How to Tie Truckers Hitch | Perfect Knot for Hauling and Securing Loads

Truckers hitch is (in my opinion) the best knot to use for hauling loads and can also come in handy when you forgot/ran out of ratchet straps!

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[al]

Should finish with quick release knot, a hitch can become very difficult to undo when there is very high tension which is the purpose of this knot.

[nvrumi]

This is my go-to knot whenever I need to tension a line. I use it to secure antennas in the field and lots more uses.

[theartofshwa]

I saw a trick from the Corporals Corner channel regarding that pinch at 1:14. If you pass the working end through the loop a second time, it will usually friction bite on itself and prevent it from coming loose while you're finishing securing the knot. Works especially well when the line is under heavy load (like a large tarp between two trees that aren't as close together as you'd like) and pinching just doesn't work as well. Then, if you finish it with a half hitch, but use a bite instead of the whole working end, you have quick release.

[geenskeen]

Finally someone showing how to actually finish tying it 😭

[kiczara]

I’ve been watching these all day trying to figure out how to properly secure my kayak and this is probably one of the best instructional videos that I’ve seen so thank you!!

[louisegogel]

Thank you!

I needed to remember how to tie this so I could secure the two pieces of glass on a plant stand for transporting.

[jackwalsh]

Andy, very informative and thank you. Cheers, Mate.

[dennisprice]

I was raised on a ranch and routinely tied off loads of hay and heavy equipment. The knot I still use today is so much easier and it doesn't require trying a looped-knot. It seems to me the orange rope looped knot could be hard to untie if extreme pressure was applied. I'm sure this person is very knowledgable and knows what he is doing but there is a much easier way to tie the Trucker Hitch, in my opinion..

[nigelthompson]

Very very good. I like it. Heaps of so called trucker’s hitch are compromised. Maybe consider a self locking pull down? One guy instead of usual double wrap self lock sends rope through the eye and around the “not standing rope “ ??? And back through eye. Gotta get the correct side though. Before lash off. Works well

[andysworld]

Alternatively you could use 2 successive slipknots to finish the knot. I’m a trucker and use this all the time to tie tarps.

[haydenhowell]

Is there any reason why you don’t use a slip knot for the first loop that you use as a pulley? It seems faster, easier to untie, with no downside (since your line is going through it, no risk of it coming undone).

[ourochroma]

Me: finally a serious video.
Also Me: *I still want to be taught the dance tho, it's cool but never clear*

[ryanbeard]

You didn't form a half twist in the figure 8, I've done it with paracord and it can pull out

[TomokosEnterprize]

I use a simpler version of this that comes apart very easily by simply pulling on the tail. Like this I have never had it slip and it can be tightened easily as the load settles.. I call it a running line.

[MrPaulTeaches]

Sub out the figure eight for a butterfly knot tho!

[WCC]

When I look up Trucker's Hitch this variation does not show up anywhere. Is it yours alone or does it have another name?

[craigpenfold]

Why would you use that over a dolly knot?

[mikeshuck]

Not the truckers hitch I know. Tying Down a real load, 50 ft of rope, multiple points to tie. That way would take for ever.