How to Tie the Truckies (Truckers) Hitch 3 Different Ways. Hitches to Secure Your Load with Rope.

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.

[kenrasmussen]

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.

[ateamfan]

The 3rd version is what I learned nearly 30 years ago working at a hardware/building materials store in high school. Depending on the type of rope, sometimes the slip loop is stubborn to get apart after the tension is released, so I've come to prefer the 1st version better.

Here in the US, we usually call the 3rd version a "trucker's hitch", and the Aussie "truckie's hitch" is far less commonly known. I like to use the older name of "wagoner's hitch" to refer to the truckie's hitch just to avoid confusion with the trucker's hitch.

[JohnGreen_US]

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.

[robbflynn]

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!

[donfischer]

Drove truck's for 30 yrs myself. First video where I've seen some tie it right.

[aftonhalters]

there is something about that tightening squeaky sound (cinching) that just makes me say :D

[bjb]

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!

[CooreysBirding]

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.

[roadrunner]

With one exception, this the first video I have seen that clearly shows the hand movement to make that upper knot. Well done.

[pnjoseph]

Sufficiently slowly performed so that one can follow how the rope is manipulated to form the hitch. Good demonstration.Thank you.

[mrenormouscroc]

Thanks Mate, simple, clear, not a whole lot of unnecessary blabbing, much appreciated.

[mickadams]

My Dad taught me this once but I forgot after a while.
Luckily we now have you tube..

[mikesatchell]

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.

[lexloose]

Many thanks for the clear presentation

[brianthesnail]

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.

[harryl]

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.

[omnarasi]

At last, a video that shows how to tie a double trucker's hitch step by step. THANK YOU.

[wilryanson]

Thank you for showing the freaking clove hitch!!! EVERY OTHER VIDEO NEGLECTS the other end of the rope! YOU'RE THE MAN!

[josephkovacs]

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.

[daven]

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.