Talk:Trucker's hitch

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Another knot goes by this name, too. Like the one illustrated, it can be tied without access to the bitter ends, and it also presumes a hook or peg against which it pulls. However, it is configured to pull out slack during the tying, and requires tension to stay tied.

1. The free portion past the hook is doubled back to loosely cross the restricted portion, about 60-75cm from the hook.
2. A small loop (fold) from the restricted portion is pulled up over the crossing of the free portion, to about 30cm beyond the crossing, where it is then put through a twisted loop (or double-twisted loop) to secure it subject to tension.
3. The free portion is pulled, sliding through the 30cm-long loop a bit like a block-and-tackle, to tauten the cord.
4. Finally, the free portion is fastened by pulling a loop around the lower part of the restricted portion and back under itself.

This knot is very easy to untie, as well as very effective at tautening: it is claimed that truckers break rope practicing tautening this hitch.

• I also learned the trucker's hitch as this knot, and I've found it extraordinarily useful. I'm not sure how to properly represent both of these knots on wikipedia, but it would be great if someone who does would do so. ObsidianOP 23:30, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• I also learened this version: from an Englishman who called it the "lorry driver's hitch". In Australia it is usually known as the truckie's hitch. Is the one illustrated for real? Never seen it, and don't understand the page.