Best demo for this by far.

Tricky Truckies knots will get you out of lots of problems . In days past I`ve used them in multiples to winch my 4WD Patrol up a slope enough to give it a rolling clutch start after I killed the battery . Also if you examine your basic sheep shank you`ll see a clove hitch . Turn it on its side and view the double lines as though they are your combing rail , and you`ll see a clove hitch in your hands . Great subject you picked for the video , thanks for sharing it .

Husband was a "truckie" and albeit showed me how to do it, never felt the use for it because I had him. All of a sudden I need to move a large article and now he has passed away, of course that is when I need the knowledge. Thank you Tim, tried several times around the footstool, ultimately the "ute" and I have mastered it. Great video, easy to understand.

I remember my dad showing me that 40 years ago . Thanks for the refresher course was racking my brains trying to remember how it went .

Good demo. My dad taught me this one, and I have used it hundreds of times for loads, creating taut lines during camping trips, etc. It's reliable, easy to tie, with a little practice, easy to tighten and easy to untie. It's a real workhorse knot.

After finally practicing this knot a few time I realized it is really just a plain ol’ sheep shank with a subtle addition. Thanks for clearing this up for me and showing me the best way to tie this in a hurry.

I try to watch this every few weeks so I don't forget how to do this. Much appreciated!

To me this is the true trucker's hitch fast and easy to put on and take off without messing with any knots like in other versions. As a kid I remember seeing my dad use this version of the hitch all the time and was always amazed how quick he would set it, it was almost like a slight of hand magic trick. But it stuck with me because years later when I needed it I was able to recall how to make it, thanks dad!

I've gotta say...from truckies knots to fencing. You're a gem. Fair dinkum good bloke, with sound knowledge and lots of common sense. Another great video. Thanks.

Of all the how to videos on Truckie hitches this has to be the best. Well explained and demonstrated. Most never mention the importance of planing for road side tightening by having the hitch on the side of the vehicle away from passing traffic. Cheers.

Well done my Uncle taught me that knot when I was 10 years old. We were hauling 6 ton loads of strawberry flats to market.

The only “True Truckers Hitch” on KZfaq!

Excellent demonstration of a very good securing hitch - thank you.

What a simple and clear instructional video. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙂 Thank you!

Seen this years ago when we used flat trailers and tarpaulins. I always forgot how to do this handy knot. It looses soo handy too it would have been good to demonstrate this as well. Loved it

Another Great Video... Thx... from San Diego. CA USA...

I love watching videos on how to tie knots .. we call this a “dolly knot” in the uk .. & it’s tied down sheets covering loads of steel for me for years

This is one of the best videos on KZfaq about "Trucker's hitch", thanks a lot.

Very well taught. Best I have seen👍

best explanation i have seen for this knot!

Thanks Tim, there is a variation to this which avoids the need to pull all the rope around the rail. If your rope is particularly long & you want to keep it that way, you can just pull a loop under the rail to pick up using the hitch. Then you can pull your load down & tie it off much quicker, see how you go tieing it off in a similar manner. The remaining rope can then be hitched to another part of the rail to pull down another part of your load.

Very simple&clear instructions Video I have seen ever.. TKS alot My brother.. Good jobs

Tip, great way to tidy up those frayed ends is put a riggers glove on left hand, heat up end with lighter or similar then when hot enough twist hot end to a point with left hand.

Hi! That's my fav rope knot and we used that every day loading ships tying long pipes on the spouts we used to load grain. However the correct name for that knot is the wagoners hitch! And no need for 2 loops ..one will do! Thank you though it's good to see someone else know about this knot!😊

FINIALLY someone who ties the truckers hitch the easy way.

Fantastic video Tim thanks

The double half hitch holding the hitch up is really only necessary on synthetic rope because they are slippery. You can also put a full twist to hold it.

Thank you very much sir, your skill is immensely appreciated

i always tuck the left over loop from the second hitch around the line in and tuck under to keep it up inline with the main rope, just a bit more secure test way

Really good video although I couldn’t get my brain around the hand wrapping around it so I just did the tention loop with my fingers .very good video 👍

Great video mate! Just one little point. If you heat seal your ropes at the ends you will make life dealing with ropes so much easier! Cheers.

Great tutorial. Very well explained. I will practice this useful technique until I have it down packed.

i'm french... this is the best méthod to learn and esay way to application.... i think...

I'm a truckie & that looks like the hardest way to tie a truckers hitch. Try melting the ends of your rope, it will stop them from fraying.

That was the best I have ever seen a great job!

BCP brought me here. Thank’s for teaching me something new.

Excelent... the best and clear explanation

Cool video thanks Tim !

"SHEEP SHANK. " That's what he just did. Or you can do a single ... "Marlin Spike"... BOTH Excellent Truckers /Wagoner's hitch.

The best ever!!! Thanks!!!

great demo , nice and clear

excellent tutorial thumps up for that video clip

Nice I’ll give it a try. Thanks again👍👏

Very clean Thank you

Great video.

Excellent! Thanks.

Nice, very easy and practiceful.

Brilliant, I have spent 40 years cobbling together everything with granny knots, thinking proper hitch tying was too complex, what a fool

Should mention the easy loosening too

Concise and well explained.

Класс! Спасибо! Всё понятно и без перевода. Лайк!

Very helpful!❤

Good video mate cheers

Good job mate

Thats very useful for survival thank you for tge video God bless

So clear. Thank you

Thank you Best 🚚 hitch

Beautiful 👍🏻👍🏻

Great technique!

i got shown a complicated way to do this 30 years ago and i always needed to examine the sample he put between 2 steel bars in my backyard. i'm sorry to say it but yours is even more complicated. the way i devised that made it easy to remember is as follows. make a loop in the rope over the load. push a loop made of the rope dangling down from below it, through it - pull a big loop through it. then make another loop in the rope above the first loop over the load and pull the big loop you made through that one too. this is your knot done in the way that made it easy for me to remember. a shipwright showed me a more secure variation. you only need to do one loop through one loop for this. after pulling the big loop through the first loop over the load, go around it on the high side half a turn and poke back downwards through that first loop. pull it through a good amount. now put the loose end around the rail and bring it up and tie it through the loop that was first made and on the side where the second loop was pushed through from. then return this end back down to tension and hitch it up. this knot will not undo even if the tension on the rope slackens where a truckies knot may undo. he also showed me to do a little loop after making the drivers side hitch then pass the short tail through it. this lessons tension on the hitch making it able to tolerate greater stresses. i rewrote this many times trying to make it better understood.

Great video, have already used this many times since watching your video. Is there and easy way to undo this knot??

I'm not sure how I ended up here but it was cool,succinct my man 👍

The best!

Buena Explicación. Gracias.

A Este hombre si le entendí bien. ..los otros vídeos que mire ...las manos no dejan ver el video

I think the Canadian truckers hitch is the absolute best and most versatile nowadays.....the nuse😄👍

Thanks mate!

Great video...Saludos

Why not use a round turn and 2 half hitches, and then a directional figure 8? Just as quick, and safer?

Bem prático, fácil de fazer.

Good stuff. This version is heaps easier to untie after load and if wet, but I've found that it just doesn't hold up with paracord and smaller diameter ropes and will collapse under heavy load. A lot of people bitch about the slipknot version, but for paracord it'll take quite a bit more force... and paracord is cheap if you have to cut (though honestly I never have had to cut it).

Cheers Mate!

Interestingly, the mechanical advantage of this system is actually 3:1 - theoretically. So if using pulleys it would be. Using a rail and loop of rope instead of pulleys there is obviously a significant loss due to friction. Still, the power of a truckies hitch is apparent to anyone who has used one.

Which model of ute is that

Thanks You for Your nice Metod to do this excelent Knot

Thanks.

Thanks god bless

Thanks so much great video very well explained and easy to understand…… even for old fart like me 👍

you will always get haters. as a truckie in the ADF for 25 yrs.I hate this one lol. A bee hive is 10 times quicker and more secure. just saying. YES I was taught all these lessor types but you soon learn, a bee hive is the way to go. new to your channel and loving ya content. keep it up

Great for loads but I cant figure how to use this for tying between two vertical points like two trees or two verticle points? Can it be done with this truckies hitch? Ive used other knotts and seen a couple vids of so called truckers hitch tied between two trees but non of them get the line nearly as tight.

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Now, thats a Truckers hitch.

Well it ain’t how I do it but damn if it didn’t work nicely. Only thing I would maybe be concerned about is the clove and a half hitch on the first side. I would prob ya a bowline but either way the business end is the impressive side CHEERS and thanks mate from the US

That loose end of the rope at the end of the video can be tied to one of the rear wheels

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Tim, you need to get rid of those cow tails at the ends of your rope!😅 Do a video on whipping rope.

Hi tim whats the best way to tie the truckes knot i am going for my meadium truck licence and i need to tie my load down

Have you ever done a rolling hitch ?

Straight to the hitch; 1:22 It's a shame some of our North American bretheren miss out on the quality of the Aussie presentation by searching for 'Truckers' versus 'Truckies' ;)

I remember this -???

Great... Is it easy to undo?

Noice!

I am teacher at a Queensland state high school, where the students cannot access youtube. May I put this video on our g drive for the students to access please. It is a great demo for them.

Superrrrrr

and what if it all pops loose? catches heavy wind and pulls the whole load off into oncoming traffic?

What's the best way to undo it?

Chibatovisqui no cuszovisqui delingui

did you say … "yoot"?

Double Dolly

Forgot to say "That's not going anywhere"