I can tie knots, but it's difficult to tie knots that I can get as tight as I can ratchet down a 2" strap.
If you can carry a rope you need to know a number of basic knots.
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Plus practicing knots is something to do with your hands while you watch political commercials.
The cool think about the truckers hitch is that it allows you to really tighten down a line. Based on the name, I assume truckers used the knot before straps. :laughing: I learned the knot to tie down my canoe and kayaks on the truck. :laughing:
No way I can describe how to tie the truckers hitch but you end up with a loop as part of the knot. The end of the line goes through a tie down somewhere then comes back through the loop. This allows you to pull the line against the loop to tighten up the line. To keep from loosing the tightness, all you have to do is pinch where the line goes through the loop and then tie a knot. Easy. See.
I used the truckers hitch to tie down the tarp over the chicken tractor.
HOW you could get a rope strong enough to tied down a tractor on a trailer I don't know.
On the other hand what the Royal Navy did with ropes and cannon was amazing. Once along time ago, they laid siege to a port on an island they could not easily take the defenses but there was a tall rock island just off the port. The island had sheer rock walls and no beaches but it over looked the port and town defenses. Somehow the Royal Navy got a sailor on top of that island with a little rope. Then they pulled up bigger ropes, more men and wood, I would guess spars from the ships. Eventually they were able to rig lines from the island top to a ship and they were able too hoist large cannons, powder, and ball to the top of the island.
Game over. Port was captured. :laughing:
The drawing I saw somewhere of those sailors hoisting heavy cannon from a sailing ship to the top of that rock was amazing. If you wrote a novel with that as a story line, nobody would believe it possible. But these guys really did it. Truly iron men in wooden ships.
To install the dishwasher last night, the power line had to be fished from the back of the washer, through a nice channel on the bottom of the appliance. The wire was not long enough but a length of rope tied to the power line got 'er done. :thumbsup:
Not sure what knot I used but I do think I learned in a book. :laughing:
Years back I bought a book that was made of thick card board, with pages and thin rope. The book was on knot tying and you used the book to hold some of the knots made from the supplied line while reading the pages. I guess I learned something from it.
Kinda looked silly sitting in front of the TV trying to tie knots but it certainly was better time spent JUST watching TV.
Later,
Dan
