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Figure 1-19A-C. Basic Trucker’s Hitch—a Slipknot   very fast and easy to tie (Figure 1-19A–C) and is
             made with one hand. End is led through ring, then   a good knot for light-duty use and emergencies.
             through loop. Very handy but has tendency to jam.  Unfortunately, it and most other Trucker’s Hitches
                                                         either jam under heavy tension or can spill if tension
             Figure 1-19D, E. An improved Trucker’s Hitch, the   is removed. What’s more, the single loop makes a
             Biegner Hitch—a Slipknot made with a bight. Less   hard bend for the hauling part to go around, result-
             liable to jam, wider radius for rope to pass over
                                                         ing in lower breaking strength and shorter rope life.
                                                             The knot used in the middle of Figure 1-18
                                                         offers some improvement. (It was introduced by
                                                         Norman Biegner in the August 1980 issue of Cruis-
                                                         ing World.) As the illustration shows, the Bieg-
                                                         ner Hitch is a Slipknot made with a bight (Figure
                                                         1-19D, E), and the hauling part is rove through all
                                                         three of the resulting loops. This knot resists jam-
                                                         ming and presents a broad bearing surface; use it for
                                                         medium-to-heavy loads or for any situation when
                                                         you can take a little time. The most secure and slow-
                                                         est-to-tie loops are the nonslipping variety, detailed
                                                         in the “Six in the Bight” section of Chapter 3. Use
                                                         them for permanent lashings.










































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