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Your style of the truckers hitch is the one I’ve used for years (as in decades). The one difference is I generally tie a bowline around the tree-it’s fast enough to untie for my purposes. I also found that each point you had against the other guys style was the same disagreements I had while watching your demonstration. The fact that you brought both to our attention to let us choose our favorite, shines.
If only everyone could discuss differences in opinion/approach like you, the world would be a lot better place. Thanks as always for breaking down the important details and being a good role model. Cheers!
Great video! Whoever said Tim’s version was better for ridge lines clearly misunderstood the applications. Thank you for clearing this up and showing us the best way to tie a truckers hitch for ridge lines
As the Good Corporal told us: One is awesome for securing a load. The other is quick and simple for a tarp shelter. A pick-up is great for some things. A limo... great for others.
At 74 I'm always up for learning something new. Been camping for over 60 years and have spent a lot of time untying granny knots or just cutting them off. Since watching your videos and practicing what you preach I have mastered most of the knots related to camping. Keep up the good work educating the masses.
I use your method and have been using it and teaching it for a couple years now. Super simple and easy for Scouts to understand. Easy peezy lemon greasy
Corporal I have been using the improvised truckers hitch for the last 30 years to secure my canoes and kayaks to the roof racks has not failed me yet. It is my go to knot to secure anything around camp.
One problem with either hitch is that you have to pass the free end of the rope through the loop to cinch it down, which is tedious if you have a lot of extra line. You can get around this problem by using another toggle. You form the slip knot to make a loop, and then rather than passing all the free end of the rope through the loop, just pass a bight through and insert another toggle into the bight. Then when you cinch down the main line the toggle will roll against the loop. You have to watch it a bit to make sure it doesn't roll out, but it works. And then you can lock it down or tie it off however you like.
Hello from Oklahoma! Good video on knots. But, it Looks like a bunch of b.s. over nothing. Remember people will complain about anything. They will have you running circles over nothing. I say use what works for you. If its pouring down rain, or a blizzards moving in, you are gonna do the easiest thing to get out of the weather. To hell with the proper B.S. Haters will hate. They are sad. You sir are outstanding! God Bless!
For a tarp your method is a lot faster both setting up and taking down. And as you stated for securing a load , The truckers hitch.Thanks for the side by side comparison.
Securing a load vs securing a tarp, excellent way to point out the difference, once I learned how to do it your way I can't imagine using anything else for a ridgeline.
Been using your improvised trucker's hitch and the rest is history. Also your quick deploy ridge line it really save me a lot of time setting up camp. Thank you!
Your method is what I've been using for over 50 years. I do toss a half-hitch around the locking loop in the final tension knot. Easy peasy. Outstanding, as always.
Thanks for the video Cpl. Kelly, I like the way you do it and that’s the way I do it . I want to get things done simple so I got more time in the wood to enjoy the out doors . Have a good day.
The level of respect admiration and gratitude you have for viewers and other posts and opinion is outstanding very positive attitude but serious I think I'm going to download knot vids for spring and keep em coming sir🇺🇸
Pops became an Eagle Scout back in 59. I distinctly remember being knee high and witnessing him tie a truckers hitch and thinking that he was some kind of a magician. The method that he taught me was the same as yours. Glad to learn a stronger alternative, and will implement it if the situation dictates, but Dad’s hitch has never failed me yet. /Jase
Ok I went and watched Tim video and I do think it is not fair to compare his truckies hitches to yours, yes I know people have been telling you to watch it. Here is why I do not think you can compare. He is tying knots that designed to keep heavy loads in place while traveling and the main pressure he wants is downward pressure not from end to end. His knots are not deigned for quick tear downs, his is for safety. If a ridge line come down it is inconvenient, if a load come lose people can die. I use to drive truck for a living and my truckies hitch for tying down loads is completely different to my ridge line truckies hitch. I will also add my load truckies hitch is very different to Tim's. Anyway I just think it is like comparing a pitbull to a chihuahua, both are dogs but completely different.
Corp, I am a trucker and use many hitches however for my ridgeline I use yours. It’s quick to set up and even quicker to pack up. Yours is the best that I have ever seen.
Excellent video (I'm beginning to sound like a broken record) You clearly and methodically demonstrate the techniques, and with an unbiased eye, present them for us to decide which we prefer. It's clear why your technique is better for the Ridgeline and you are a true gentleman and diplomat in explaining when you would use the other. Thanks as always, and God bless you and your family. -Dave
Just the other week, I've tried your set up on a ridge line and I have to say, I'm impressed with it. I've made it my new go to. As for the others out there that say "that's not right" or " that's wrong".... they to to learn that there is more then one way to do something and that not every way works for everyone. But also, they need to learn to stop being so critical. Keep up the good work mate
In a survival setup less waste the better. Sometimes 50ft of cord is all you have. And if my life was I the hands of a tie off I don’t want short cuts now with my tent set with rain I would like it to go up by a snap of my fingers but now that won’t work I guess I would use fastest tie downs I know. And this video he gave respect and expanded his own skills and why. I think most fast knots I tied as a child was taken out with a knife I wish I started scouts a 6 not 14.
3 rules of Survival Knots 1. Conservation of cordage 2. Ease of tying and untying 3. Maintaining strength of cordage The red line goes against 2/3 of the principles. Keep up the great videos Brother! And looking forward to seeing you again
Shawn, I think everyone should realize that you almost always refer to your version as an "impovised" trucker's hitch. The really amazing thing about knots is that almost all knots, lashings, and hitches is that many of them are "improvised" versions of others. They were made to adapt them to an individuals needs in a given situation.
..... Besides we all know that people that critics become critics because they aren't as good as they think they are so they try and find faults in everyone else to make them feel important. Thanks for doing what you do brother. Some of us actually use what you are teaching to be better woodsmen and bushcrafters! Keep'em coming!
From an observation point of view, your beginning is simplistic and effective, and your ending is likewise. Minimalistic, effective, practical, logical, less cordage for the same result and very much repeatable without the headache of recalling how it goes. Outstanding.
Hi new subject for me. Never been able to get my dyslexic brains around the complications of knot tying. However, your version was easy for me to grasp, and now I feel confident to try tarp camping, at the age of 64. Something I have wanted to try for a long time. Thanks corp. I will call this knot the corporals hitch. Then no confusion for me😋 Thanks we’re trying a tarp night with my granddaughter as soon as it arrives 🔥
That’s awesome! I’m a lineman in Ohio and I’ve been using your improvised hitch for years when pulling tension on cable to hold it up the pole while installing pole shielding. Good man!
I don't know if I have commented on this one or not and if I am repeating myself here, please feel free to delete either or both as you will. No offense will be taken. So here goes, first thank you, for doing these videos and especially this one. I have a unique set of skills AND an unusual set of handicaps. I am colorblind, can't see in 3D and my depth perception is really really REALLY weak. That being said, and I don't mention them for sympathy, I do so only to illustrate my appreciation for the way you not only teach these basic skills but, you have simplified a super important and ultra useful knot. You see, in spite of most "teachers" efforts, they almost always get caught up in their own perfections and all too often demonstrate various skills, techniques and the like so fast and herky jerky that I can't follow them. Shawn, you have taken that learning curve without even knowing it and have created how to videos that I NEVER fail to learn from. Almost always, I recognize what you are planning or doing ahead of time as I have done very similar throughout my life. As an example, in my youth, friends and I were always building "forts", and beds and camping areas where we just didn't camp, but we lived and thrived for those days we were there. As an example of what I am talking about, while in school way back in the days of corporal (no pun here) punishment and stone tablets, instead of getting out for the week of spring break, we stayed in school but had "free time" which unless the weather was just drag nasty, we were outside all day every day except for lunchtime while the teachers did their preps and things. During those weeks, we would often build those forts and other "hangouts." One such was, since we lived in the South, we had mountains of pine trees and pine straw. The ground was strewn with downed limbs so, we would take those limbs and lash them together using Kudzu vines and then would utilize the pine straw to form a crude hut. We would create wall voids wherein we would pack the pine straw as tightly as we could which formed a very comfortable and water tight dwelling. Back then we could build small fires and would have us a marshmallow roast and IF we could somehow er um procure some weenies from the kitchen coolers, we would have those roasted as well. So thank you again for all these how to vids and for some seriously good meals.
Very reasonable and respectful approach to a minor difference. You have an excellent knot and a very good reason for using it. Thank you for your video.
I personally find that your version of the truckers hitch works just as good to secure loads down. Specially when you use your version with the double wrap to keep the line tight while you tie it off..
When securing load, the quick release are a risk. If something trigger them, you may drop the cargo during travel. So I think the advice to use the other for loads are correct.
I've only just started using this after watching your recent quick setup ... and I've only used it in practice .. but I love it .. super simple and like you said ... fast and easy up and down ... Thanx corp !
I have secured loads for 30 years just as you do yours. I was taught by my Dad who learned it as a kid. I think history says my and your way has worked for a hell of a long time!!
As an old sailing salt (25+yrs) I've used your version of the truckers hitch thousands of times... I've always known it to be a "slippery trucker" because of the slip knot used on the midline (bight) loop for a quick release. Nice comparison and well taught.
Corporal. As shown on this and some of your previous videos, your methods of tying a trucker's Hitch tend to be a lot simpler and easy enough that I can even do it. simplicity is very important when in the field during night and/or bad weather conditions.
I have always struggled to get my tarp ridgeline tight enough. And when I do finally get it too tight after 5 or 6th attempt, then it's too tight and I can't release it. Not anymore. Thank you for showing me this. I am going to use your method from now on! Thank you so much for all of your videos. Keep them coming!!!!!!!!!!
Your method is preferred when setting a tarp line, maybe a hammock too, because of the diameter of the trees. The difference in cordage saved becomes nil if used on a truck like that one in the mentioned video. Youre right, his is best for securing a moving load, and yours for he'll and hammock. Well done video!
What's up corporal I 💯 agree with your version its easier and effective I've been using your version for a few months and it's quick and easy but most of all it works. Awesome vid 👍💪
I want to thank you for your videos, being new to bushcrafting and preparedness, I find them very informative and educational, so thank you sir for what you do both at pathfinders school and your page.
Love your version. Sometimes it’s not so much how quick you can make shelter, but how fast you can be gone. It might not be much cordage to leave behind, but if it’s all you have, then it’s gold.
I prefer yours. Alot less faffing around. His clove hitch/half hitch method is just adding complications, and it's more likely the extra wraps around the tree that give it most of its strength. Also, I don't think the locked off loop is any better than the slip loop - it's more faffing around (again) and doesn't give you any benefit. Your method also means you can quickly retighten the ridge line if required, whereas with Tim's (all due respect Tim), you have to unwrap the whole thing. The only thing I would add to yours Corporal (with respect), is for extra security, pop a toggle into your locked off loop. And hey, "ghetto" overhand loop? I'm offended ha ha 🤣 Loving your videos Corporal - keep them coming!! 👍
Your videos are always super clear and you make learning the skill easy! One cool trick I learned from Mike at Bushcraft Northwest, was to go through the loop on the truckers hitch two times. That second pass through really helps take the "pull back" away when you tension it then try to tie it off.
I have used your version of this to make my ridge line all summer. Probably 4 or 5 camps. Stays taught all night & comes down quickly in the morning. I will stick with it
Another great video... I still don't understand why people have to question everything, it's a preference thing. Use what works for you... Your reasoning made sense so I am sure someone will argue the point you were making just because. As always thx for sharing.
I need all the help I can get tying knots. I'm have knot dyslexia. I'm going to grab some rope and use this video to walk me through this later! Great video, thanks!
Good video, but the mid-line loop releases so much easier if you simply twist a bite instead of making the single overhand loop. A lineman showed me and I have done it that way ever since. The extra time and cordage is insignificant.
Got the 👍🏾thumbs up like from me. I was going to say the exact same thing that you said at the end of the video. Each is great for different purposes. Yours is definitely quicker and easier for camp setup and such, and the truckie's hitch is good for vehicle loads. Perfect video!
Corporal I like your way of tying truckers hitch. I don't like using a clove hitch and the half hitch, no way. Your truckers hitch is so easy to put tension on the line, definitely works for me. Good video.
I was taught by my grandad how to tie knot 45 years ago. If you don't know how to tie a knot tie a lot. The knot you tie only have to be as strong as the cordage you are using, as yours are. The only weak spot in your line is the piece of wood you use with the Bolin knot other than that it is the strength of your cordage. I would want to use a stick in the loop of your truckers hitch, just so it doesn't come loose when some joker pulls the string. you do a great job teaching.
Great video on the Trucker's Hitch! Both methods are important to learn. As you said later in your video, it comes down to your application (how you intend to use it), quickness to set up/take down, whether it is intended to be permanent or not, and the amount of cordage you want to use.
I agree with your method except I use a Sybirian hitch at the first end. There are so many versions of a truckies hitch no one can say one is correct and the others are not. I believe the best truckies hitch or for that matter best knot is the one you can remember and will do the job, who care if it is text book or not, function over perfection. Teaching scouts I have found there are knots that some people just cant get and others that maybe harder they just smash out of the park, and the next person will be complete opposite. Love your channel keep up the awesome work.
Hey Corporal, I hope you're doing well. I'm not sure why folks have to be so negative on here? I have scoured You Tube for several years now, in search of what I believe is a better way. I have used a Taut line hitch for years, I didn't even know the name of it, until I saw it on one of your videos, but I learned how to make it and use it years ago while serving in the US Army. In some instances I still do. But! when it comes to a ridge line? Your quick release ridge line with your style of a Truckers hitch is the absolute best I've come across. I have several pre made for prototyping tarp set ups, one in my get home bag, and several set up that my wife has taken over to double as a clothes line lol. One of them is attached to our gazebo at one end, and the house on the other. I had to let it up one day when I realized I had warped the gazebo, several degrees with 550 cord and your truckers hitch! The only way I can think of to get it tighter, is with a Come-along ( a wench for those who don't know what a Come-along is ). I apologize for the negativity of those who have nothing better to do than split hairs! I have sent a lot of people your way, to watch your videos, because your info is rock solid. You are the man! don't let them get you down, 73!
Edwin , 82nd Airborne Camp Frank D. Merrill ? Airborne Rangers . CPL corner always "adapts and overcomes!" I agree with you . Nice gentlemen who don't like what is taught and disagree should be responsible and intelligent enough to find what they like elsewhere.
Excellent analysis and demonstration, at the end of the video it was quite clear, as you explained, that one was better for tying off a load on a truck and the other was better for running a ridgeline. Thank you.
The upgrade I might add to your version is to skip the toggle altogether and use a Siberian hitch on the standing end. It's still quick release and you don't have to dig around for a solid stick.
Two videos six months apart on this vs. that. Yours still wins. Seems to me, first, the people espousing the virtues of the other method have an aversion (inability to tie) the bowline. And second, they must have knot fetishes. What a waste of TIME! who wants to be running all that paracord around a tree for absolutely zero functionality gain (maybe less)? Not me. And if I wanna play with paracord I'll make bracelets sitting under my tarp that took me 45 seconds to put up! Thanks.
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Corporals Corner I actually use your way locking, always! Its quicker and less rope!
Your closing statement on one versus the other is right on point. Well said and well done and I couldn't agree with you more!!!
Your style of the truckers hitch is the one I’ve used for years (as in decades). The one difference is I generally tie a bowline around the tree-it’s fast enough to untie for my purposes. I also found that each point you had against the other guys style was the same disagreements I had while watching your demonstration. The fact that you brought both to our attention to let us choose our favorite, shines.
If only everyone could discuss differences in opinion/approach like you, the world would be a lot better place. Thanks as always for breaking down the important details and being a good role model. Cheers!
Corporal make some bushcraft cooking videos
Awesome content btw 👍
Greetings from Serbia 🇷🇸
Your technique... easy, elegant, efficient and quick. I’m 82 and still love learning new skills.
Great video! Whoever said Tim’s version was better for ridge lines clearly misunderstood the applications. Thank you for clearing this up and showing us the best way to tie a truckers hitch for ridge lines
As the Good Corporal told us: One is awesome for securing a load. The other is quick and simple for a tarp shelter. A pick-up is great for some things. A limo... great for others.
At 74 I'm always up for learning something new. Been camping for over 60 years and have spent a lot of time untying granny knots or just cutting them off. Since watching your videos and practicing what you preach I have mastered most of the knots related to camping. Keep up the good work educating the masses.
Have used your Ridgeline method countless times over this summer.
Thank you Sir.
I use your method and have been using it and teaching it for a couple years now. Super simple and easy for Scouts to understand. Easy peezy lemon greasy
Corporal I have been using the improvised truckers hitch for the last 30 years to secure my canoes and kayaks to the roof racks has not failed me yet. It is my go to knot to secure anything around camp.
I like your method. Seems faster with alot less extra bs. Thanks corporal
In the pouring rain, I’m going with the CC method - every time. 👊
One problem with either hitch is that you have to pass the free end of the rope through the loop to cinch it down, which is tedious if you have a lot of extra line. You can get around this problem by using another toggle. You form the slip knot to make a loop, and then rather than passing all the free end of the rope through the loop, just pass a bight through and insert another toggle into the bight. Then when you cinch down the main line the toggle will roll against the loop. You have to watch it a bit to make sure it doesn't roll out, but it works. And then you can lock it down or tie it off however you like.
Hello from Oklahoma! Good video on knots. But, it Looks like a bunch of b.s. over nothing. Remember people will complain about anything. They will have you running circles over nothing. I say use what works for you. If its pouring down rain, or a blizzards moving in, you are gonna do the easiest thing to get out of the weather. To hell with the proper B.S. Haters will hate. They are sad. You sir are outstanding! God Bless!
For a tarp your method is a lot faster both setting up and taking down. And as you stated for securing a load , The truckers hitch.Thanks for the side by side comparison.
Demonstrated with respect and integrity, well done Corporal 💕
Securing a load vs securing a tarp, excellent way to point out the difference, once I learned how to do it your way I can't imagine using anything else for a ridgeline.
Love the comparison. Really shows you how practical one knot can be over the other given your situation.
Dude, your way is the best, no question!
I use your method and am very pleased with it! Thank you for your instructional videos! 👍🏻😊
Great video. I like your method better. Like you said less cordage. And easy disconnect on both ends.
Been using your improvised trucker's hitch and the rest is history. Also your quick deploy ridge line it really save me a lot of time setting up camp. Thank you!
Your method is what I've been using for over 50 years. I do toss a half-hitch around the locking loop in the final tension knot. Easy peasy. Outstanding, as always.
I want to second the half hitch. It keeps the locking/quick-release loop from pulling through on accident without making it difficult to untie.
Yep. Less cordage, simpler connections, and quick release. Nothing wrong with his, but yours appeals more to me. Good work.
Thanks for the video Cpl. Kelly, I like the way you do it and that’s the way I do it .
I want to get things done simple so I got more time in the wood to enjoy the out doors . Have a good day.
The level of respect admiration and gratitude you have for viewers and other posts and opinion is outstanding very positive attitude but serious I think I'm going to download knot vids for spring and keep em coming sir🇺🇸
One is its GOTTA stay and the other is I GOTTA MOVE. Both of which are vital per circumstances. Great stuff!
Pops became an Eagle Scout back in 59. I distinctly remember being knee high and witnessing him tie a truckers hitch and thinking that he was some kind of a magician. The method that he taught me was the same as yours. Glad to learn a stronger alternative, and will implement it if the situation dictates, but Dad’s hitch has never failed me yet. /Jase
I really like the trucker's hitch where you pass the cordage through the loop twice so it locks down before you tie it.
Shown in your other videos.
Ok I went and watched Tim video and I do think it is not fair to compare his truckies hitches to yours, yes I know people have been telling you to watch it.
Here is why I do not think you can compare.
He is tying knots that designed to keep heavy loads in place while traveling and the main pressure he wants is downward pressure not from end to end. His knots are not deigned for quick tear downs, his is for safety. If a ridge line come down it is inconvenient, if a load come lose people can die.
I use to drive truck for a living and my truckies hitch for tying down loads is completely different to my ridge line truckies hitch. I will also add my load truckies hitch is very different to Tim's. Anyway I just think it is like comparing a pitbull to a chihuahua, both are dogs but completely different.
Since learning your method, I've begun using the truckers hitch so much more. Thank you so much for sharing.
Corp, I am a trucker and use many hitches however for my ridgeline I use yours. It’s quick to set up and even quicker to pack up. Yours is the best that I have ever seen.
Great and fair comparison on techniques. Agree that the difference is the "application". Thanks for taking the time to clarify.
Excellent video (I'm beginning to sound like a broken record)
You clearly and methodically demonstrate the techniques, and with an unbiased eye, present them for us to decide which we prefer. It's clear why your technique is better for the Ridgeline and you are a true gentleman and diplomat in explaining when you would use the other.
Thanks as always, and God bless you and your family.
-Dave
Just the other week, I've tried your set up on a ridge line and I have to say, I'm impressed with it. I've made it my new go to. As for the others out there that say "that's not right" or " that's wrong".... they to to learn that there is more then one way to do something and that not every way works for everyone. But also, they need to learn to stop being so critical. Keep up the good work mate
In a survival setup less waste the better. Sometimes 50ft of cord is all you have. And if my life was I the hands of a tie off I don’t want short cuts now with my tent set with rain I would like it to go up by a snap of my fingers but now that won’t work I guess I would use fastest tie downs I know. And this video he gave respect and expanded his own skills and why. I think most fast knots I tied as a child was taken out with a knife I wish I started scouts a 6 not 14.
3 rules of Survival Knots
1. Conservation of cordage
2. Ease of tying and untying
3. Maintaining strength of cordage
The red line goes against 2/3 of the principles. Keep up the great videos Brother! And looking forward to seeing you again
hi,which 2/3 of the red line goese against?
The first knot I learned to tie when I started driving trucks, truckers hitch. Invaluable! Almost 53 years ago.
Excellent!
I had to laugh at "If you really want to be Getto"
As always excellent execution and delivery Corporal.
Shawn, I think everyone should realize that you almost always refer to your version as an "impovised" trucker's hitch. The really amazing thing about knots is that almost all knots, lashings, and hitches is that many of them are "improvised" versions of others. They were made to adapt them to an individuals needs in a given situation.
..... Besides we all know that people that critics become critics because they aren't as good as they think they are so they try and find faults in everyone else to make them feel important. Thanks for doing what you do brother. Some of us actually use what you are teaching to be better woodsmen and bushcrafters! Keep'em coming!
From an observation point of view, your beginning is simplistic and effective, and your ending is likewise. Minimalistic, effective, practical, logical, less cordage for the same result and very much repeatable without the headache of recalling how it goes. Outstanding.
Hi new subject for me. Never been able to get my dyslexic brains around the complications of knot tying.
However, your version was easy for me to grasp, and now I feel confident to try tarp camping, at the age of 64. Something I have wanted to try for a long time.
Thanks corp.
I will call this knot the corporals hitch. Then no confusion for me😋
Thanks we’re trying a tarp night with my granddaughter as soon as it arrives 🔥
That’s awesome! I’m a lineman in Ohio and I’ve been using your improvised hitch for years when pulling tension on cable to hold it up the pole while installing pole shielding. Good man!
I'll take your way every day. It's much faster. Keep up the good work. It's outstanding!
Great video. Explained the differences in a clear and respectful manner.
I don't know if I have commented on this one or not and if I am repeating myself here, please feel free to delete either or both as you will. No offense will be taken. So here goes, first thank you, for doing these videos and especially this one. I have a unique set of skills AND an unusual set of handicaps. I am colorblind, can't see in 3D and my depth perception is really really REALLY weak.
That being said, and I don't mention them for sympathy, I do so only to illustrate my appreciation for the way you not only teach these basic skills but, you have simplified a super important and ultra useful knot.
You see, in spite of most "teachers" efforts, they almost always get caught up in their own perfections and all too often demonstrate various skills, techniques and the like so fast and herky jerky that I can't follow them. Shawn, you have taken that learning curve without even knowing it and have created how to videos that I NEVER fail to learn from. Almost always, I recognize what you are planning or doing ahead of time as I have done very similar throughout my life. As an example, in my youth, friends and I were always building "forts", and beds and camping areas where we just didn't camp, but we lived and thrived for those days we were there.
As an example of what I am talking about, while in school way back in the days of corporal (no pun here) punishment and stone tablets, instead of getting out for the week of spring break, we stayed in school but had "free time" which unless the weather was just drag nasty, we were outside all day every day except for lunchtime while the teachers did their preps and things. During those weeks, we would often build those forts and other "hangouts." One such was, since we lived in the South, we had mountains of pine trees and pine straw. The ground was strewn with downed limbs so, we would take those limbs and lash them together using Kudzu vines and then would utilize the pine straw to form a crude hut. We would create wall voids wherein we would pack the pine straw as tightly as we could which formed a very comfortable and water tight dwelling. Back then we could build small fires and would have us a marshmallow roast and IF we could somehow er um procure some weenies from the kitchen coolers, we would have those roasted as well. So thank you again for all these how to vids and for some seriously good meals.
your not alone..
The best way to tie a knot is the way that works for the mission at hand. Great demo.
"And if you really want to be ghetto you can tie an overhand loop" 😂👍
Sometimes being a little grtto can be fun!🤪🥴
Yo, ghetto sounds like an abbreviated version of good to go.
Very reasonable and respectful approach to a minor difference. You have an excellent knot and a very good reason for using it. Thank you for your video.
Great! Quickly added to my favorites. Excellent side by side comparison. Thanks sir.
Outstanding video, really well explained. It's good when someone explain things instead of saying "my way to do this is better and that's it". Thanks!
You're still the best at teaching.
Well made and well explained thanks corp
I personally find that your version of the truckers hitch works just as good to secure loads down. Specially when you use your version with the double wrap to keep the line tight while you tie it off..
Brent Johnson I too use a double wrap in the slip loop.
When securing load, the quick release are a risk. If something trigger them, you may drop the cargo during travel. So I think the advice to use the other for loads are correct.
Johan Simonsson Agreed, but the clove hitch with the final half hitch is key to me.
I've only just started using this after watching your recent quick setup ... and I've only used it in practice .. but I love it .. super simple and like you said ... fast and easy up and down ... Thanx corp !
Completely different applications. Tims is for securing loads. Yours is for tarps. Thank you!
I have secured loads for 30 years just as you do yours. I was taught by my Dad who learned it as a kid. I think history says my and your way has worked for a hell of a long time!!
I use your method, all the time, every time.
That was my thought too - the red cord version is more suitable for securing load on a vehicle. As you say, best is what works for you.
As an old sailing salt (25+yrs) I've used your version of the truckers hitch thousands of times... I've always known it to be a "slippery trucker" because of the slip knot used on the midline (bight) loop for a quick release. Nice comparison and well taught.
The difference is application. The know it alls that caused him to make this video were too ignorant to understand. Now they look silly!
I love your knot-tying videos! So informative, and everything is dressed up and presented clearly.
Corporal. As shown on this and some of your previous videos, your methods of tying a trucker's Hitch tend to be a lot simpler and easy enough that I can even do it. simplicity is very important when in the field during night and/or bad weather conditions.
Thank you. This was just what I needed. You are easy to follow and understand.
I will pass these skills on to my daughter as well. 👍🏻
I have always struggled to get my tarp ridgeline tight enough. And when I do finally get it too tight after 5 or 6th attempt, then it's too tight and I can't release it. Not anymore. Thank you for showing me this. I am going to use your method from now on! Thank you so much for all of your videos. Keep them coming!!!!!!!!!!
Good video, simple, effective, fast to put up and take down. Thanks
I'm not trying to be biased, but I prefer the least amount of cordage with the quick releases using pegs or stakes, more efficient and cooler lol
Your method is preferred when setting a tarp line, maybe a hammock too, because of the diameter of the trees. The difference in cordage saved becomes nil if used on a truck like that one in the mentioned video.
Youre right, his is best for securing a moving load, and yours for he'll and hammock. Well done video!
If im standing in the rain I want simple quick fast and now.. and by doing the trucker hitch you develop muscle memory.. slow smooth and fast
What's up corporal I 💯 agree with your version its easier and effective I've been using your version for a few months and it's quick and easy but most of all it works. Awesome vid 👍💪
I learned allot from you and your knot's keep it up.
I want to thank you for your videos, being new to bushcrafting and preparedness, I find them very informative and educational, so thank you sir for what you do both at pathfinders school and your page.
I like your version of the trucker's hitch much better. Very clean and simple.
Love your version. Sometimes it’s not so much how quick you can make shelter, but how fast you can be gone. It might not be much cordage to leave behind, but if it’s all you have, then it’s gold.
Nothing against the other guy but your version is more simple and uses less cordage. Another great video.
Nice and easy and more efficient gotta love that!!! Thanks for sharing gonna try it the next time I hang a ridge line 👍🏾
I prefer yours. Alot less faffing around. His clove hitch/half hitch method is just adding complications, and it's more likely the extra wraps around the tree that give it most of its strength. Also, I don't think the locked off loop is any better than the slip loop - it's more faffing around (again) and doesn't give you any benefit. Your method also means you can quickly retighten the ridge line if required, whereas with Tim's (all due respect Tim), you have to unwrap the whole thing. The only thing I would add to yours Corporal (with respect), is for extra security, pop a toggle into your locked off loop. And hey, "ghetto" overhand loop? I'm offended ha ha 🤣
Loving your videos Corporal - keep them coming!! 👍
Your videos are always super clear and you make learning the skill easy! One cool trick I learned from Mike at Bushcraft Northwest, was to go through the loop on the truckers hitch two times. That second pass through really helps take the "pull back" away when you tension it then try to tie it off.
I have used your version of this to make my ridge line all summer. Probably 4 or 5 camps. Stays taught all night & comes down quickly in the morning. I will stick with it
Another great video... I still don't understand why people have to question everything, it's a preference thing. Use what works for you... Your reasoning made sense so I am sure someone will argue the point you were making just because. As always thx for sharing.
I need all the help I can get tying knots. I'm have knot dyslexia. I'm going to grab some rope and use this video to walk me through this later! Great video, thanks!
Loved the close up video shots...thanks
Good video, but the mid-line loop releases so much easier if you simply twist a bite instead of making the single overhand loop. A lineman showed me and I have done it that way ever since. The extra time and cordage is insignificant.
Got the 👍🏾thumbs up like from me. I was going to say the exact same thing that you said at the end of the video. Each is great for different purposes. Yours is definitely quicker and easier for camp setup and such, and the truckie's hitch is good for vehicle loads. Perfect video!
your summery was excellent on the two radically different usages
Corporal I like your way of tying truckers hitch. I don't like using a clove hitch and the half hitch, no way. Your truckers hitch is so easy to put tension on the line, definitely works for me. Good video.
Considering speed, strength, and simplicity, your setup works great CC. Keep up the good work.
Both are good, but as you said, for a shelter set up I also prefer your way. Have a nice one sir!
I was taught by my grandad how to tie knot 45 years ago. If you don't know how to tie a knot tie a lot. The knot you tie only have to be as strong as the cordage you are using, as yours are. The only weak spot in your line is the piece of wood you use with the Bolin knot other than that it is the strength of your cordage. I would want to use a stick in the loop of your truckers hitch, just so it doesn't come loose when some joker pulls the string. you do a great job teaching.
Great video on the Trucker's Hitch! Both methods are important to learn. As you said later in your video, it comes down to your application (how you intend to use it), quickness to set up/take down, whether it is intended to be permanent or not, and the amount of cordage you want to use.
I agree with your method except I use a Sybirian hitch at the first end.
There are so many versions of a truckies hitch no one can say one is correct and the others are not. I believe the best truckies hitch or for that matter best knot is the one you can remember and will do the job, who care if it is text book or not, function over perfection. Teaching scouts I have found there are knots that some people just cant get and others that maybe harder they just smash out of the park, and the next person will be complete opposite.
Love your channel keep up the awesome work.
Hey Corporal, I hope you're doing well. I'm not sure why folks have to be so negative on here? I have scoured You Tube for several years now, in search of what I believe is a better way. I have used a Taut line hitch for years, I didn't even know the name of it, until I saw it on one of your videos, but I learned how to make it and use it years ago while serving in the US Army. In some instances I still do. But! when it comes to a ridge line? Your quick release ridge line with your style of a Truckers hitch is the absolute best I've come across. I have several pre made for prototyping tarp set ups, one in my get home bag, and several set up that my wife has taken over to double as a clothes line lol. One of them is attached to our gazebo at one end, and the house on the other. I had to let it up one day when I realized I had warped the gazebo, several degrees with 550 cord and your truckers hitch! The only way I can think of to get it tighter, is with a Come-along ( a wench for those who don't know what a Come-along is ). I apologize for the negativity of those who have nothing better to do than split hairs! I have sent a lot of people your way, to watch your videos, because your info is rock solid. You are the man! don't let them get you down, 73!
Edwin , 82nd Airborne Camp Frank D. Merrill ?
Airborne Rangers . CPL corner always "adapts and overcomes!" I agree with you . Nice gentlemen who don't like what is taught and disagree should be responsible and intelligent enough to find what they like elsewhere.
Excellent analysis and demonstration, at the end of the video it was quite clear, as you explained, that one was better for tying off a load on a truck and the other was better for running a ridgeline. Thank you.
I learned your style of knot as a "hay hauler's" knot. Perfect for cinching down uneven loads and also works great for securing tarps and boat covers.
Great explanation of the two variants. Each is great for its purpose. I like your method for ridge lines.
thanks for this! crazy how sensitive some people are... for this application it's great!
Yours. And I spike both ends because kids like to pull things. Keep em comin. Oohra!
Great. I am glad to see the many complimentary comments. I will go see his video out of curiosity. Thank you.
The improvised truckers hitch is One of the first knots I learned on my first Job when I was 16 .. It never fails
The upgrade I might add to your version is to skip the toggle altogether and use a Siberian hitch on the standing end. It's still quick release and you don't have to dig around for a solid stick.
Two videos six months apart on this vs. that. Yours still wins. Seems to me, first, the people espousing the virtues of the other method have an aversion (inability to tie) the bowline. And second, they must have knot fetishes. What a waste of TIME! who wants to be running all that paracord around a tree for absolutely zero functionality gain (maybe less)? Not me. And if I wanna play with paracord I'll make bracelets sitting under my tarp that took me 45 seconds to put up! Thanks.