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Camping KnOts:

Moving Hitches

Trucker’s Hitch

A KnOt tHAt pROvIdeS LeveRAge tO
tAKe up SLACK In A ROpe OR CORd
The trucker’s hitch (sometimes known as the cinch knot
or power cinch) is more accurately described as a system
of knots giving a three-to-one mechanical advantage that
allows tension to be created in a rope or cord. This knot,
in other words, works like a pulley, allowing more tension
to be created than by simply pulling on the end of the
rope. A rope can be drawn as tight as a guitar string, if
needed, but the amount of tension is under the control
of the knot tyer.

Trucker’s H XXXXitch: Step 1 Trucker’s H XX XXitch: Step 2

XXXXXXFirst, tie a quick-release loop, XXX
XXX
Bring the working end through
such as an overhand loop (see the quick-release loop.
page 18), an appropriate dis-
tance from the working end of
the rope or cord. Then pass the
working end through the tie-
down point (a ring in the pho-
tograph, for example).

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