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TruCKer’s hITCh
In use long before there were trucks, this remains an
excellent hitch for cranking tight on a rope. The truck-
er’s hitch gives you a 3-to-1 mechanical advantage
like a primitive pulley, so it is excellent for tying canoes
onto the roof of a car and pitching large tarps. Note
that you should move the slip knots occasionally or
the rope-on-rope contact will wear through and break.
1. start by tying a slip
knot in the line, perhaps
4 or 5 feet from the end,
depending on the cir-
cumstances. The work-
ing end is then passed
around the anchor point
and through the loop of
the slip knot.
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