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Wagoner’s hitch or lorry driver’s hitch: a traditional method used by lorry drivers to lash down
loads, it combines a knot with a purchase which allows the standing part to be bowsed down (see
page 23) really tightly.

Form a small bight in the working end and pass this over the standing part (figure 148.1). Now take a
round turn around the bight with the standing part (figure 148.2), which provides a larger second
bight. Twist this bight anticlockwise (figure 148.3). Form another bight in the working end, passing
this through the remaining loop of the twisted bight. This last bight in the end of the rope can be used

to drop over a hook (in our illustration figure 148.4, a finger) to provide purchase when the end is
secured.

figure 148.3

figure 148.4