How To Tie The Trucker's Hitch

When you find yourself short on ratchet straps, the Trucker's Hitch is an excellent knot to know for securing a load. This knot is taught in several different methods. The first way I will show is the general method that incorporates a slip knot to form a loop to pull from, the second uses a Double Alpine Butterfly Loop which gives you two loops to pull from to create a 4 to 1 advantage.

Double Alpine Loop - Will Update

[pedroclaro]

first time seeing a double alpine butterfly. Looks good and strong like a Figure 8.
I've been using two trucker's hitches in a row, but that sure works!

[raymondsanchez]

That soothing sweet sound of ropes tightening 😖😖 gives me chills. Like a strike when a bowling ball hits the pins 🎳

[LKDesign]

Neglecting the friction as well as the terrible angles one could argue this gives you a 5:1.
Though I for one would rather go and try to make use of the secondary lines, treating them like a second pulley system. If the lenght of the first line allows for it.

[JOROZC]

I use the same but do a bowline on the bight instead ! Great video!!

[UguysRnuts]

Here's an easy variation to increase the force without having to tie a Double Alpine Butterfly Knot. Just use the same eye TWICE! Make sure you put the running end through the eye the same way you did the first time so the parallel parts are not pulling in opposite directions and binding on each other. The beauty of it is, you can decide to add force as you feel necessary without starting over from scratch with the double alpine knot.

[davidwallace]

I believe this actually gives a 5-1 advantage vs the 3-1 of the classic hitch.

[BensMiniToons]

I made a another slip loop on the end to tension the hitch. And made a second truckers hitch to make 9-1. If you add a 3rd truckers hitch to the end of the second. Its a 27-1. takes a lot of rope to move just a little. 27 feet of rope pulled to move a foot at that point. but cool to show a friend 27 inch's of rope being pulled to move the other end just one inch.

[davidtmiller]

Because your anchors are not in line and hence your rope diverges you may not even have a 2:1 advantage. Put a scale on the standing end and you will find your true advantage.

[s]

Truckers hitch is a function of multiple knots working together. seems like you blew right threw em all. seems bad ass tho. 👍🏻

[jefffefferson]

Using "Ashley's Book of Knots" is a nice touch.

[pappysproductions]

That's awesome. Of course, I can never remember how to tie these knots when I need them!

[TheResisterTX]

This does not give a true 4-to-1 mechanical advantage. It only spreads out the forces over 4 lines on the one side of the knot. Could be useful to share the load on two small anchor points. Also, your water Bowline needs more tail. Otherwise, well done video as always.

[intosiberiaadventures]

Nice method for decreasing load, but too much friction. Try complex pulleys

[bowlineobama]

I believe it is 5:1 advantage. The first going through butterfly makes 3:1 and then second butterfly makes it 5:1. Count it again.

[benpit]

Could help add tension bywhipping towards anchors with excess rope

[boofuls]

👍could you add a round turn on the last loop of the double alpine hitch to do what ive seen described as an “automatic truckers hitch”🤔 ..great video btw 👍

[UguysRnuts]

FINALLY someone that KNOWS HOW to tie a proper truckers hitch!!! I am AMAZED how many YT knotters do it wrong and spread their mistakes across the inter webs.

[Nicholasskram]

Don't you wanna tie the second loop in the working end, after passing it through the loop of the standing end?

[BluestedSRT]

Very handy. It's a shame that ratchet straps, as handy as they are, are making these rope and knot skills a lost art.

[curtisjordan]

I don't believe the double Alpine butterfly is necessary, you can get away with only using one loop and it will auto lock by itself this way.