Please don’t stop with these reminders, it’s wholesome enough that i’m actually gonna end up remembering the knot, and on top of that every time I use the knot it will forever be tied to one of the few moments people actually tried to help me while online. I thank and cherish you all.
@@blaineburgess aww that's great man. Well an extra tip then, leave enough extra rope and you can put a loop/bight through the last bit to allow for a quick release system after heavy loads have been put on it.
I was taught to do the rolling hitch a bit differently... the wraps go higher and higher, not downwards. And on nylon or other slippery rope, I'd do many wraps.
In sailing, we do a better version. I was taught to do this rolling hitch a bit differently... the wraps go higher and higher, not downwards. And on nylon or other slippery rope, I'd do many wraps. Then you can use this hitch for huge loads, not just your rainfly.
rolling hitch (edit: awning hitch) has to cross over itself so that you can finish tying it under load, whereas the knot in the video is nearly impossible to tie under load. it's kind of the worst version of this kind of knot, I wish the Scouts program that has pushed tautline for decades would have used mid-shipman's hitch which is the knot people are referring to above where you go higher and higher. And the early scout books used to teach mid-shipman's but called it tautline, before being revised at some point.
I'm an eagle scouts and a professional boy scout so to speak. The taughtline hitch is by far the most useful knot I know. It is my go-to knot for anything. I've towed a car out of a ditch with it and an old climbing rope. I have never had one come untied so long as I left at least a half inch of tail.
@@joestevenson5568 I know, and believe me it wasn't the weight bearing portion, just what I used to tie everything off and make all the lines taught. i was using a 50' piece of 1100 cord wrapped between my truck and a car like five or six times. And then I tied all the strands together with one taught line. Had to cut the knot apart and a few strands snapped but I got the car unstuck.
Also called the rolling hitch. One of the most useful knots i know, use it all the time like magic. But your final loop should go over the T line and wrapped in the opposite direction this keeps the double loop for the friction not in the right line for pressure. The way your trying it will cause it to loosen under vibration like high winds or while highway driving, like I said I've used this knot alot, including tying it incorrectly there for a bit.
I've tied it both ways but the way tied in the video is technically correct for what is called the taught line hitch and i have used it to hold my slack line tightly when securing my kayaks to the roof of my car and it doesn't loosen when going down the road, that being said it's not the best knot for holding loads. You can also give it additional half hitches at the end to make the knot more secure, the adjustable grip hitch is more secure as well but tying the taught line hitch with the last half hitch in the opposite direction is admittedly very similar to the prusik with one less wrap so it stands to reason it would also be a secure knot. However if you want a secure knot for loads the best is definitely the truckers hitch.
I practiced this knot many times until i memorized it after I first watched this video. I carry a bit of parachord on me at all times and just yesterday had a real need to use it. Used this knot to hold a spring force closing gate open while making a grocery delivery to an apartment complex. Thank you.
With two decades of using this knot almost exclusively, I can definitely vouch for how handy it is! I never knew the name, but it’s the only knot I remembered from scouts, and it’s been my go-to knot for pretty much everything ever since.
I just want to say, since I watched the first video with the 2x the tension trucker's hitch knot, I have been watching every single one and have learned so, so much. I appreciate all your videos and your willingness to teach others basic survival/camping tactics. Thank you.
I 100% agree as well, they should have things like this thought by the schools, and the kids would have to show they have taken it in, not everyone will be a winner, but I know this would have given me better knowledge than learning about 2/3 poems in English, that I have never heard of seen or read again.! I’ve learnt a lot more since leaving school I think. Is that knot also known as a blood or half blood knot xx
I have been using this for decades. One of the most useful knots I know. You can also do it with one turn through the loop and two over the standing part. I don’t exactly know which, but one bites a bit more.
I've used this knot for a few years and it has to be my favorite knot as I really like my tarp to be tight to stop flapping or water build up. Makes the process so much quicker
I acctually remember using this knot to tighten my shorts. I needed a solution because the the common bow knot doesn't adjust; when I needed to use the bathroom in a hurry, I didn't like how long it took to untie the knot and then pull down the shorts. I needed a solution where the pants could adjust easily, but also hold when I needed them to. After experimenting with the strings, I ended up creating this knot and it worked perfectly.
My favorite and still most used knot. I don't even do Scouts or camping anymore and I still use this one for temp lines, clothes lines, etc. Once used it to strap a 17ft canoe to the roof of the ole 'burban and drove 11 hours with no slack when we got where we were goin'!
If you liked this vid, I have a VERY in depth and EASY Knot video with the BEST 10 knots: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5lLPAHK_k6I.html
Thank you for this. It made me cry. I have a canvas pup tent that my dad gave me 51 years ago and it has a wooden dowel with a hole in it on the guy rope that serves the same purpose. I keep it around because it reminds me of him and all the things he taught me over the years. He died at 53 and I miss him every day.
Ive been fascinated with knots lately. Its amazing how useful they are. I was painting on a roof today and tied myself off. Its extremely gratifying the more self-reliant you become. Thank you for your lessons in knot tying. I have ADD so it gets confusing for me. But you show and explain in such a way that it just makes it all make sense and easy to remember.
Used to work as an arborist and we called this knot the “suicide knot” because if somebody forgot to tie a knot in the tail it could slip through and send you falling. Used it almost everyday
This is not a knot for high loads and you ALWAYS backup your knots when there's potential for harm. Former ropes course instructor and yeah prusik is a more trusty tension hitch in critical situations. I use the taught line for my tent stakes and laundry line LOL
We called it a speed knot for the same reason. Doubling it on the top and bottom would over tighten at times. But yep, dangerous nonetheless, especially when using it climbing.
This is the first knot I made myself learn. I use it everytime I get outdoors to camp. The best way to learn it is to tie it over and over until it makes sense and is memorized.
I was taught this as a kid (my Dad) and relearned fresh out of college. I don't remember exactly how my Dad did it because he showed me only once, after that I only saw him play with line and lure and it was done like the one-time explanation was all I needed to last me a lifetime. My friend taught it with 5 to 7 wraps before the final splice and called it a fisherman's knot. To this day, I don't know who was less competent or who had the least amount of teaching skill, or the misinformation taught to them. Thank you for your clarification and now I must run- try it and play with it 50 times so it is engraved in my mind. It's amazing how the disinformation gets passed along, I already forgot the name of the knot...
Love it, learned to tie this behind my back in Boy Scouts and now I use it all the time. From setting up a tent to securing cargo in the bed of my truck this is my most used knot
Your whole channel is giving me nostalgia from growing up with my Gpa in South Carolina! Please keep up the awesome work my friend!. This is stuff everyone should know just incase!
My dad was navy, he tought me this for lines holding our boat. You can slack or loosen the line as needed when tides are changing to keep to your mooring.
This is brilliant! Thank you so much! To those that will forget this I suggest getting some cheap chord from Walmart. I'd see videos like this all the time and forget it. Got some chord today for a 1$ and practiced this a few times and boom I'm already remembering it!
Probably one of my most used knots. Great short video and explanation. I saved it to send to people as a quick example if I'm not able to demonstrate. thank you
Yep that’s the old school tree climbing knot lol still use it today from time to time going up and down trees.. also known as the dead man’s knot because if you don’t put a stopper knot in the tail it can roll until it comes undone. And let loose
No, the knot climbers use is tied going the other direction on the rope. And if that knot is ever loose enough to fail under load, no stopper knot is gonna help. In fact, that's actually an incredibly bad practice to engage in: a climber needs to know how to properly tie/set/dress every knot he uses. _Especially_ the one he ties in with. That knot gets near constant adjustment while working a tree, so there's no excuse for it becoming loose enough to think you'd need a stopper on the tail. That's the type of complacency that will fall your ass out a tree one day..
@@SineEyedokay…. Says the guy who probably isnt😢 an arborist to begin with 🙄.. every climber who has ever used that knot knows that it rolls and with that rolling it lentghens the bridge and shortens your tail and that’s why any climber who ever uses that knot will put a stopper knot in it or take a chance not doing so… please I’ve been climbing since I was 16…. I know what I’m talking about and. It’s an old knot that most new climbers don’t even know how to tie or have ever used.
Awesome video and I love that you demonstrated it twice at two different angles, great educator and again awesome video. Thank you for posting I will definitely be using it in future camping trips.
Thanks for refreshing my knot tying skill. I was trying to remember how to do this exact knot, because it’s been a while since I needed this knowledge.
Im a rigger for the shipyards and we use the same configuration but on stationary components like metal round stocks to make pick-points and bridals. Essentially its a Dead Turn inside of a Clove Hitch. We call them Grave Hitches. When adequate tension is applied the knot will never slip.. the line would snap befor that knot does. Super useful
Hi all, I thought I would share my two cents here. I’m a qualified Tarpologist (yes, real thing). This knot is also known as a Rolling Hitch, and is one of four knots that I regularly use whist out in the field. Wonderful short video
Did you use it for ascending or just to descend? I'm using Blake's hitches, but I couldn't figure out this knot to simply exit the tree, this was a great demo. Also, just two wraps below and one above? That's enough wraps to descend on?
@@Michael-xp5mw Yes, I understand this... which was why I asked... have you not seen Buckin Billy Ray descend out of a spar using the taught line hitch though? I use a Blake’s Hitch, I climb alone, so I have to be super careful, I can’t follow how he does his taught line descending Hitch, to rappel out, so I stick with the Blake’s... but he slides out on a taught line. If this isn’t safe for that, do you just add more wraps or what?
@@Michael-xp5mw Thanks, I’m in the Southern Hemisphere doing tree work alongside my landscaping work... so yes, I do need a helper, but kids these days aren’t like they used to be, ha. My daughter is a good helper, but yeah, gotta find someone, there’s a lot to do and one guy, I’m not getting through the work. Thanks
that right. I was also a tree trimmer when I was younger. Actually the first job I ever had. I started out loading brush and logs. after a year I started climbing with a McCullough mini Mac saw . I was like 15 years old. it made me so strong as a young man. after a few years of doing that I could do one handed pull ups. I was tall and skinny and dangerous. but yea a climbing knot is my favorite.
As a ScoutMaster, I find there is such a mental block on the scouts part to this knot. I realized recently, its simply a version of the clovehitch, which they all seem to learn without issue, and is a progression from a simple half hitch. It goes from Half Hitch to Two Half Hitches, to Clove Hitch, to Rolling Hitch, finally to Taut Line Hitch. Its a Clove Hitch, but an Extra Turn is done before you Cross Over.
How tf did RU-vid know I needed this knot. I'm alone, I've said nothing about it to anyone. Nothing I've bought or searched for could've lead to this but I've been trying to figure it out all day. Again not a word
This knot is used when there're no adjusters. I used it before for pitching tents and mounting flagpoles during school camps. It's a pleasant refresher. Thank you. I just don't know how name it.
I've done similar, but with a couple of cross and go under loops before the final locking loop. Not sure if unnecessary or worse or better, but it held the tent canvas in shape, so it worked.
I'm horrible with knots, but after 20 years of not fishing i still remembered how to tie the palomar fishing knot. The only knot for fishing line you will ever need to remember.
Definitely one of my most used knots. If you experiment pairing it with toggles and a bowline on one in you can make a easily deployed ridge line. From my experience it is works best with bank line.
I prefer this knot over all the mechanical doohickeys that come supplied with tents. It doesn't break, is easy to apply & loosen, holds really well, doesn't get lost and is easy to adjust.
This is what I pay my wifi bill for. Great stuff. I have been recording all these knots you thought in my personal survival guide and I use them in various occasions, just like how I use the suture patterns I learnt ;-)
The first knot the scouts teach. Quick, easy and versatile. Although it's not reccomended for many applications. It easily slips and should not hold weight.
This is the knot I would use to tie my harness to when climbing trees. Strong knot and useful when cutting down trees because you can tighten or loosen as you need to go up and down
Thank you so much! I find knots so frustrating. It always looks like a magic trick. A miracle happens and there's your knot. This one looks so easy to see just how you did it. Thank you. Instantly subscribed. Thanks again!
Reading the comments from folks correcting how many loops to make, or to roll them upwards instead of downwards is just impressive. I hope we never loose this ESSENTIAL old knowledge. Too much reliance on computers and their upcoming AI. NO robot will ever going to understand the nuances of knot tying - Especially if they are as incompetent as the droids portrayed in Star Wars 😀
I keep seeing these shorts about knots and it's honestly fascinating how something as simple as two peices of rope can showcase so much enginuity and possibility
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