Apologies, but this video is not for beginners, and also it's nearly my first attempt at making an instructional video. I made this video so that my idea would be documented, for people who are experienced at tying knots of this type. Future videos will be better for beginners, I hope. This video documents a *special variation* of what should already be a familiar knot. Again, not for beginners at tying knots.

Yes. I end up achieving what Flynn achieves here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z9J8ntKIr7bRhKc.html By sending the line around the adjacent taut line before coming back into the loop and under itself, the blackwall hitch is made much more stable. A blackwall hitch through a free-standing loop (without the support of an adjacent taut line) is very unstable. Flynn achieves his results by threading the end of the line through the loop. My way avoids touching the end of the line. I came up with my idea before seeing Flynn's knot. But of course I cannot prove that. Here, as you suggested, the Trucker's Sheepshank has the good idea of securing the half-sheepshank to the main line by tying it, in a half-hitch, around the main line. I like that, because it's easier than doubling up the sheepshank by passing the loop through TWO loops (or a cow hitch) in the main line. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pKtdY7uYzLTcc3k.html I know there are all kinds of hitches, but what do you have in mind over a simple bowline?

It's not a bed. It's an Ultimate Body Press™dip bar. Not gonna break.

I think you mean by creating something that looks like a cow hitch in the main line. Basically so you pull the line through three loops rather than two. Yes, that does make it more secure.

Thank you!

You are welcome!

It's true that there are steps to learn. If you do it often enough, you remember it.

Thank you too!

What extra step?

When u make the loop u don't just pull a loop through and use that as ur anchor. Pull ur working end through anh tie it off. Am i wrong??​@yourknotunderstanding

You are right that it is an evolution. Everybody should learn the regular trucker's hitch. It's the standby. But there are some problems with it: 1. you need to send the end of the line through a loop. 2. You must try hard not to lose the tension you put into it before you tie it off. I made some changes to address these problems. That doesn't mean I didn't make the knot less valuable for some situations.

Yeah. Good idea.

I'll be more clear next time. Thanks.

Well, I thought I showed how to untie it in the beginning. . .

@@yourknotunderstanding 🙏🙏🙏

It's perfectly simple, but not perfectly secure. Next time I'll film differently, and I'll put in more disclaimers.

Thanks!

You are right. This specific version of the trucker's hitch *isn't really for trucking*. It's good for tying up a clothesline, or a ridgeline. There are certainly ways of making this knot more secure. "Perfect" here doesn't mean perfectly secure under battle conditions. Sorry about that.

I agree. Learn a method that will withstand tampering, car jostling, etc. Most people are only going to learn one method. So, learn a method that always works in all kinds of ropes and scenarios.

The simpler way may be more secure, but it isn't self-locking, and it requires you to work with the far end of the line. Given *those* requirements, I like my way. I learned about self-locking from FirstClassAmateur, and the half-sheepshank from OutdoorAcademyAustralia. I put them together in a new way. But, of course, different requirements call for different knots.

Great combo technique. Solves all the problems.

Thanks!

Yes. I know the cow hitch method is more secure. It's just a bit harder to tie.

Right. "Perfect" here means "elegantly simple and generally useful" as opposed to "super heavy duty and rock solid dependable under battle conditions."

@JohnPaquette is me. The half-sheepshank certainly isn't valuable if you want to add on additional truckers hitches to increase mechanical advantage. The tension gets unbalanced, and the half-sheepshank doesn't hold. If you want to do that, I recommend using a cow hitch rather than the half-sheepshank.

But I really like this video! It's awesome way to make a knot

No knot is perfect for every application. What I like about this way of tying the trucker's hitch is that I don't have to deal with the other end of the line. I also like the self-locking "Blackwall" hitch. The normal trucker's hitch has neither of these advantages, but it might be more secure. There are certainly ways to modify my knot to make it more secure.

Thanks! I use it all the time for putting up temporary clotheslines and such. Not so much for tying down bundles on the back of a truck.

It's Golberg 1/4" Nylon Paramax utility cord. Yep Golberg, not Goldberg.

Right you are @JohnPaquette. BTW, @JohnPaquette is me.

Спасибо! Я рад, что тебе понравился узел. И тебе удачи!

I'm learning. Sorry for being confusing.

@JohnPaquette is me.

This will take a long time too if you don't practice it.

@@jakemccoy Might be easy to do, but that can make it easy to forget if you don't practice like you said.

@@trutrek913 I have a technique that always works for me in all kinds of ropes and scenarios. I failed to practice it for several months yet still remember it. I am quick with it too because it is muscle memory. If you have to go look up a knot, well, there goes the speed.

They had no trucks back then. 🤔

Thanks. The main value of this version is that you don't have to find the end of the line and thread it through a loop. And the half-sheepshank is frequently plenty secure enough. But of course, under jerky conditions, it's not dependable.

@@markm8188 for tying loads down on boats

Do share!

Yeah. Do share. BTW, @JohnPaquette is me.

To help, remember that both loops go clockwise and to make the second loop twist the line clockwise to create the second clockwise loop.

@@AnonymousWon-uu5yn one clockwise and the other loop counter clockwise