN3
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Good stuff. You truly learn something new every day!

This is a great knot for sailors

MN3

 
Posted : May 17, 2017 3:43 am
(@ctcataman)
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One of my favorite knots, as it achieves ratchet strap tension. I am sort of a knot-knerd!

 
Posted : May 19, 2017 2:24 am
(@windwardde)
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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.

 
Posted : May 19, 2017 3:03 am