How to Tie the Truckies (Truckers) Hitch 3 Different Ways. Hitches to Secure Your Load with Rope.
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- Опубликовано: 30 май 2019
- This week I revisit one of my more popular older videos with a couple of new techniques. I demonstrate how to tie the truckies (truckers) hitch 3 different ways. A short, easy hitch (less strong than the truckies hitch) features at the end, for those who may not have a long enough rope to tie the regular truckies hitch. Subscribe for a new video each week! New content uploaded every weekend.
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at last someone that know how to tie a rope , my father was a truck driver for 40 years and showed me how to tie the first version of this knot when I was 12 year old and is a skill that has stayed with me all of my life (thanks dad) the 3rd version is very hard on the rope.
My dad taught me the third one. I make the loop up on the rope with one hand. It really helps in certain situations to be able to that one handed.
I do a variation on the third version. I have a rope I've been using that way since 1985. It's a good rope.
Ratchet straps have killed people’s need for knots like this sadly.
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@@JamesStaaks8182 And then there's people like me who enjoy practicing these used-to-be basic skills and putting them to use instead of using those ratchet straps! With practice, these hitches can be setup more quickly than having to manage hooks and strapping.
Excellent video. Puts the amateurs to shame. No fiddling around, just clear instructions (and not at the speed of light). Very well filmed too. Could see everything. Thank you so much. Now to practice!
Thanks Mate, simple, clear, not a whole lot of unnecessary blabbing, much appreciated.
Sufficiently slowly performed so that one can follow how the rope is manipulated to form the hitch. Good demonstration.Thank you.
I've had a number of people showing me how to the truckies hitch but this was the best presentation so far & even the though I rarely need to tie loads down, I now feel confident in doing it after several practice sessions. So thanks Tim.
This is far and away the best tutorial that I've found demonstrating how to tie a truckies hitch. Slow and detailed advice. Definitely worth a watch. ❤
there is something about that tightening squeaky sound (cinching) that just makes me say YESSSSS :D
Doesn’t happen often..... but I’m lost for words......
You taught that SO well! I appreciate how clear it was in what you were doing with the rope and also your verbal instruction! Very good! Now I need to go practice!
Many thanks for the clear presentation
Well it’s about dam time someone showed a proper truckers hitch. And I also commend you on the easy way you taught people how to tie it. 👍🏼
I see so many people tie an axe knot most times what you showed can always be taken off without having to cut the rope. Hats off to ya.
Thank you for showing the freaking clove hitch!!! EVERY OTHER VIDEO NEGLECTS the other end of the rope! YOU'RE THE MAN!
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Tim, I just discovered your channel. I’m not a truck driver or a farmer but I’ve been entertained and educated by you. The truckers hitch has always eluded me. You’ve now giving me simple instructions (and a great video) and shown me how to do something I knew existed but was always a failure at. Thank you so much.
Best example on RUclips! Thankyou good sir!
I have only heard and used the last one. But now I will try the first. Looks more sturdy. Thank you for all three demos.
I'm 53 and just bought a length of rope to practice knots, I think knots are awesome and learning different ones is good brain exercise!
Was taught this truckers knot by a nice driver out of Cali. I was in Arkansas and he was transporting what he had purchased from my employer. He asked “Do you know what a truckers knot is?” And the rest is history. Thanks for bringing back his memory.
Cheers, Tim! I'd only ever learned the third, simple hitch. Great to know the proper ways to tie a heavier load. Well done!
Very well done and methodical explaining on how to tie the truckers' hitch. Thank you so very much and cheers!
When I was a child I used to work on my father's farm and we stacked bales on trailers to bring them home to the farm across fairly rough and sloping field about 10 bales high and weighing about 3 tonnes . I learned the truckers hitch from my father. I only weighed about 6 stone but even with my tiny weight I could get a rope about 40 feet long thrown over and over the trailer as tight as a guitar string. We didnt quite do it the way demonstrated here as we used a version that didn't end up with knots in the rope when undone so we could get a quick turn round. We used free standing loops that stayed stable as long as the rope was under tension but collapsed as soon as the tension was loose.
Absolutely worth learning to do the truckers hitch, so useful in so many places and I still use it 50 years later.
I think what you’re talking about is a construct of loops moreover than what most would consider knots. If it’s the same thing I’m thinking of then it was my fathers favorite way to tie down things.
@@traviscarr6536 Yes that sounds about right. I remember it was possible to get the rope really tight like a guitar string. Something like using a multiple pully system to lift a heavy weight with a small weight. I have a recollection that the first loop was a simple overhand knot and obviously the last was tied off with a knot too.
At last, a video that shows how to tie a double trucker's hitch step by step. THANK YOU.
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Was taught the drivers dolly knot, as I always knew it to be called, when I started driving class 1 33years ago. I am amazed now that these days very few lorry drivers know how to do it.Valuable video demonstration as not everything can be secured with a 5 ton ratchet straps or chain and toggle.
trouble is, a lot of places have made using rope to tie down loads illegal, in favour of using ratchet straps
Brilliantly clear demonstration. Easily the best commentary and filming of the knotting procedures.thank you, I have something to copy to enable safe transport of wood on my trailer.
Awesome tutorial. For the 3rd one, you can add a second loop a little further up and double your lever.
@tim can you use a second loop for the first or second knots? Excellent point about doing the adjustments on the passenger side!!
This video gives a person a sense of accomplishment, learning something very useful.
Thanks mate. That’s an awesome thing to say. Very kind.
I tried this and was tied to my trailer for two days before help arrived 😫
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Ah...... ya forgot to pull your hand out before securing the knot. We've all done it.
Luckily I had a knife one me so I was able to cut myself free. But unfortunately, they weren't able to sew my hand back on!
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Great demo, very clear and intelligent. One thing though: I have heard the your number 3 hitch is actually the best and strongest of all to be used for heavy loads. The guy that said this claimed he used the knot as a tree trimmer and the only difference is he put more turns in the first loop, at least four.
Been re-watching this everytime i'm loading something on the ute, which is few and far between. Thanks mate! This has been my definitive guide.
Gotta love the KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) rule, now i'll look like i know what i'm doing, not a fool fumbling around and ending up with a granny knot. Thanks Tim, awesome demonstration.
With one exception, this the first video I have seen that clearly shows the hand movement to make that upper knot. Well done.
Drove truck's for 30 yrs myself. First video where I've seen some tie it right.
My Dad taught me this once but I forgot after a while.
Luckily we now have you tube..
Finally someone who knows how to tie a good truckies hitch. Having said that, I tie it differently again, but it gives an almost identical result as the first two. Cheers.
Plain and simple explanation. Easy to follow instructions. Nice guy.
Thanks Tim. Gotta buy me a ute now to practice on.🤣🤣🤣🤣
Cool. Been trucking for 40 years. I have always used the third one, just slightly different. Thanks. I'm going to try your first 2 for a bit.
Something I never bothered learning because rachet straps and tie downs are easy to get at Bunnings... But I went out and bought a rope to practice using this video, cheers mate you made it too easy, thanks for the life lesson . I'll now throw a couple of ropes in the back of the ute.
I like the first way. This is the first time I've see 3 ways.
None of those loops are any stronger than the other. They all have one thing in common. Force is applied to one loop and that's the weakest link. Your third example is the easiest and quickest to undo and just as strong. My opinion of course. Great video.
About time I learnt how to do a truckies hitch. Great clear demonstration. 👍Thanks
Well done. I wasn't shocked to hear you were a teacher. Good presentation pace and delivery.
They are great knots Tim, we used them regularly when moving pallets of fruit and veg. I still use rope whenever I can....they lazy brigade are all over ratchets now. No more calluses 😂 Thanks for some very clear instruction.
Thanks Tim! GREAT, SIMPLE instructions for a necessary knowledge in today's world! I'm a former trucker & was only taught the 3rd method! I do a fair amount of hauling and will implement the other methods you demonstrated! THANK YOU, from Oregon, U.S.A.
simple yet effective. Ive been using the first truckies hitch since watching your last video.
thanks again tim great video
the third version was the one commonly used in propping cavendish banana plantation. .so simple, direct and saves a lot of time. .
Thanks mate ... I was taught to do these a few years ago for work by a very knowledgeable mentor, but sadly had forgotten them. Now I’ll be right again 👍
This is the best video ever on tying the Truckies hitch. Thanks.
Man this was the best demo ever
I learned a version of the truckers hitch in the Navy when I drove a stake truck. Baffled many bosun’s when I would break down the knot. Was asked to show how I tied it and I’d do it extra fast to show off…..
Thanks for that.
I've had different people over the years teach me a truckies hitch. And become confused because each of them taught me their version which were all differemt and so confused me.
Your video just cleared that up.
Simple but helpful video. Thanks mate.
Hi Tim. There is a fourth type of hitch. This one uses less rope and if the rope is fed through the tie rail correctly, one can use a long rope and go over the load several times WITHOUT feeding the rope through at all!
This may be difficult to explain, but here goes: from the point where the rope passes the tie rail make a 1 foot loop, push it through between the side and the tie rail, around under the rail, out and up. Next pick up the standing rope like you showed and lift it to the hitch point. Hold the loop end in one hand horizontally and with the other hand take the standing rope and wind it around the loop.....twice! Make sure the second turn is behind the first and locked in with a slight outward twist. This is important to ensure it will be secure. Then pull down the loose bit and tie off in the usual fashion.
But wait there is more! There is a long length of rope to go over again. So for the tie-off, again loop the rope and tie the clove hitch with that loop. You then have the rope ready to go back over again.
I hope this is clear. The main thing here is that the rope is NEVER fed through any where and makes it easier when untying. It helps if there are tie hooks in behind the tie rail to tie off on, they also provide the anchor for the next throw.
I learnt this old school when hay carting .
It was called a carters hitch when I attended arb school in 1996. (Horse and cart around before trucks. ✌)
You should try that with a 50' rope, pulling it all through that bar.
Get some roping hooks fixed under the body and do some proper dolly knots.
SO much quicker and easier.
Thank you for teaching me these great techniques.
Fantastic rope tutorial, this is just what I need to learn to use rope to down everything in a shipping container to move overseas. I was going to spend a lot and buy all ratchet tie downs but this will save me a small fortune, thank you. I will have to have it cued up on my lap top still though, I'll never remember that.
Holy fucking shit, this was my science teacher in HS, always was a fucking legend good to see he’s still a stud. Onya mr Thompson
Ummm……. thanks…..
The third is extremely handy if you want to hang a ridge line for a ten or hang a hammock.
Nice one, spent time in the 70's and 80's as a kid with my dad a truck driver. went all over the UK delivered all sorts.
Taught me the hitch, his usual was the last you did and after years of practice his hands were a blur.
I got into tree work still can't pick up a bit of rope and not think of him. Nearly was a £10 Pom. Cheers
Tree work? Gee, I hope you don't use that last one for anything safety-critical. The really sharp angle at the top of the knot puts tremendous strain in the line here and it will snap without warning. The "sheep shank" type - ie nos1 and 2 here - is far stronger, and has the secondary advantage that it is a LOT easier to undo.
Just got my HR licence so this will be very useful, thanks.
thank you so much .i,ve been telling people and my drivers the first two are the real truckers loop,some people who have never pulled a flatbed,(little on drive a truck)want to argue,but that third loop can bind and then won't come apart.again thank you
Great Demonstration! Nice and slow to follow along! Won't forget this one.
dude seriously the best video on that hitch i've seen. made it way easier than the others, thanks again!
By far the best demonstration I've watched. Nailed it after this video. Thanks a lot.
I clicked for the hitch example but couldn't take my eyes off the nice utility bed on that truck!
Dirty old 3m aluminium tray
Thanks Tim. Have used the last 1 alot and never had a problem. Keen to try the 1st 1. Cheers
Excellent videos thank you for them especially the truckers hitch
Best video on RUclips to learn the Trucker's Hitch. I liked the first one and the third one.👍👍
I learned the trucker's hitch about fifty years ago to secure fire fighting equipment to our trucks. Thanks for the review.
Thanks mate, you bailed me out at work.
At last some one on youtube knows how to tie a proper truckies knot although I would do two knots each time to get a tighter rope, sisal rope is the best and less likely to slip. Would use a single knot on curtains and cap tarps. Retired truckie from down under in the 1960's and 1970's
a great demonstration was trying to remember the hitches, I've seen option 3 done to hold down canoes, but the advantage is you repeat that one-knot multiple times to get a tighter hold and multiple points of failure
While there are multiple points of failure, theres still only one seriously significant one, that being the first knot that has all the load on it. unless im greatly mistaken, that one knot will always have at least twice as much load on it than any other
Another trucker’s hitch which is quite strong is using an alpine butterfly loop along with bowlines
I love your way of explaining! Direct and clear! Thank you!!
Best illustration of this very useful knot ever! Keep them coming!
Excellent Tim, very easy to follow and not too fast.
Thanks. Best demo on tying down.
Finally found this! Hauled building materials and furniture for years, I always used #3 with the "farmers loop" (showy to tie and non-binding). Been trying to find a pro to show the 'sheepshank' type hitches as #1. Will practice this style. Hate ratchet straps, can't figure them out anyway. Rotating the wrist to form the loops shows skill and knowledge, and a big part of the art of tying knots is showmanship, right?
Thank you. I have to secure some stuff at work for a short trip to the warehouse from time-to-time. Have only used the 3rd version, and it always felt sloppy. Will try the first version next time. Thank you again.
I have other methods of tying down a load but ends up being way to complicated, I know a lot of different knots but had yet to learn the truckers knot, way more efficient and damn you can put a lot of tension on that rope..so thanks for the knowledge mate great video a nice explanation. Seems such a simple and thing of the past knowing how to tie a knot, but I think it should be an essential thing that a man should know how to do. I used a rope everyday just about and has gotten me out of many situations. Cheers from the USA 🇺🇸
Wow finally a well presented vid on how to tie this hitch, makes it easy to follow.
Thanks Tim. You always have good helpful tips on your videos. Hope all well with you. 🇮🇪
Thank you for sharing that. I’m a trucker and didn’t know how to do a proper truckers knot. I always did the last one. I call it a chicken knot. Lol
Clear and concise, all you want in a teaching video. Well done.
I haven’t needed to tie anything down for a while and had forgotten how to do this, thanks heaps mate!
You should have shown them #3, #1, then #2; easiest to hardest. #3 is the way I have always tied the hitch. #1 and #2 are only different in that you added the sheep shank. Great video!
Nice one timbo. Great refresher
Great video with easy to follow instructions. Thanks for posting.
what a great vlog so simple to follow and three versions great work Tim
Excellent demonstration with superb clarity. Thank you for the informative video.
Love the video, Tim. like learning new methods of securing a load with a rope. The big advantage of the Truckies is that it ties quickly without having to feed the length of the working end thru a fixed loop, & the fact the it falls apart when the load is relaxed when untying. I've seen no data showing that the Trucker's Hitch is less strong, tho'. If you can point us to an objective documented test result that says differently, I'd be grateful.
Been doing #3 me whole life, never even knew about the others. Can't wait to try em out.
1 and 3 have served me well. #2 has failed me a couple times under heavy load. Just wanted to throw out my experience to you. It may have been my rope that let the knot pop out but I don’t want to keep trying it if it fails with an 8mm rope.
From a former Green Beret Special Forces Engineer,Great Demonstration .
Making eye contact,step by step with short simple words at a relaxed simple pace and directly to the point. 👍😎🇺🇸.
The most useful is the first version (the one I learnt as a lad). The second version means you have to draw the whole bitter end through the stanchion, both doing it up and undoing it - a real PIA if you're using a single long line to do a succession of them to tie down in several places. I'd avoid the third version - it will break the rope under heavy load and it is hard to undo. Only time I'd use it is if the rope was too short for a proper hitch and the tie was non-critical.
Tim,
Best tie downs I,ve seen mate
I worked on the dock for a trucking company 30 years ago and they taught me the last knot. My dad (a trucker) always used the proper truckers knot and its pissed him off for 30 years that I never bothered to do it the proper way. He was more interested in trying to show off how quickly he could tie the proper knot when he was trying to teach me. Trying to make others look stupid was (and still is) his MO. So, being the smart-ass son that I am, each time he would show me I would simply do the easy version and remain just as dumb as he chose to try and make me look. He'd get angry, then I'd get angry and say "I aint trying to earn a knot tying badge today so re-tie it you're dam self if it aint good enough for ya" and then go hop in the truck yelling "we're burnin' daylight here, whats the holdup?" as he stubbornly retied it (even tho it could be as simple as tying down a wheel barrow to drive 5 miles down the road with). I've never had a problem using the easy one (other than its harder to get apart when yer done) and its served me well for 30 years, moved interstate multiple times with huge loads never having a problem. I'm a full time RVer and it still serves me well every day. I had no real reason to be here, just showed up as a recommended video and I thought maybe I'd learn from someone who actually wanted to teach rather than just be a show-off/make-you-look-stupid type like my good ol' dad! Thanks! maybe I'll actually try the proper one next time I need to use it to secure a load... P.S. You get bonus points for being a Floyd fan!
absolutely brilliant - my granddad taught me this is 1959, tying down cord wood.
Best explanation and variation yet.
Simple, concise teaching. Bang on point m8. Thanks for the video 👍🏽
Thank you so much for sharing your ideas. Salute to you Sir 👊.
Thanks for that, The safety note IS most important, I know of a case of a very experienced guy who did not follow this -- the rope broke, he fell backward into the road and was hit by a passing vehicle and died. Used to be called a Carter's hitch over here, Regards from Olde England
‘Thats not going anywhere’ i said everytime i tie something on the roof of my vehicle. 😂